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Wage cuts in fire and rehire bus disgrace

Wednesday, February 10th, 2021

Bus driver Unite members at Go North West, have overwhelmingly voted for strike action, in response to the company’s plans to fire and rehire them on vastly inf...

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electrician

To the shame of bosses and govt

Wednesday, February 10th, 2021

A group Unite electrician members have launched a fund to ensure that if any of them contract Covid-19 or are forced to self-isolate they will not be left finan...

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 ‘Just at the right time’

Wednesday, February 10th, 2021

Unite has today (February 10) launched the learning hub@heathrow to assist its members employed at Heathrow and the local community to develop their skills, to ...

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'It's never too late to make a change'

Wednesday, February 10th, 2021

Unite member and apprentice Stacey Sowden is forging her own path in construction

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‘Best value for money you’ll ever get’

Tuesday, February 9th, 2021

Sean Halsall, 35, worked as a bus driver for Arriva in Southport for 16 years. He was recruited to Unite during a training session and went on to become the rep...

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London bus strikes announced

Tuesday, February 9th, 2021

London braced for serious disruption as bus strikes announced and further industrial action in pipeline

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construction

Redundancy rights win

Tuesday, February 9th, 2021

Cheshire construction workers secure redundancy rights victory

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‘Political football’

Tuesday, February 9th, 2021

As the trade union representative on the boards of Enginuity, (the Sector Skills body for the engineering sector) and the Board of Cogent, (the Sector Skills bo...

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Why I became a rep

Tuesday, February 9th, 2021

Unite rep, Brian Eadon is a hospital pharmacist, working at Betsi Cadwaladr hospital in North Wales. Brian tells us what he loves about being in Unite, in 2021'...

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Questions over Reading hospital security guard contract

Monday, February 8th, 2021

NHS bosses probed on profit margins of £755,000 contract for Reading hospital security guards

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'Bullied and intimidated'

Monday, February 8th, 2021

Manchester Go Ahead bus drivers in fire and rehire dispute

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'Build the future'

Monday, February 8th, 2021

During National Apprenticeship Week this week, Unite AGS Steve Turner highlights what the gov't can do to fix the skills crisis

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Heart Unions week: 'Unite will celebrate its amazing members'

Monday, February 8th, 2021

Unite GS Len McCluskey: How Unite has secured wins for workers during Covid

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Cadbury Bournville investment ‘credit’ to Unite members

Friday, February 5th, 2021

Unite has praised its Cadbury Bournville members and representatives for their part in helping to secure a £15 million investment at the historic Birmingham sit...

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'Brutal' Heathrow pay cuts

Friday, February 5th, 2021

Unite regional officer Wayne King: workers pushed "into near working poverty"

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‘I’ve forgotten what it’s like to just be free’

Friday, February 5th, 2021

“I’m sad today. I have too much work. It stacks up so quickly and I don’t have the same support I’d have in school. I get easily overwhelmed and I got a consequ...

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❤ Unions week is back

Friday, February 5th, 2021

Celebrating in song the work unions do all year round

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The Poet

Friday, February 5th, 2021

Unite’s Joy Johnson’s hard-hitting commentary in poetry

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