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GE's 'financial torpedo' on workers' pensions

Monday, February 1st, 2021

Nearly 3,000 GE workers will take ‘huge financial hit’ under plans to close final salary pension scheme

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Pay promise broken

Friday, January 29th, 2021

Strike ballot at historic Merseyside glassmaker Pilkington

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Security guards in 'David and Goliath' pay battle

Friday, January 29th, 2021

Security staff at the Royal Berkshire Hospital to stage third wave of strikes

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construction

'Recipe for tragedy'

Friday, January 29th, 2021

Forcing builders onto bikes is dangerous warns Unite, as TfL issues construction worker travel advice

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car manufacturing

Latest UK car production figures 'worst in a generation'

Thursday, January 28th, 2021

Unite: plummeting car production figures must act as government wake-up call

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Quarantine hotels must be Covid-secure

Thursday, January 28th, 2021

Unite calls for Covid-secure quarantine hotels after shocking new figures show high hospitality sector Covid death rates

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Fresh Babcock strikes at RAF Leeming

Thursday, January 28th, 2021

Strike action by Babcock Aerospace workers at RAF Leeming as ‘flight disruption’ over pay disparity continues

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Government ditches workers' rights review

Thursday, January 28th, 2021

Business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng says workers’ rights review ‘is no longer happening’ following pressure from Labour and trade unions

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'Further blow to aviation sector'

Wednesday, January 27th, 2021

Unite reiterates call for government to support aviation sector as new hotel quarantine system announced

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'Tremendous result'

Wednesday, January 27th, 2021

Unite ends BA ‘fire and rehire’ dispute by securing deal to avoid forthcoming cargo strike action

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‘Please follow the guidelines’

Monday, January 25th, 2021

Yet more frontline bus driver heroes have died in this current wave of the Covid pandemic. Earlier today (January 25) Unite paid tribute to ‘well-loved and ...

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Manchester bus drivers fight fire and rehire plans

Monday, January 25th, 2021

Strike ballot in Manchester bus drivers fire and rehire dispute

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Labour forces vote on workers' rights

Monday, January 25th, 2021

Labour and unions gear up for battle in fight against government plans to water down workers’ rights

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Unite secures pay-out for former Halton Transport workers

Friday, January 22nd, 2021

Bus drivers win £200k pay-out after Unite pursues case against now-defunct bus operator Halton Transport

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Heathrow Airport strikes latest

Friday, January 22nd, 2021

Heathrow Airport braced for fresh strikes in ‘bitter’ fire and rehire dispute

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car manufacturing

Nissan commits to Sunderland plant after post-Brexit deal

Friday, January 22nd, 2021

Unite welcomes Nissan COO’s backing of Sunderland plant but warns government must play a role to secure site’s long-term future

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Affordable housing

Housing association impasse

Thursday, January 21st, 2021

Clarion Housing Group presses ahead with routine repairs, despite Covid-19 fears, says Unite

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'An attack on one is an attack on all'

Thursday, January 21st, 2021

DHL Dartford strike ballot over suspended union rep mirrors company-wide ‘union busting’, says Unite

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