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Health and care bill latest

Friday, January 14th, 2022

Unite calls on peers to put NHS patients and staff before private sector in bid to halt assault on NHS in England

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'Excellent' pay win

Friday, January 14th, 2022

Nottingham bus drivers celebrate pay victory negotiated by Unite

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Unite blasts OVO energy bosses

Thursday, January 13th, 2022

With one in four OVO jobs at stake, Unite demands bosses ‘open the books’

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Boris must go

Wednesday, January 12th, 2022

Unite’s NHS and bus workers call for Johnson’s resignation over ‘disastrous’ handling of Covid pandemic

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Thwaites pay win

Wednesday, January 12th, 2022

Strike fears at Thwaites in Warwickshire end as workers secure substantial pay increase

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'Dangerous backward step'

Wednesday, January 12th, 2022

Unite calls for government to reverse fit note relaxation

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Penalised for Long Covid

Wednesday, January 12th, 2022

Two Long Covid Bedford council care workers rely on food banks, as ‘heartless’ bosses stop pay

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Sainsbury’s wage win

Wednesday, January 12th, 2022

Unite has welcomed a decision by Sainsbury’s to pay its low paid staff at least £10 an hour – but reminded the company the increase was still too low to keep up...

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Barnsley and Rotherham bus strikes off

Tuesday, January 11th, 2022

Barnsley and Rotherham Stagecoach strikes suspended from Wednesday

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Looming 'jobs catastrophe' in energy sector

Tuesday, January 11th, 2022

Unite warns “tens of thousands” of jobs at stake if government does not act

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Heathrow Menzies workers in strike vote

Tuesday, January 11th, 2022

Heathrow airlines facing refuelling and ground handling misery as Menzies workers ballot for strike action

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Reinstate Tracey Scholes now call

Monday, January 10th, 2022

So far over 25,000 have signed the petition calling for Tracey's reinstatement

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B&Q urged to take action amid supply chain unrest

Monday, January 10th, 2022

Bumper profits B&Q’s supply chain hit by all out pay strikes and spreading industrial unrest

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Government playing ‘Russian roulette’ with road users’ safety

Monday, January 10th, 2022

After relaxing rules government has no record of foreign lorries on UK roads

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Manchester bus strikes latest

Monday, January 10th, 2022

First Manchester bus drivers begin strike action

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Coventry bin strikes escalate

Monday, January 10th, 2022

New bin strike dates announced amid Coventry council’s failure to address low pay

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"We will miss you Jack"

Saturday, January 8th, 2022

MP and former T&G deputy general secretary Jack Dromey dies

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UniteLive's stories of the year - 'I'm just very stubborn'

Sunday, January 2nd, 2022

On the eleventh day of Christmas - Unite recruits hundreds of new members at poultry processing site in Wales

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