‘Congress must speak as one on Covid – our class will not pay for another crisis’
Monday, September 14th, 2020
Has the Covid-19 crisis really given us no option other than to brace ourselves for a “necessary period of adjustment”?
Andy Haldane, chief economist at the Ba...
Early NHS pay rise call
Friday, September 11th, 2020
Unite calls for a ‘well-deserved’ 15 per cent pay rise or £3,000 for NHS staff on the Covid-19 frontline
‘Afraid to take sick leave’
Friday, September 11th, 2020
Unite warns Norfolk’s Banham Poultry refusal to provide company sick pay increases risk of another outbreak
'Disgraceful behaviour must stop'
Friday, September 11th, 2020
Unite London and Eastern cab section condemns abusive behaviour of London cabbies outside City Hall
Momentum grows for furlough scheme extension
Friday, September 11th, 2020
MPs join mounting call for job retention measures to avert employment crisis
'Economic and environmental vandalism'
Thursday, September 10th, 2020
Unite slams government denying permission to new open cast coal mine
Track and trace doomed to fail unless sick pay raised
Thursday, September 10th, 2020
Majority of workers would face financial hardship if forced to self-isolate on SSP
Gatwick job losses mount
Wednesday, September 9th, 2020
6000 job losses at 'ghost town' Gatwick airport demonstrates devastation in UK aviation
FSS SOS
Wednesday, September 9th, 2020
A £1.5 billion contract to build Royal Navy fleet solid support ships (FSS) that has been opened to overseas shipyards must go to domestic firms if UK shipbuild...
'Do not abandon us'
Tuesday, September 8th, 2020
Unite reiterates furlough extension call on eve of SOS for Jobs rally, as new figures show UK employers planned 300k redundancies in June and July
SOS for jobs
Monday, September 7th, 2020
New Unite SOS for Jobs campaign heads to Parliament as UK workers urge PM ‘don't abandon us'
'Too little, too late'
Monday, September 7th, 2020
Government promise of ‘jam tomorrow’ for aviation industry will not end job loss crisis
'New Deal' for social care call
Monday, September 7th, 2020
Unite welcomes new TUC report calling for an overhaul of adult social care system
Support Appledore shipyard call
Friday, September 4th, 2020
Ministers need to make waves to ensure newly-purchased Appledore shipyard is successful
Virgin Atlantic job cuts 'serious blow'
Friday, September 4th, 2020
Virgin Atlantic job losses reinforces call for aviation support package
Gov't must 'up its game' to support transition to electric cars
Friday, September 4th, 2020
New survey shows most people not ready to make switch to electric vehicles by 2035
Chancellor told to act now or face 'tsunami of unemployment'
Friday, September 4th, 2020
Growing calls for short-time working scheme as TUC launches new blueprint to save jobs
‘Stop this attack on workers’ call
Thursday, September 3rd, 2020
Unite, the UK’s principal aviation union, has reacted with deep concern following reports that Heathrow Airport Limited (HAL) is to begin the formal process of ...