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'Mark of shame'

Friday, March 12th, 2021

Unite slams ‘bullying culture’ in NHS after staff survey reveals BAEM workers more likely to be discriminated against and bullied

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'Greedy Go-Ahead'

Thursday, March 11th, 2021

Go-Ahead transport group paying shareholders dividends while cutting bus drivers’ wages

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'Gov't intervention is key to meeting climate emergency challenges'

Thursday, March 11th, 2021

Unite welcomes gov’t investment in offshore wind projects in Humber and Teesside but says much more must be done

5 min

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Johnson’s aviation plans not a long-term solution

Wednesday, March 10th, 2021

Unite: free market approach to regional connectivity has been a failure

4 min

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London Bus drivers 'not taking strike action lightly'

Wednesday, March 10th, 2021

London braced for fresh bus strikes as talks fail to progress

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'Disastrous handling of test and trace'

Wednesday, March 10th, 2021

Parliamentary spending watchdog slams government for £23bn wasted on privatised test and trace system

6 min

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Leicester SPS staff to strike

Tuesday, March 9th, 2021

Leicester SPS staff strike over proposed ‘penury-inducing’ fire and rehire cuts of up to £3,000

3 min

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‘Largest strikes in Labour history’

Tuesday, March 9th, 2021

Unite sends solidarity as Indian farmers protests pass 100 days

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'Building a better tomorrow'

Monday, March 8th, 2021

Unite members look to manufacturing, health and education for the jobs of tomorrow, says new research

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Ealing parking chaos looms

Monday, March 8th, 2021

Ealing civil enforcement officer strike ballot opens over union busting

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'Slap in the face' NHS pay proposal

Friday, March 5th, 2021

Unite considers industrial action after government’s ‘indecent proposal’ of one per cent pay rise for NHS staff

6 min

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Accelerating vaccine programme 'a bridge to a safer world'

Friday, March 5th, 2021

‘Army of 30,000 union reps’ ready to promote vaccine take-up in UK’s workplaces, says Unite

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Unite meets Kwarteng in save GKN plant talks

Thursday, March 4th, 2021

Representatives of Unite, along with Jack Dromey MP, today (Thursday 4 March) met with Kwasi Kwarteng MP, the secretary of state for business enterprise and ind...

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Unite win for members

Thursday, March 4th, 2021

Hestia Housing and Support workers have succeeded in their campaign to force their employer to pay the London Living Wage, Unite said today (Thursday 4 March). 

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‘Immoral’ fire and rehire plans brewing  

Thursday, March 4th, 2021

Plans to ‘fire and rehire’ nearly 300 workers at the JDE (Jacobs Douwe Egberts) site in Banbury, Oxfordshire could lead to industrial action at the coffee facto...

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Bus stop

Thursday, March 4th, 2021

Unite's London bus driver members have been advised to stop driving if their bus becomes overcrowded, to prevent the transmission of Covid-19.

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‘Brutal pay cuts’ 

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2021

The Living Wage Foundation has been urged to end its accreditation of London-based lettings software provider Goodlord over ‘brutal’ £6,000 pay cuts that have f...

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Budget 'must unite the whole country'

Monday, March 1st, 2021

Unite urges chancellor Rishi Sunak to take action in upcoming Budget to protect health, jobs and incomes

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