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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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London bus strikes latest

Monday, March 1st, 2021

Fresh London bus strikes this week in battle to protect pay and conditions

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Cruise ship accommodation plan warning

Monday, March 1st, 2021

London Resort cruise ship accommodation plan requires full consultation, urges Unite

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Manchester mayor urged to intervene ahead of bus strikes

Friday, February 26th, 2021

Andy Burnham called on to intervene to protect community health as Go North West bus strike is due to begin

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Pay delay for council workers a 'disgrace'

Friday, February 26th, 2021

Unite and other local government unions demand employers speed up pay process so essential council workers and school support staff get a pay rise

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Sainsbury's 'pathetic' pay rise slammed

Friday, February 26th, 2021

Unite says Sainsbury’s 20p pay rise for staff ‘put to shame’ by Morrisons’ £10 an hour pledge

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Crossrail investigation call

Thursday, February 25th, 2021

Taxpayers' money being misused at Crossrail’s Bond Street station, warns Unite

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Home insulation must be top priority to tackle climate emergency

Thursday, February 25th, 2021

Strengthen Green Homes Grant scheme by bringing it under public control, trade union leaders urge chancellor

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Metroline strike action ballot

Thursday, February 25th, 2021

Ballot for strike action over Metroline’s controversial ‘remote sign-on’ policy in London

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'Plane wrong' pay disparity

Thursday, February 25th, 2021

RAF Leeming strikes intensify over Babcock’s £5,000 pay disparity

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'Difference between heating and eating'

Thursday, February 25th, 2021

Need for chancellor Rishi Sunak to extend £20-a-week Universal Credit boost indefinitely underpinned by Unite survey

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Big brother fears in bus strike CCTV frenzy

Wednesday, February 24th, 2021

Unite has warned that Manchester bus operator Go North West appears to be more intent on monitoring every movement of their workers, than resolving the all-out ...

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Unite slams govt plans for private sector bio-med labs

Wednesday, February 24th, 2021

Unite, which represents over 100,000 health care workers, has today (February 24) added its voice to warnings that the government’s plans to create a mega labor...

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