‘Stop attacking workers’ terms’ call
Friday, October 16th, 2020
The union is writing to all the MPs and councillors in area 10 (Cheshire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester and South Lancashire) informing them of what is occurri...
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'Grim news' for hospitality
Friday, October 16th, 2020
The announcement that the pub chain Marston’s is to axe more than 2,000 jobs has led Unite to renew its call for the government to give concrete support for the...
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Fuel tanker drivers to strike?
Friday, October 16th, 2020
Unite fuel tanker drivers employed by Hoyer Petrolog UK who are based at the Stanlow oil refinery in Cheshire, have overwhelmingly voted for strike action in a ...
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'All in this together'?
Thursday, October 15th, 2020
Heathrow rejects workers’ offer to payback bonuses to help avert industrial action
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Young people 'consigned to the scrapheap'
Wednesday, October 14th, 2020
Nearly 2m young people fear homelessness if they lose their jobs
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Cornwall 'hung out to dry'
Wednesday, October 14th, 2020
Cornwall’s Tory MPs ‘failing to open the batting’ for cash-strapped public sector and economy
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ESS 'UK's most heartless employer'
Tuesday, October 13th, 2020
Unite slams outsourcer ESS' sign or be sacked policy as Parliament prepares to debate cruel practices
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'On the precipice of an unemployment crisis'
Tuesday, October 13th, 2020
Redundancy figures surge at the fastest rate since records began
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BA boss Alex Cruz replaced
Monday, October 12th, 2020
Unite calls for a ‘new chapter of constructive relations’ at British Airways as Aer Lingus chief installed as Cruz’ successor
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"More support is needed to save jobs and protect incomes"
Friday, October 9th, 2020
Gov’t will pay two-thirds of workers’ wages for business forced to shut under Covid-19 restrictions
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'Crying out for support'
Thursday, October 8th, 2020
easyJet call for bespoke government support echoed across entire aviation sector
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'Dangers as well as opportunities' for home workers
Thursday, October 8th, 2020
Unite: rise in homeworking requires negotiation and agreement not imposition
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XPO EXPOSED
Thursday, October 8th, 2020
Workers at XPO Logistics report unsafe working conditions, wage theft, misclassification and dangerous pandemic response in analysis of company’s operations in ...
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Anxious workforce in Covid-19 outbreak
Wednesday, October 7th, 2020
The Seagate workforce, based in Derry/Londonderry has been left anxious over an inadequate management response to the Covid-19 outbreak. Staff have been informe...
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‘A bitter blow’
Wednesday, October 7th, 2020
Responding to the announcement today (October 7) that Manchester Airport is intending to make dramatic job cuts Unite, the principal aviation union, has said it...
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‘Nurture newer voices’
Wednesday, October 7th, 2020
The decision taken by the union’s governing body, its Executive Council, will see Unite’s affiliation to the party drop by 10 per cent, or 50,000 affiliates – a...
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Take bins back in-house call
Tuesday, October 6th, 2020
Bexley councillors have been urged to jettison the controversial Serco refuse contract, as about 140 refuse workers gear up for a strike ballot over health and ...
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‘Heathrow is exploiting the pandemic’
Tuesday, October 6th, 2020
At a meeting with Heathrow Airport Ltd (HAL) yesterday (Monday 5 October), MPs representing constituencies around the airport challenged chief executive officer...
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