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Bernard Matthews workers 'left in the lurch'

Thursday, September 24th, 2020

Bernard Matthews breaks pledge and leaves essential workers stranded

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Verdict at Lizaveta’s trial

Thursday, September 24th, 2020

“They claimed I was arrested by a special police squad aka OMON in the centre of Grodno in a crowd of protesters. But the reality is I was arrested in front of ...

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Face covering fines 'will make little difference' if rules not enforced

Thursday, September 24th, 2020

Unite calls for stricter enforcement of face covering rules as new figures show only 400 passengers fined

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Stobart job losses 'latest blow for airport workers'

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2020

Stobart Aviation Services to cut ground crew jobs at Manchester, Southend and Stansted Airports

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'Chaos and confusion'

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2020

Confidence in RSPCA chief executive draining away as redundancy process 'effectively collapses'

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New restrictions 'will hit hospitality industry hard'

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2020

Hospitality workers "desperately need" extra government support and furlough scheme extension

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Short-time working scheme in the offing?

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2020

Chancellor Rishi Sunak may soon bow to union pressure and announce new wage support scheme

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Rail franchising ends

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2020

Unite says 'simply unacceptable' that private companies still cashing in on the UK’s railways and reiterates renationalisation call

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'Veering on the irresponsible'

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2020

Unite GS Len McCluskey slams PM for silence on furlough scheme as new restrictions announced

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FSS 'warships' U-turn

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2020

Unite and CSEU hail victory after gov’t reclassifies FSS ships, raising hopes of being built in Britain

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Stop UK tech ‘crown jewel’ sale

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2020

Arm staff warned Cambridge MP Daniel Zeichner of the consequences of a planned £31 billion sale of the UK software and semiconductor giant to rival firm NVIDIA ...

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‘Join a union - a force for good’

Monday, September 21st, 2020

It might not be business as usual for the Labour Party conference this year – but at lunch-time (September 21) Labour Connected treated online viewers to a full...

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'Cronyism and chaos'

Monday, September 21st, 2020

Billions of taxpayer funds wasted as fat cat firms cash in on Covid-19 contracts

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Education vital in fight against racism

Monday, September 21st, 2020

Unite’s Susan Matthews takes part in Labour’s Black Lives Matter event

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Luton Airport jobs 'hammer blow'

Friday, September 18th, 2020

Luton Airport workers face grim future as government inaction bites

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Sizewell C project must go ahead

Friday, September 18th, 2020

Threat to Sizewell C jobs should energise ministers into action

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Test and trace to be outsourced - to Amazon?

Friday, September 18th, 2020

Unite slams continued private sector involvement in test and trace system

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‘Failing’ Grayling port appointment ‘insult’ to Unite members

Friday, September 18th, 2020

Chris Grayling’s £100,000 part time Felixstowe port job ‘slap in the face’ to staff shouldering pay reductions.

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