PPE logjam scandal
Monday, November 23rd, 2020
Gov’t wasting more than £1m a day as 11,000 shipping containers of PPE sit idle at Felixstowe port
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Stricter measures needed to combat Covid on construction sites
Monday, November 23rd, 2020
Unite calls for separate procedures to cover both indoor and outdoor construction work to stop virus transmission
4 min
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'Kick in the teeth'
Friday, November 20th, 2020
Unite slams government plans after reports of an upcoming public sector pay freeze
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'Devastating news for E.ON workers'
Friday, November 20th, 2020
Nearly 700 job losses at energy giant E.ON ‘grim news’, says Unite
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Unite statement on Saudi Arabian human rights abuses
Friday, November 20th, 2020
Ahead of G20 summit, Unite and other unions call on UK gov't to raise concerns over human rights abuses by Saudi authorities
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'Cast iron guarantees' on UK defence spending call
Friday, November 20th, 2020
Unite cautiously welcomes UK defence spending boost – but warns money must be spent to support and create UK jobs
7 min
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Think tank report touting public sector pay freeze ‘an insult’
Friday, November 20th, 2020
Unite: Government must ‘turn warm words into hard cash’ for public sector workers
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Unite calls for toilet dignity on World Toilet Day
Thursday, November 19th, 2020
UK drivers denied access to toilets with Covid lockdown worsening situation, Unite survey reveals
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Minister must retract chlorine chicken claim
Wednesday, November 18th, 2020
George Eustice must withdraw ‘worrying and incorrect’ claim that USA poultry farms ‘don’t use chlorine much’
4 min
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'Rebadged funding pots and reheated pledges'
Wednesday, November 18th, 2020
PM’s 10-point green industrial revolution plan fails to meet challenges of unemployment and climate change, says Unite
7 min
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'No choice but to strike'
Tuesday, November 17th, 2020
Airbus Filton first responders strike over £6,000 Securitas pay downgrade
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First West Yorkshire bus drivers balloted for strike action
Monday, November 16th, 2020
Call for West Yorkshire bus company to restore drivers’ terms and conditions, as passenger numbers rise to ‘near normal’ levels
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Heathrow airport set to grind to halt as strikes announced
Monday, November 16th, 2020
Heathrow workers to take targeted strike action over fire and rehire plans
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Clarks founding family cashing in on dividends 'unacceptable'
Monday, November 16th, 2020
Unite slams Clarks founding family for enriching themselves while making hundreds of job cuts
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Rolls-Royce Barnoldswick strikes continue
Monday, November 16th, 2020
More Rolls-Royce Barnoldswick strikes announced as company set to be quizzed by MPs over offshoring plans
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'Clapping doesn't pay the bills'
Friday, November 13th, 2020
Drivers and assistants, who take disabled children to school in Hackney, vote to strike over Covid-19 payment
3 min
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Carillion latest
Friday, November 13th, 2020
Unite: Carillion’s reckless path to destruction should result in guilty being properly punished
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'We must not repeat PPE fiasco' with vaccine
Friday, November 13th, 2020
Vaccine success needs a second ‘call to arms’ and a manufacturing minister to avert PPE scandal repeat
5 min
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