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food bank

Crisis of hunger

Thursday, November 12th, 2020

As food bank use skyrockets amid the pandemic, Unite calls for urgent welfare system reform

8 min

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Hackney parking wardens win

Wednesday, November 11th, 2020

Unite hails victory as Hackney parking wardens come back ‘in- house’

3 min

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GLL recognition deal 'huge step forward'

Wednesday, November 11th, 2020

Unite and Greenwich Leisure Limited agree union recognition

3 min

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Lorry drivers 'denied basic rights'

Tuesday, November 10th, 2020

Campaign launched to ensure lorry drivers in Kent have decent facilities in Brexit lorry parks

3 min

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Protecting the right to picket

Tuesday, November 10th, 2020

Major legal challenge launched to defend right to picket during lockdown

4 min

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NHS pay rise before Christmas call

Monday, November 9th, 2020

Unite and health unions reiterate call for significant NHS pay rise as second Covid-19 wave hits the UK

7 min

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Unite supports 'no confidence' vote in Jersey's chief minister

Monday, November 9th, 2020

Unite supports vote of no confidence in Jersey’s chief minister in row over chief executive’s second job

3 min

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'We've been left with no alternative'

Monday, November 9th, 2020

Rolls-Royce Barnoldswick workers begin strike action in fight to save their historic plant

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'Using Covid-19 as a cloak to justify jobs’ cull'

Friday, November 6th, 2020

Closure of Alexander Dennis plant in Guildford with 200 job losses ‘cynically fast tracked’, says Unite

4 min

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Spycops latest

Friday, November 6th, 2020

Trade unionists were spied on by undercover police officers ‘for decades’ undercover police inquiry hears

6 min

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Halt Rolls-Royce job losses call

Thursday, November 5th, 2020

Rolls-Royce urged to use furlough extension until March to safeguard UK jobs under threat

3 min

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Caterpillar job losses 'devastating blow'

Thursday, November 5th, 2020

Unite blasts 700 job losses at Caterpillar sites across Northern Ireland as a 'scandalous profit grab'

3 min

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'Misery' for deaf communities

Thursday, November 5th, 2020

Unite slams 'opportunistic’ sign language service attacks during pandemic

3 min

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Doncaster braced for Christmas bin strikes

Thursday, November 5th, 2020

Unite to ballot refuse worker members over strike action in bullying and harassment dispute

3 min

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Major job losses announced at LBG

Wednesday, November 4th, 2020

Unite brands 1,000 LBG job cuts a 'shameful decision'

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Heathrow catering firm named and shamed

Wednesday, November 4th, 2020

Heathrow catering company DO & CO snubs furlough extension and plans to sack more than 1,000 workers

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School support staff and nurses' safety paramount

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2020

School support staff must be fully protected or action will be taken, warns Unite

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pathologists

Biomedical scientists being 'ripped off'

Monday, November 2nd, 2020

Biomedical scientists carrying out Covid-19 tests at Lancashire NHS trust ‘short-changed’ by £7,000-a-year

4 min

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