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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

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Covid by nation

Monday, November 2nd, 2020

As you will be aware England will go into a second lockdown from 00:01 GMT Thursday  November 5. Information from the Cabinet Office on the new national restric...

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'Stop gap deal'

Monday, November 2nd, 2020

Unite cautiously welcomes TfL funding deal – but calls for long-term plan

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UK faces ‘a winter of shrunken incomes and punishing uncertainty’ warns Unite

Saturday, October 31st, 2020

As the Jobs Retention Scheme closes the leader of the country’s leading trades union has called on the government to give an exhausted country some hope by brin...

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Uber

Uber ‘is just heaping on the pressure’

Tuesday, October 27th, 2020

Local taxi drivers will launch a campaign to call for action against the proliferation of London-based Uber vehicles in and around Gatwick and Crawley – which a...

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Unite will not let ‘cradle of the jet engine’ die

Monday, October 26th, 2020

Workers at the historic Rolls-Royce factory at Barnoldswick in Lancashire will embark on three weeks of targeted strike action beginning next month, as part of ...

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'Selflessness, kindness, togetherness'

Friday, October 23rd, 2020

Determined Marcus Rashford inspires businesses and local councils to step in after government rejects free school meals extension

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'Nonsensical' Network Rail contract changes

Thursday, October 22nd, 2020

Network Rail contract changes risk track safety and jobs in Nottinghamshire, Sheffield and Scotland

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Whatever it takes

Thursday, October 22nd, 2020

Unions and Labour politicians demand greater support for workers ahead of chancellor’s economic update

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construction

Construction firm accused of 'union busting'

Wednesday, October 21st, 2020

Construction firm NG Bailey embroiled in wages dispute

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'Fighting the corner of the low-waged and vulnerable'

Wednesday, October 21st, 2020

Unite throws support behind Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham and northern communities

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Punishing the poorest

Wednesday, October 21st, 2020

Unite: proposed TfL funding will hit poorest Londoners hardest

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Some more susceptible to Long-Covid than others

Wednesday, October 21st, 2020

Groundbreaking study reveals women and those over 50 at greater risk of developing Long-Covid

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Following the shocking news that car parts supplier Unipart Automotive has gone into administration, over a thousand Unite members fear the worst for their jobs.

'We will not allow workers to be sold out'

Wednesday, October 21st, 2020

Walsall demonstration to protest at Chamberlin and Hill Castings pay cuts

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'Epidemic of ill health' at Heathrow

Tuesday, October 20th, 2020

Shock new survey reveals reality of working at Heathrow as airport bosses press ahead with huge pay cuts

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construction

'Shocked and angry'

Monday, October 19th, 2020

Industrial discontent looming in construction as out of touch employers impose a pay freeze on workers

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'Short-sighted and self-defeating'

Monday, October 19th, 2020

Unite joins TUC in campaign to save Union Learning Fund

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PM 'must stop playing politics with people's lives'

Friday, October 16th, 2020

Unite GS Len McCluskey: no deal Brexit will be disaster for economy already suffering from pandemic

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