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Unite warns Amazon against using anti-union tactics

Monday, April 12th, 2021

Amazon urged to commit to declaration of neutrality amid Unite campaign to give Amazon workers a real voice

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Urgent support for aviation call

Friday, April 9th, 2021

Commenting on the government’s plan to force holidaymakers to pay around £120 each for Covid tests to travel abroad this summer, Unite assistant general secreta...

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St Mungo's maintenance staff to strike

Thursday, April 8th, 2021

Maintenance workers at the St Mungo’s housing charity will begin indefinite strike action from Thursday 22 April in response to ‘appalling treatment’ by senior ...

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Estate agents using Goodlord ‘facing further pain’

Thursday, April 8th, 2021

London estate agents using services from Goodlord are ‘facing further pain’ after striking workers from the lettings software provider were balloted for fresh i...

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‘Groundhog Day’ at the Woolwich Ferry

Wednesday, April 7th, 2021

Workers operating the Woolwich Ferry, now run by Transport for London (TfL), are holding a ballot for strike action over the victimisation of a Unite rep, the u...

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‘Toxic’ firm’s threat to ‘fire and rehire’ 300 staff

Tuesday, April 6th, 2021

Coffee-drinking supermarket customers will be a key element in the ‘fire and rehire’ dispute affecting nearly 300 employees at the JDE (Jacobs Douwe Egberts) si...

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Tugboat crew strike in roster row

Tuesday, April 6th, 2021

Two days of strike action this week by Plymouth tugboat crews in a rostering dispute will cause serious disruption to naval traffic in the docks, Unite warned t...

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Heathrow strikes called off

Thursday, April 1st, 2021

Heathrow workers secure pay offer following extensive negotiations

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London United bus strikes latest

Thursday, April 1st, 2021

London United bus strikes to intensify as new depots join strike action

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'Not a real living wage'

Thursday, April 1st, 2021

Low-paid workers worse off despite minimum wage hike as council tax and household bills rise

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Royal London hospital catering workers 'suffering persistent bullying'

Wednesday, March 31st, 2021

Royal London hospital patients facing meal disruption in Serco bullying and roster dispute

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Unite slams race report

Wednesday, March 31st, 2021

Race report has ‘extinguished any hope’ in addressing endemic inequalities, says Unite

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Safeguards needed on hi-tech work monitoring

Wednesday, March 31st, 2021

Unite has warned that safeguards must be fully implemented in workplaces to protect workers from the ‘unintended consequences’ of hi-tech monitoring following t...

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Action on Amazon

Wednesday, March 31st, 2021

Unite launches hotline & ad campaign to get a ‘new deal’ for Amazon workers

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Don't 'be left out or left behind'

Tuesday, March 30th, 2021

Unite welcomes comedian and actor Sir Lenny Henry’s appeal to African and African-Caribbean communities to take up the coronavirus vaccine

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Fresh London bus strikes as peace talks fail

Tuesday, March 30th, 2021

London United bus drivers to take strike action this week after talks failed to secure breakthrough

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Profits over livelihoods

Tuesday, March 30th, 2021

Brexit trade barriers or naked corporate greed are to blame for job losses in Co. Antrim amid a sinking job market and during a global pandemic fears Unite.

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'Do everything necessary to preserve Liberty Steel'

Monday, March 29th, 2021

Unite calls on government to ‘rule out no option’ including nationalisation to secure Liberty Steel’s future

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