'Biggest shake-up of pathology services in decades'
Thursday, May 6th, 2021
Unite calls for public review over plans for mega blood sample centre in Lancashire
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IHG bosses: 'do the right thing'
Wednesday, May 5th, 2021
Climate conference in Glasgow should be catalyst for global hotel group reset on employment rights
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Tugboat strikes 'shot across management's bows'
Wednesday, May 5th, 2021
Devonport naval base faces 96 hours of strike action by tugboat crew in rota row
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Hopes for Euro hols – but govt support vital
Wednesday, May 5th, 2021
Commenting on reports that popular European travel destinations will be added to a UK government ‘green list’ for holidaymakers by the end of June, Unite nation...
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Dudley Hospital Covid risk shame
Tuesday, May 4th, 2021
Unite is warning because of systematic failures by outsourcing giant Mitie, which holds the facility management contract for the NHS Dudley Hospital Trust, staf...
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'Amazon workers need an independent voice'
Friday, April 30th, 2021
Amazon profits triple amid reports of union busting and poor treatment
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Public 'firmly against' fire and rehire tactics
Friday, April 30th, 2021
New poll shows seven in ten back ban for ‘bully boy’ fire and rehire
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Coffee workers’ terms row May Day demo
Thursday, April 29th, 2021
Workers at JDE (Jacobs Douwe Egberts) in Banbury are ramping up pressure in the ‘fire and rehire’ dispute with a protest on Saturday (May 1), followed up with a...
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Failed pay promises
Tuesday, April 27th, 2021
Biomedical scientists have been on the frontline of Covid-19 testing during the past year.
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Deeply disturbing
Tuesday, April 27th, 2021
Agriculture has long been considered the most dangerous sector in the UK, with fatality rates 18 times the national average.
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Remembered and honoured
Tuesday, April 27th, 2021
Tomorrow (Wednesday 28 April) on International Workers’ Memorial Day, Unite general secretary, Len McCluskey, will join Unite families who have lost loved ones ...
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Ministers in soup over pressures on chefs
Monday, April 26th, 2021
Ministers need to tighten up the legislation to stop chefs - one of the groups of employees most hit by Covid-19 – from being pressurised into working more than...
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Hotel workers say no to ‘fire and re-hire’
Monday, April 26th, 2021
Unite, which represents thousands of workers in the hotel sector, held socially distanced demonstrations today (26 April) outside the flagship hotels of Interco...
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Win for Sheffield University Students' Union workers
Friday, April 23rd, 2021
Unite victory for workers on zero hours at Sheffield University Students' Union
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“Our members know their worth"
Friday, April 23rd, 2021
Engineers at Melrose-owned Brush Electrical in strike ballot over fire and rehire cuts of up to £15,000
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‘No remote sign on. Full stop’
Friday, April 23rd, 2021
London bus operator Metroline has until 10 May to permanently drop its controversial ‘remote sign on’ policy – or it will face a summer of strikes, Unite warned...
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Secret shame of Crossrail’s way to boost profits
Thursday, April 22nd, 2021
Unite has learned that secret changes to the way procurement rules operate on the heavily delayed Crossrail project mean that contractors are able to ignore pre...
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JDE 'acting like employer from Victorian times'
Wednesday, April 21st, 2021
Summer holidays ban’ for Banbury coffee workers to thwart industrial action in ‘fire and rehire’ row, claims Unite
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