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Defence workers 'left in tears'

Tuesday, September 15th, 2020

Unite slams MoD contractor ESS for forcing workers to accept pay cuts or be fired

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'Worried and fearful'

Tuesday, September 15th, 2020

London City Airport workers left ‘worried and fearful' over job losses

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‘Global solidarity matters’

Tuesday, September 15th, 2020

“Whether you are an engineer, teacher, transport worker or health worker in Europe or the USA, Brazil, South Asia, Latin America, or Australia – everyone is eff...

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BLM protests must leave 'long-lasting legacy'

Tuesday, September 15th, 2020

Unite's Susan Matthews contributes to TUC debate on tackling racism - and calls for urgent action

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Labour Starmer’s “get your priorities right and defeat virus” call to Johnson

Tuesday, September 15th, 2020

Calling on the government to replace the furlough scheme and outlaw ‘firing and re-hiring’ practices as part of a “genuine national plan” for jobs, Labour leade...

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'We're going to have to win it'

Tuesday, September 15th, 2020

Unite AGS Steve Turner in call to arms to fight for additional government support to avert job loss tsunami

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Unite concerns for PHE demise

Monday, September 14th, 2020

A total of 13 health unions and professional organisations, including Unite, have written to the health and social care secretary Matt Hancock protesting at Pub...

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Bus drivers begin strike ballot

Monday, September 14th, 2020

London bus drivers employed by Singapore-owned Metroline will be balloted next week for industrial action which could hit the capital's roads this autumn in a d...

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'We won't rest until we win'

Monday, September 14th, 2020

TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady calls for new deal for working people

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'It's time for equality'

Monday, September 14th, 2020

Unite assistant general secretary Diana Holland calls for action on equality at TUC 2020

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'Unionised workplaces are safer workplaces'

Monday, September 14th, 2020

Unite takes part in first TUC debate on safety at work amid Covid-19 pandemic

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'Amazing victory'

Monday, September 14th, 2020

Topshop's Arcadia retail firm U-turns on redundancy pay after Unite intervenes

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Chancellor – don’t walk away

Monday, September 14th, 2020

This year’s 152nd TUC conference in London may be very different as it’s being held on line – but the messages trade unions including Unite are making are cryst...

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‘Chaos and confusion’

Monday, September 14th, 2020

“Given that employers, customs agents and drivers will have to familiarise themselves with complex new border arrangements, it is completely unacceptable that l...

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‘Congress must speak as one on Covid – our class will not pay for another crisis’

Monday, September 14th, 2020

Has the Covid-19 crisis really given us no option other than to brace ourselves for a “necessary period of adjustment”? Andy Haldane, chief economist at the Ba...

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Early NHS pay rise call

Friday, September 11th, 2020

Unite calls for a ‘well-deserved’ 15 per cent pay rise or £3,000 for NHS staff on the Covid-19 frontline

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‘Afraid to take sick leave’

Friday, September 11th, 2020

Unite warns Norfolk’s Banham Poultry refusal to provide company sick pay increases risk of another outbreak

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'Disgraceful behaviour must stop'

Friday, September 11th, 2020

Unite London and Eastern cab section condemns abusive behaviour of London cabbies outside City Hall

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