Jobs tsunami this summer?
Tuesday, May 26th, 2020
Responding to speculation that the chancellor Rishi Sunak will soon use a statement to detail changes to the job retention scheme (JRS), Unite has urged the gov...
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Agency workers pay victory
Tuesday, May 26th, 2020
Employment agency workers contracted to provide refuse collection services in Sandwell, West Midlands, are being paid 100 per cent of their wages during lockdow...
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Unite launches BA campaign
Friday, May 22nd, 2020
Major Unite campaign to oppose British Airways’ betrayal of Britain
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'Totally unacceptable'
Friday, May 22nd, 2020
Thousands of care workers could be ineligible for £60,000 Covid-19 payment
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‘Victory for fair-minded British people’
Friday, May 22nd, 2020
But late yesterday afternoon, thanks to Unite, action the PM made an astonishing U-turn –saying the charge for overseas NHS and care workers will be removed.
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Ministers are at ‘sixes and sevens’
Thursday, May 21st, 2020
Unite said that the £1.6bn government bailout - a combination of grant and loans - for Transport for London (TfL), after the dramatic slump in passenger number...
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Clarks to slash jobs
Thursday, May 21st, 2020
Shoemaker Clarks job losses ‘bitter blow’ for Somerset workers
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‘Mean-spirited and shabby’
Thursday, May 21st, 2020
Unite said the hypocrisy of the prime minister was given extra piquancy as he singled out two non-UK nurses – one from New Zealand and the other from Portugal ...
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Apprentices hit hard by pandemic
Wednesday, May 20th, 2020
Unite calls for gov’t to support apprentices and young people amid crisis
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‘Time is running out’
Wednesday, May 20th, 2020
The urgency for government intervention has been underlined by major employers in the aviation as well as associated aerospace sectors announcing over 30,000 po...
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Jobless claims rise to more than 2m
Tuesday, May 19th, 2020
Unite demands gov’t action as jobless claims soar by 70 per cent
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Employers and gov't urged to get to grips with mental health crisis
Monday, May 18th, 2020
Unite highlights pandemic anxieties as majority of workers fear losing their jobs
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'Rocket booster' NHS blueprint
Monday, May 18th, 2020
Health unions draw up plan for safely reopening NHS
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‘Slap in the face’
Friday, May 15th, 2020
“JCB is preparing to throw 1,500 workers under the bus just as the government asks employers to pay their fair share towards protecting jobs and keeping the hea...
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Wirral bin dispute ends in victory
Friday, May 15th, 2020
Unite secures pay rise for Wirral refuse workers
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'Opportunism of the worst kind'
Friday, May 15th, 2020
Unite slams aerospace parts firm for plans to make 200 staff redundant
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Test meat processing workers now call
Friday, May 15th, 2020
Unite calls for Covid-19 testing at meat processing sites after Moy Park worker dies
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Mental health tops workers’ lockdown worries
Thursday, May 14th, 2020
Dealing with employees’ mental health challenges on this scale is not going to be easy and Unite is calling on employers to take proactive and immediate action,...
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