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electric vehicles

'Rebadged funding pots and reheated pledges'

Wednesday, November 18th, 2020

PM’s 10-point green industrial revolution plan fails to meet challenges of unemployment and climate change, says Unite

7 min

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'No choice but to strike'

Tuesday, November 17th, 2020

Airbus Filton first responders strike over £6,000 Securitas pay downgrade

4 min

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First West Yorkshire bus drivers balloted for strike action

Monday, November 16th, 2020

Call for West Yorkshire bus company to restore drivers’ terms and conditions, as passenger numbers rise to ‘near normal’ levels

4 min

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Heathrow airport set to grind to halt as strikes announced

Monday, November 16th, 2020

Heathrow workers to take targeted strike action over fire and rehire plans

5 min

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Clarks founding family cashing in on dividends 'unacceptable'

Monday, November 16th, 2020

Unite slams Clarks founding family for enriching themselves while making hundreds of job cuts

4 min

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Rolls-Royce Barnoldswick strikes continue

Monday, November 16th, 2020

More Rolls-Royce Barnoldswick strikes announced as company set to be quizzed by MPs over offshoring plans

4 min

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hackney

'Clapping doesn't pay the bills'

Friday, November 13th, 2020

Drivers and assistants, who take disabled children to school in Hackney, vote to strike over Covid-19 payment

3 min

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Carillion latest

Friday, November 13th, 2020

Unite: Carillion’s reckless path to destruction should result in guilty being properly punished

3 min

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'We must not repeat PPE fiasco' with vaccine

Friday, November 13th, 2020

Vaccine success needs a second ‘call to arms’ and a manufacturing minister to avert PPE scandal repeat

5 min

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'Vital victory for entire labour movement'

Friday, November 13th, 2020

Right to picket during lockdown secured following Unite legal challenge

4 min

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BA cargo workers in fire and rehire dispute

Thursday, November 12th, 2020

British Airways braced for large-scale disruption as cargo workers ballot for strike action

3 min

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Unite statement on Julian Assange

Thursday, November 12th, 2020

Unite welcomes NUJ condemnation of Julian Assange detention

3 min

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food bank

Crisis of hunger

Thursday, November 12th, 2020

As food bank use skyrockets amid the pandemic, Unite calls for urgent welfare system reform

8 min

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Hackney parking wardens win

Wednesday, November 11th, 2020

Unite hails victory as Hackney parking wardens come back ‘in- house’

3 min

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GLL recognition deal 'huge step forward'

Wednesday, November 11th, 2020

Unite and Greenwich Leisure Limited agree union recognition

3 min

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Lorry drivers 'denied basic rights'

Tuesday, November 10th, 2020

Campaign launched to ensure lorry drivers in Kent have decent facilities in Brexit lorry parks

3 min

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tribunal legal case

Protecting the right to picket

Tuesday, November 10th, 2020

Major legal challenge launched to defend right to picket during lockdown

4 min

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nhs

NHS pay rise before Christmas call

Monday, November 9th, 2020

Unite and health unions reiterate call for significant NHS pay rise as second Covid-19 wave hits the UK

7 min

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