Short-time working scheme in the offing?
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2020
Chancellor Rishi Sunak may soon bow to union pressure and announce new wage support scheme
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Rail franchising ends
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2020
Unite says 'simply unacceptable' that private companies still cashing in on the UK’s railways and reiterates renationalisation call
4 min
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'Veering on the irresponsible'
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2020
Unite GS Len McCluskey slams PM for silence on furlough scheme as new restrictions announced
5 min
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FSS 'warships' U-turn
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2020
Unite and CSEU hail victory after gov’t reclassifies FSS ships, raising hopes of being built in Britain
7 min
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Stop UK tech ‘crown jewel’ sale
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2020
Arm staff warned Cambridge MP Daniel Zeichner of the consequences of a planned £31 billion sale of the UK software and semiconductor giant to rival firm NVIDIA ...
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‘Join a union - a force for good’
Monday, September 21st, 2020
It might not be business as usual for the Labour Party conference this year – but at lunch-time (September 21) Labour Connected treated online viewers to a full...
6 min
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'Cronyism and chaos'
Monday, September 21st, 2020
Billions of taxpayer funds wasted as fat cat firms cash in on Covid-19 contracts
5 min
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Education vital in fight against racism
Monday, September 21st, 2020
Unite’s Susan Matthews takes part in Labour’s Black Lives Matter event
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Luton Airport jobs 'hammer blow'
Friday, September 18th, 2020
Luton Airport workers face grim future as government inaction bites
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Sizewell C project must go ahead
Friday, September 18th, 2020
Threat to Sizewell C jobs should energise ministers into action
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Test and trace to be outsourced - to Amazon?
Friday, September 18th, 2020
Unite slams continued private sector involvement in test and trace system
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‘Failing’ Grayling port appointment ‘insult’ to Unite members
Friday, September 18th, 2020
Chris Grayling’s £100,000 part time Felixstowe port job ‘slap in the face’ to staff shouldering pay reductions.
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Local lockdowns on the rise amid spike in cases
Thursday, September 17th, 2020
North east latest region to face restrictions amid failed test and trace system
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Hitachi pulls out of Wylfa nuclear project
Wednesday, September 16th, 2020
Energy white paper needed urgently to allay fears of UK's nuclear energy future
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Release government Brexit border report
Wednesday, September 16th, 2020
Unite has called for the public release of a government document leaked to the Guardian which details potential queues of up to 7,000 lorries across Kent after ...
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BA CEO's comments to MPs 'not entirely correct'
Wednesday, September 16th, 2020
Unite welcomes British Airways partial u-turn on fire and rehire – but warns issues not yet settled
3 min
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PM told to extend furlough - or risk opening job loss 'floodgates'
Wednesday, September 16th, 2020
Unite GS Len McCluskey writes to prime minister Boris Johnson urging action on furlough scheme
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“A lifetime’s experience fighting for working people”
Tuesday, September 15th, 2020
Len McCluskey, Unite general secretary, has warmly congratulated Gail Cartmail on her election today (September 15) as the next president of the TUC.
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