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Boris must go

Wednesday, January 12th, 2022

Unite’s NHS and bus workers call for Johnson’s resignation over ‘disastrous’ handling of Covid pandemic

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Thwaites pay win

Wednesday, January 12th, 2022

Strike fears at Thwaites in Warwickshire end as workers secure substantial pay increase

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'Dangerous backward step'

Wednesday, January 12th, 2022

Unite calls for government to reverse fit note relaxation

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Penalised for Long Covid

Wednesday, January 12th, 2022

Two Long Covid Bedford council care workers rely on food banks, as ‘heartless’ bosses stop pay

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Sainsbury’s wage win

Wednesday, January 12th, 2022

Unite has welcomed a decision by Sainsbury’s to pay its low paid staff at least £10 an hour – but reminded the company the increase was still too low to keep up...

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Barnsley and Rotherham bus strikes off

Tuesday, January 11th, 2022

Barnsley and Rotherham Stagecoach strikes suspended from Wednesday

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Looming 'jobs catastrophe' in energy sector

Tuesday, January 11th, 2022

Unite warns “tens of thousands” of jobs at stake if government does not act

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Heathrow Menzies workers in strike vote

Tuesday, January 11th, 2022

Heathrow airlines facing refuelling and ground handling misery as Menzies workers ballot for strike action

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Reinstate Tracey Scholes now call

Monday, January 10th, 2022

So far over 25,000 have signed the petition calling for Tracey's reinstatement

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B&Q urged to take action amid supply chain unrest

Monday, January 10th, 2022

Bumper profits B&Q’s supply chain hit by all out pay strikes and spreading industrial unrest

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Government playing ‘Russian roulette’ with road users’ safety

Monday, January 10th, 2022

After relaxing rules government has no record of foreign lorries on UK roads

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Manchester bus strikes latest

Monday, January 10th, 2022

First Manchester bus drivers begin strike action

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Coventry bin strikes escalate

Monday, January 10th, 2022

New bin strike dates announced amid Coventry council’s failure to address low pay

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"We will miss you Jack"

Saturday, January 8th, 2022

MP and former T&G deputy general secretary Jack Dromey dies

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UniteLive's stories of the year - 'I'm just very stubborn'

Sunday, January 2nd, 2022

On the eleventh day of Christmas - Unite recruits hundreds of new members at poultry processing site in Wales

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Woolwich Ferry members' suspension 'must be rescinded now'

Tuesday, December 21st, 2021

Transport for London bosses ‘declare war’ as seven workers suspended at crisis-hit Woolwich Ferry

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'Too little, too late' for hospitality

Tuesday, December 21st, 2021

Unite warns hospitality package not enough to save jobs – and says wages must be paid

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'We stand 100% behind Cambus members'

Tuesday, December 21st, 2021

10 days of January strikes at Cambus over pay set to cause travel chaos in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, Unite warns

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