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Thursday, June 10th, 2021

Unite’s current general secretary Len McCluskey is standing down – and the race to be his successor has already started. Who will be the next leader of Unite? U...

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Scrapping of electrician deskilling plans welcomed

Wednesday, June 9th, 2021

Balfour Beatty and NG Bailey commit to JIB agreement

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'Counterproductive' redundancies

Wednesday, June 9th, 2021

Unite protests at Leeds debt charity StepChange over plans to slash up to 170 jobs

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Weetabix strikes announced

Wednesday, June 9th, 2021

Weetabix strikes at Northamptonshire sites confirmed over company’s disgraceful fire and rehire plans

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Outsourced hospital catering staff to strike

Tuesday, June 8th, 2021

Royal London hospital patients facing ‘food chaos’ as Serco workers to strike in bullying and roster clash

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'Totally unacceptable'

Tuesday, June 8th, 2021

‘Exhausted’ north west ambulance staff to consider industrial action over excessive mileage, says Unite

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GE pensions attack

Monday, June 7th, 2021

GE workers strike ballot on the cards over swingeing cuts to their retirement incomes

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Weetabix fire and rehire strikes

Friday, June 4th, 2021

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'Self-inflicted crisis of industry's own creation'

Thursday, June 3rd, 2021

As London Mayor announces plans to tackle hospitality staff shortages, Unite calls for end to low pay and poor working conditions blighting the industry

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European driver fatigue at 'epidemic levels'

Thursday, June 3rd, 2021

Survey of professional drivers in Europe finds majority are regularly fatigued, with one in three lorry drivers falling asleep at the wheel

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London Ambulance Service

Unite welcomes bodycams for paramedics

Thursday, June 3rd, 2021

As paramedics face rising levels of assaults and abuse from patients and the public, body cameras can help protect staff

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JDE accused of 'corporate gangsterism'

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2021

Unite to escalate industrial action after dismissal notices for Banbury coffee workers over ‘fire and rehire’ plans

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'No other option but to strike'

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2021

Sunrise Medical workers in Dudley to take strike action over pay

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Sainsbury's bosses 'guilty of negotiating in bad faith'

Tuesday, June 1st, 2021

Sainsbury’s accused of ‘erecting brick wall’ to block attempts to keep Argos distribution centre in Somerset open

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'Landmark agreement'

Tuesday, June 1st, 2021

HS2 trade union access agreement secured

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Ketchup is back!

Tuesday, June 1st, 2021

Unite hails vote of confidence in Heinz Wigan factory workforce as Kraft Heinz announces ketchup production will return to UK

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Anger as Pizza Express deducts wait staff tips

Tuesday, June 1st, 2021

Hospitality tipping law needed as Pizza Express becomes latest restaurant to unfairly deduct staff tips

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Lancashire biomedical scientists strike

Tuesday, June 1st, 2021

Blackburn and Burnley patients face test delays as biomedical scientists begin three week strike action in back pay dispute

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