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London bus strikes suspended

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2021

London bus strikes suspended as eleventh hour talks produce breakthrough

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'Landmark day in trade union history'

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2021

Shrewsbury 24: joyous and just day after nearly 50 years of battle

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‘Seize the initiative’

Monday, March 22nd, 2021

Ahead of the first anniversary of the UK’s first lockdown, pollster Survation has carried out comprehensive research for Unite the union of MPs and industry lea...

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Unite challenges plans to abolish NI agricultural wages board

Friday, March 19th, 2021

Unite: Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots must clarify whether his decision to abolish AWB is a conflict of interest

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St Mungo's 'bullying and anti-union culture' must end

Friday, March 19th, 2021

Management accused of targeting union reps at housing support charity St Mungo’s

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Supreme Court ruling is ‘deeply disappointing’

Friday, March 19th, 2021

The government needs to step in and change the law following today’s (Friday March 19) Supreme Court ruling that carers, who have to sleep at their workplace in...

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‘Damning verdict’

Friday, March 19th, 2021

Unite, which represents over 20,000 bus drivers in London, has described a new report from the University College of London, which found that an earlier lockdow...

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'Full public inquiry' call

Thursday, March 18th, 2021

Norman Tebbit’s admission about government involvement in spying on trade unionists must be fully investigated

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Safety, justice and equality

Thursday, March 18th, 2021

Unite calls for action on violence against women amid domestic abuse bill victory

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Jacobs Douwe Egberts coffee workers vote for strike ballot

Monday, March 15th, 2021

Banbury coffee workers overwhelmingly vote for strike ballot over ‘fire and rehire’ plans

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'Profound concern and alarm'

Monday, March 15th, 2021

Unite and campaign groups warn against police and crime bill being rushed through Parliament which will severely restrict right to protest

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Victory against NHS fragmentation

Friday, March 12th, 2021

Victory as Frimley NHS trust suspends tax-avoiding wholly owned subsidiary plan, says Unite

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'Mark of shame'

Friday, March 12th, 2021

Unite slams ‘bullying culture’ in NHS after staff survey reveals BAEM workers more likely to be discriminated against and bullied

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'Greedy Go-Ahead'

Thursday, March 11th, 2021

Go-Ahead transport group paying shareholders dividends while cutting bus drivers’ wages

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'Gov't intervention is key to meeting climate emergency challenges'

Thursday, March 11th, 2021

Unite welcomes gov’t investment in offshore wind projects in Humber and Teesside but says much more must be done

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Johnson’s aviation plans not a long-term solution

Wednesday, March 10th, 2021

Unite: free market approach to regional connectivity has been a failure

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London Bus drivers 'not taking strike action lightly'

Wednesday, March 10th, 2021

London braced for fresh bus strikes as talks fail to progress

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'Disastrous handling of test and trace'

Wednesday, March 10th, 2021

Parliamentary spending watchdog slams government for £23bn wasted on privatised test and trace system

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