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Young people 'consigned to the scrapheap'

Wednesday, October 14th, 2020

Nearly 2m young people fear homelessness if they lose their jobs

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Cornwall 'hung out to dry'

Wednesday, October 14th, 2020

Cornwall’s Tory MPs ‘failing to open the batting’ for cash-strapped public sector and economy

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ESS 'UK's most heartless employer'

Tuesday, October 13th, 2020

Unite slams outsourcer ESS' sign or be sacked policy as Parliament prepares to debate cruel practices

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'On the precipice of an unemployment crisis'

Tuesday, October 13th, 2020

Redundancy figures surge at the fastest rate since records began

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BA boss Alex Cruz replaced

Monday, October 12th, 2020

Unite calls for a ‘new chapter of constructive relations’ at British Airways as Aer Lingus chief installed as Cruz’ successor

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"More support is needed to save jobs and protect incomes"

Friday, October 9th, 2020

Gov’t will pay two-thirds of workers’ wages for business forced to shut under Covid-19 restrictions

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'Crying out for support'

Thursday, October 8th, 2020

easyJet call for bespoke government support echoed across entire aviation sector

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'Dangers as well as opportunities' for home workers

Thursday, October 8th, 2020

Unite: rise in homeworking requires negotiation and agreement not imposition

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XPO EXPOSED

Thursday, October 8th, 2020

Workers at XPO Logistics report unsafe working conditions, wage theft, misclassification and dangerous pandemic response in analysis of company’s operations in ...

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Anxious workforce in Covid-19 outbreak

Wednesday, October 7th, 2020

The Seagate workforce, based in Derry/Londonderry has been left anxious over an inadequate management response to the Covid-19 outbreak. Staff have been informe...

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‘A bitter blow’

Wednesday, October 7th, 2020

Responding to the announcement today (October 7) that Manchester Airport is intending to make dramatic job cuts Unite, the principal aviation union, has said it...

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‘Nurture newer voices’

Wednesday, October 7th, 2020

The decision taken by the union’s governing body, its Executive Council, will see Unite’s affiliation to the party drop by 10 per cent, or 50,000 affiliates – a...

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Take bins back in-house call

Tuesday, October 6th, 2020

Bexley councillors have been urged to jettison the controversial Serco refuse contract, as about 140 refuse workers gear up for a strike ballot over health and ...

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‘Heathrow is exploiting the pandemic’

Tuesday, October 6th, 2020

At a meeting with Heathrow Airport Ltd (HAL) yesterday (Monday 5 October), MPs representing constituencies around the airport challenged chief executive officer...

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‘Grim news’

Tuesday, October 6th, 2020

The news that 140 jobs at Magellan Aerospace’s operation in Bournemouth will be lost when the site closes next February is ‘a devastating blow’ to the Dorset ec...

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Fuel drivers to strike?

Tuesday, October 6th, 2020

Fuel tanker drivers, employed by Hoyer Petrolog UK, and members of the Unite union, are balloting for industrial action in a dispute over job cuts and attacks o...

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Broken pay deal prompts strike

Monday, October 5th, 2020

Workers paid below industry standard at Leeds-based bus manufacturer Optare have voted in favour of strike action over the company’s ‘broken promise’ to provide...

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Bernard Matthews bus win

Friday, October 2nd, 2020

Bernard Matthews has suspended fares on company-subsidised buses to all of its sites to help prevent the spread of coronavirus through car sharing, following pr...

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