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Stobart job losses 'latest blow for airport workers'

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2020

Stobart Aviation Services to cut ground crew jobs at Manchester, Southend and Stansted Airports

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'Chaos and confusion'

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2020

Confidence in RSPCA chief executive draining away as redundancy process 'effectively collapses'

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New restrictions 'will hit hospitality industry hard'

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2020

Hospitality workers "desperately need" extra government support and furlough scheme extension

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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

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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

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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

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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...

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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

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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

Luton Airport jobs 'hammer blow'

Friday, September 18th, 2020

Luton Airport workers face grim future as government inaction bites

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nuclear power

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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