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'Save our Jobs' call

Tuesday, July 21st, 2020

Unite hospitality members stage socially distanced demos in defence of their jobs

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Millions of public sector workers denied pay rise

Tuesday, July 21st, 2020

Care, local authority workers and most NHS staff left out of pay award despite working through pandemic

6 min

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Protect our steel jobs call

Monday, July 20th, 2020

Speculation has emerged that Tata is in talks with the UK government to replace the plant’s blast furnaces with electric arc furnaces as a condition of its inve...

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UK govt ‘not doing enough’

Monday, July 20th, 2020

Unite has commented on business secretary Alok Sharma’s new announcement today (July 20) of £200m worth of grants for the aerospace industry – saying that despi...

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Southbank Centre support call

Friday, July 17th, 2020

No financial support for the Covid-19 hit Southbank Centre would be ‘a national disgrace'

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Unite: Govt must ‘step up to the plate’

Friday, July 17th, 2020

Unite is urging the government and industry’s major employers to step up to the plate and act responsibly to save jobs, invest in skills and employee developmen...

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Scrap ‘queen of the skies’ call

Friday, July 17th, 2020

Unite believes that while the 747 jet is held in high regard, it is now time for the ‘queen of the skies’ to relinquish her throne. The entire aviation industry...

4 min

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Buyers seek to purchase Appledore

Thursday, July 16th, 2020

Expected re-opening of Appledore shipyard vindication of Unite’s campaign

3 min

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UK payrolls dwindle by 640,000 under lockdown

Thursday, July 16th, 2020

Pressure builds on Chancellor to act as job loss crisis grows

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More BBC job losses announced

Wednesday, July 15th, 2020

Latest round of BBC job losses is deplored by Unite

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Vote of no confidence in easyJet executive

Wednesday, July 15th, 2020

Unite begins ballot of no confidence in easyJet COO Peter Bellew

3 min

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Be smart - wear a Unite-branded face covering

Wednesday, July 15th, 2020

Unite-branded WHO compliant face coverings now available on pre-order

4 min

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'Nervous, sceptical and divided'

Wednesday, July 15th, 2020

New major poll finds public unconvinced by Sunak’s summer statement

4 min

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Council outsourcing firms told to 'come clean'

Tuesday, July 14th, 2020

Companies with council outsourcing contracts are being urged to be open their books

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Take action govt before ‘it’s too late for West Mids’ call

Tuesday, July 14th, 2020

Unite is demanding political support for businesses and workers striving to stem the West Midlands jobs loss tsunami, that has seen at least 8,000 jobs vanish f...

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'There must be no delay' in crane accident investigation

Tuesday, July 14th, 2020

Unite writes to HSE demanding answers after fatal crane accident in east London

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‘Losing a lifeline to the outside world’

Tuesday, July 14th, 2020

For many there’ll be a choice. The TV, paying bills or putting food on the table. We’re talking about a generation here that fought in the war, that built our N...

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Universal 'discredit'

Monday, July 13th, 2020

Benefit sanctions ‘particularly cruel’ amidst widespread jobs destruction

3 min

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