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‘Knee jerk’ threat to 399 jobs

Thursday, April 23rd, 2020

The decision to axe 399 workers at Safran Seats UK, which makes commercial airline seats, has been branded as ‘knee jerk’ as bosses should have continued to app...

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Template for furlough deals?

Thursday, April 23rd, 2020

An agreement which will see over 100 workers at 12 Greenwich libraries furloughed on 100 per cent of pay during the coronavirus pandemic, could become a nationw...

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‘Essential workers must be able to afford essential things’

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020

COVID-19 crisis exposes poor treatment of vital workers supplying major supermarkets

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Woolwich Ferry workers win

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020

Woolwich Ferry workers to receive 100 per cent of pay if furloughed

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'His loss is simply immeasurable'

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020

“Gerallt was a hero alongside all of our frontline NHS staff. Day in day out they are selflessly putting themselves at risk in order to protect us all from this...

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Victory for casual workers at Marriott Hotels

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020

Unite celebrates key hospitality victory as casual staff furloughed

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Steep rise in care home deaths

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020

Care home deaths underscore urgent need for PPE in sector

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Unite winning for workers

Tuesday, April 21st, 2020

Great news just in (April 21) has seen Unite save hundreds of Adecco agency workers from redundancy at world-renowned luxury car manufacturer Bentley Motors.

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Road to ruin

Monday, April 20th, 2020

Unite calls for urgent talks with transport secretary as UK taxi drivers face financial ruin

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PPE 'tsar' welcomed

Monday, April 20th, 2020

McCluskey: government heeds Unite's calls but not a minute more to waste

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Heroes and zeroes

Friday, April 17th, 2020

UniteLive highlights the latest ‘heroes and zeroes’ amid coronavirus epidemic

7 min

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'Heart-breaking sacrifice'

Thursday, April 16th, 2020

Unite honours fallen London bus workers - and demands more portections

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Cities facing crisis

Thursday, April 16th, 2020

Cities reliant on aviation industry will take harder economic hit from Covid-19 crisis

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Unite win for wages and clarity

Wednesday, April 15th, 2020

In the first legal test of test of the government’s job retention scheme (JRS), Unite has secured clarification that the scheme can be used by companies in admi...

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#ProtectUs call

Tuesday, April 14th, 2020

Unite calls for government leadership amid national PPE shortage

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Coronavirus news round-up

Thursday, April 9th, 2020

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Coronavirus news round-up

Wednesday, April 8th, 2020

Read all the latest UniteLive news on the coronavirus epidemic

6 min

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Coronavirus news round-up

Tuesday, April 7th, 2020

Read all the latest UniteLive news on the coronavirus epidemic

14 min

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