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Thursday, October 1st, 2020

Unite Retired and Community members in fight to save free TV licences for over 75s

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Govt’s day of shame

Thursday, October 1st, 2020

Today is the annual UN Day for Older Persons, a day of celebration and recognition for a generation who have given a lifetime of work to build our nations and f...

6 min

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Unite celebrates Black History Month

Thursday, October 1st, 2020

Black History Month, which this year honours Black inventors, is now more important than ever

6 min

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Mass unemployment still looms

Wednesday, September 30th, 2020

The Job Support Scheme measures announced on September 24 will provide some relief for some workers but more will need to be done to prevent a mass unemployment...

3 min

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‘Morally repugnant’

Wednesday, September 30th, 2020

A number of Cambridge University colleges, which are targeting some of their lowest paid employees for the jobs’ axe as they juggle their Covid-19 finances, hav...

4 min

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Chaos looms as drivers slam govt over ports paperwork Brexit shambles

Wednesday, September 30th, 2020

Angry lorry drivers have accused government minister Michael Gove, chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster of ‘blame shifting’ as he tells them to prepare paperwor...

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‘We need a cohort of resources’

Wednesday, September 30th, 2020

As previously reported on UNITElive Danny spent nine days in Kingston Hospital, Surrey, at the end of March this year. Danny had endured the full range of the v...

9 min

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'Penny pinching'

Wednesday, September 30th, 2020

‘Inadequate’ sick pay and worker bus fare rises at the coronavirus-hit Bernard Matthews’ turkey processing factory in Suffolk increase the risk of further Covid...

4 min

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Rolls-Royce plant 'heart and soul' of local jobs

Tuesday, September 29th, 2020

Workforce balloting on strike action to save historic Lancashire Rolls-Royce factory

4 min

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tribunal legal case

'Wake up call' for rogue employers

Tuesday, September 29th, 2020

Legal case against Lancashire electronic firm warning to employers abusing furlough

4 min

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Unite victory on remote sign-on

Tuesday, September 29th, 2020

Major London bus operator rules out remote sign on

4 min

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'Lifetime skills guarantee' won't make up for mass unemployment

Tuesday, September 29th, 2020

New lifelong learning package ‘will not give workers skills and support they need’ amid crisis

6 min

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Uber

'Sad day for London's travelling public'

Tuesday, September 29th, 2020

Unite slams court decision granting Uber in London new licence to operate despite safety failings

4 min

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nhs

'Never-ending gravy train'

Monday, September 28th, 2020

Unite slams £240,000 pay-off for former NHS trust boss who quit telling staff 'life's too short'

5 min

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More than 1m jobs 'consigned to the scrapheap'

Monday, September 28th, 2020

Jobs in nightlife, sport, arts and events will fall through the cracks of chancellor’s short-time working scheme

7 min

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Heathrow has 'moral duty' to loyal workers

Friday, September 25th, 2020

Heathrow urged to halt brutal plans to fire and rehire thousands in light of new jobs scheme

3 min

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Heroes and zeroes

Friday, September 25th, 2020

UniteLIVE highlights the latest heroes and zeroes amid the coronavirus pandemic

9 min

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footballers show racism the red card

Keeping up the momentum

Friday, September 25th, 2020

Show Racism the Red Card founder Ged Grebby tells UniteLIVE why anti-racism education is now more important than ever before

8 min

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