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A ‘horrible blow for staff’

Wednesday, August 26th, 2020

Rolls-Royce’s announcement today (Wednesday August 26) that it is planning to close aerospace sites in Barnoldswick, Lancashire, and Annesley, Nottinghamshire, ...

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‘Come clean’ call to council

Wednesday, August 26th, 2020

The decision by Lewisham council to extend the contract of Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL) to run the authorities leisure services has been condemned by Unite t...

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A 'united' kingdom?

Wednesday, August 26th, 2020

Unite calls on people to keep community spirit as new research shows dissipating belief in unity after lockdown has eased

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‘Not quite lockdown’ for Brum  

Tuesday, August 25th, 2020

It was announced today (August 25) that Birmingham City Council is to introduce a series of legally enforceable measures from tomorrow to try and contain the sp...

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'All about greed and not need'

Tuesday, August 25th, 2020

ESS Group accused of using Covid-19 to ‘steal’ working weeks and pay from MoD workers

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Metroline bus drivers take stand against remote sign on

Tuesday, August 25th, 2020

London warned of bus chaos as angry drivers poised for strike action

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Appledore shipyard finds a buyer

Tuesday, August 25th, 2020

Appledore shipyard purchase great news for Devon and for workers

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Victory for Care at Home staff

Monday, August 24th, 2020

Over 300 Care Home staff in South Ayrshire secure pay rise

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End delay in crane accident investigation call

Monday, August 24th, 2020

Unite reiterates call for HSE to publish initial findings into east London crane accident

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Rural jobs at risk

Monday, August 24th, 2020

New research finds 320,000 jobs in rural communities could be lost once the furlough scheme ends

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‘They shall not pass’

Friday, August 21st, 2020

Or as Nelson Mandela put it “No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People are taught to ha...

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'Victory for common sense'

Friday, August 21st, 2020

Unite hails victory as University of Sheffield drops plan ‘to sack and rehire’ 8,000 staff on inferior pay

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Meat plant deep clean after new Covid cluster found

Friday, August 21st, 2020

After 35 staff tested positive for the virus the pork meat processing plant will now close for a deep clean this weekend. It’s understood testing and tracing wi...

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Heroes and zeroes

Friday, August 21st, 2020

UniteLIVE highlights the latest heroes and zeroes amid the coronavirus crisis

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'We've just been thrown under the bus'

Friday, August 21st, 2020

Unite PHE members speak out after government scraps Public Health England

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'This fight will go all the way'

Friday, August 21st, 2020

BA staff overwhelmingly reaffirm that the fight goes on with call for strike action

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ADL betrayal

Thursday, August 20th, 2020

ADL branded ‘disgraceful and deceptive’ over Guildford production closure and Falkirk and Scarborough redundancies

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Time to be ‘more German’?

Thursday, August 20th, 2020

In the UK, the Chancellor is refusing to extend the furlough scheme despite the prospect of mass job losses. But in Germany, the ‘Kurzarbeit’ social insurance s...

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