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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, ...
3 min
‘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...
3 min
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
6 min
‘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...
5 min
'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
3 min
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
5 min
Appledore shipyard finds a buyer
Tuesday, August 25th, 2020
Appledore shipyard purchase great news for Devon and for workers
3 min
Victory for Care at Home staff
Monday, August 24th, 2020
Over 300 Care Home staff in South Ayrshire secure pay rise
4 min
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
5 min
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
5 min
‘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...
6 min
'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
4 min
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...
6 min
Heroes and zeroes
Friday, August 21st, 2020
UniteLIVE highlights the latest heroes and zeroes amid the coronavirus crisis
11 min
'We've just been thrown under the bus'
Friday, August 21st, 2020
Unite PHE members speak out after government scraps Public Health England
9 min
'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
4 min
ADL betrayal
Thursday, August 20th, 2020
ADL branded ‘disgraceful and deceptive’ over Guildford production closure and Falkirk and Scarborough redundancies
6 min
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...
5 min