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Jobs tsunami this summer?
Tuesday, May 26th, 2020
Responding to speculation that the chancellor Rishi Sunak will soon use a statement to detail changes to the job retention scheme (JRS), Unite has urged the gov...
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Agency workers pay victory
Tuesday, May 26th, 2020
Employment agency workers contracted to provide refuse collection services in Sandwell, West Midlands, are being paid 100 per cent of their wages during lockdow...
3 min
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Rescue plan welcomed
Tuesday, May 26th, 2020
Unite welcomes news of ‘Birch Project’ rescue plan to save businesses and jobs
6 min
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‘Betrayal of workers – and of Britain’
Tuesday, May 26th, 2020
Unite launched a major UK wide campaign on Friday May 22 against British Airways’ (BA) opportunistic plans to use the Covid-19 pandemic to betray thousands of s...
5 min
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Unite launches BA campaign
Friday, May 22nd, 2020
Major Unite campaign to oppose British Airways’ betrayal of Britain
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Heroes and zeroes
Friday, May 22nd, 2020
UniteLive highlights the latest ‘heroes and zeroes’ amid coronavirus epidemic
9 min
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'Totally unacceptable'
Friday, May 22nd, 2020
Thousands of care workers could be ineligible for £60,000 Covid-19 payment
3 min
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‘Victory for fair-minded British people’
Friday, May 22nd, 2020
But late yesterday afternoon, thanks to Unite, action the PM made an astonishing U-turn –saying the charge for overseas NHS and care workers will be removed.
3 min
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It’s good to talk
Friday, May 22nd, 2020
We need a new way to organise to keep our members in touch with the union when they are no longer at work. Indeed, even those who are lucky enough to be in work...
4 min
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Ministers are at ‘sixes and sevens’
Thursday, May 21st, 2020
Unite said that the £1.6bn government bailout - a combination of grant and loans - for Transport for London (TfL), after the dramatic slump in passenger number...
4 min
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Clarks to slash jobs
Thursday, May 21st, 2020
Shoemaker Clarks job losses ‘bitter blow’ for Somerset workers
3 min
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‘Mean-spirited and shabby’
Thursday, May 21st, 2020
Unite said the hypocrisy of the prime minister was given extra piquancy as he singled out two non-UK nurses – one from New Zealand and the other from Portugal ...
3 min
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Apprentices hit hard by pandemic
Wednesday, May 20th, 2020
Unite calls for gov’t to support apprentices and young people amid crisis
6 min
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‘Time is running out’
Wednesday, May 20th, 2020
The urgency for government intervention has been underlined by major employers in the aviation as well as associated aerospace sectors announcing over 30,000 po...
4 min
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'Hasty knee-jerk reaction'
Wednesday, May 20th, 2020
Unite AGS Steve Turner speaks out on on Rolls-Royce job losses
2 min
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‘Shameful opportunism’: Rolls-Royce jobs axe plan slammed
Wednesday, May 20th, 2020
“This company has accepted public money to furlough thousands of workers. Unite and Britain’s taxpayers deserve a more responsible approach to a national emerge...
5 min
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Helping us through the dark days
Tuesday, May 19th, 2020
That’s why, in mental health awareness week, Unite health sector, which includes our psychologist members, have forwarded to us an ingenious four week calendar ...
3 min
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Jobless claims rise to more than 2m
Tuesday, May 19th, 2020
Unite demands gov’t action as jobless claims soar by 70 per cent
6 min
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