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‘Best serving our nation at this time’

Friday, May 1st, 2020

But while we may not be marching, your contribution to the nation's well-being has never been more evident. It is workers like you who are best serving our nati...

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Covid-19 life sum should go to bus workers too call

Thursday, April 30th, 2020

Unite national officer for passenger transport Bobby Morton wants the transport secretary to urgently investigate how the £60,000 life assurance payment, can no...

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‘The exact opposite of what our great nation stands for’

Thursday, April 30th, 2020

This is a company that only a few weeks ago sent an internal email urging pilots and cabin crew to come into work and help repatriate thousands of UK citizens d...

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“Unlawful and immoral”

Wednesday, April 29th, 2020

The shock announcement by British Airways that it is to make 12,000 UK workers at the airline redundant without any consultation has been denounced as ‘unlawful...

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Unite members 'stand a fighting chance'

Wednesday, April 29th, 2020

Unite secures more furlough agreements - winning for members 100% pay

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Unite: Join the Covid-19 ‘manufacturing army’

Wednesday, April 29th, 2020

Following Nissan’s ‘outstanding’ efforts in re-purposing its facilities to produce hundreds of thousands of pieces of much needed personal protective equipment ...

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‘Heartless decision’

Wednesday, April 29th, 2020

Reacting last night (April 28) to the British Airways announcement that it is to make 12,000 staff redundant, Unite slammed the move as a ‘heartless decision’ a...

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Time for a new deal

Wednesday, April 29th, 2020

Unite GS Len McCluskey in May Day message of solidarity

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NHS 'running to catch up'

Tuesday, April 28th, 2020

IWMD: Unite reiterates demand for adequate PPE for health and carestaff

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‘National collective effort’ needed for post Covid-19 economy

Tuesday, April 28th, 2020

Unite general secretary Len McCluskey today (April 28) called for “a coherent blueprint” for economic recovery to be drawn up for when the Covid-19 crisis ends ...

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Farm and agriculture workers feel Covid-19 pressure

Tuesday, April 28th, 2020

“It is interesting to see how key to a functioning society many ‘unskilled’ workers really are, from farmworkers, to pack house workers, to delivery drivers and...

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'Honour lives lost'

Tuesday, April 28th, 2020

IWMD latest: Fallen bus drivers must get recognition they deserve

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Resolve confusion now call

Tuesday, April 28th, 2020

Unite is urging the government to resolve a major discrepancy within the government’s job retention scheme – which could prevent thousands of workers from being...

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Test workers – or risk virus spreading

Tuesday, April 28th, 2020

Construction workers must be included in the government’s targeted Covid-19 testing of key workers in order to help halt the disease’s spread, Unite said today ...

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‘Fight like hell for the living’

Tuesday, April 28th, 2020

Unite has always put the safety and welfare of our members first, including their mental health. Our challenge has been to meet the requirements and needs of al...

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Houses before health?

Monday, April 27th, 2020

Unite warns over health and safety as housebuilders begin return to work

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'A national embarrassment'

Monday, April 27th, 2020

Unite calls for an urgent ramp in testing amid government failrues

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We will remember them

Monday, April 27th, 2020

From Edinburgh to the Eden Project, from Aberystwyth to Aldeburgh there will be no outdoor memorials – the squares where annually workers come to honour and com...

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