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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 ...
3 min
‘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...
6 min
Houses before health?
Monday, April 27th, 2020
Unite warns over health and safety as housebuilders begin return to work
5 min
'A national embarrassment'
Monday, April 27th, 2020
Unite calls for an urgent ramp in testing amid government failrues
5 min
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...
5 min
Unite fights an 'unprecedented crisis'
Monday, April 27th, 2020
‘Sort this out [govt] and stop putting pressure on NHS workers’ call
7 min
'Everything is jam tomorrow'
Monday, April 27th, 2020
“Unite is urgently calling for ambulance workers to be given clear guidance regarding triaging which patients should be taken to hospital and more action on PPE...
5 min
Remember the dead, fight for living
Monday, April 27th, 2020
Unite GS Len McCluskey: safety at work is a right, not a privilege
2 min
7,000 London transport workers furloughed
Friday, April 24th, 2020
Furloughed TfL workers should act as ‘a spur’ for government financial rescue package
3 min
Salute to our food workers
Friday, April 24th, 2020
Unite hails ‘unsung heroes’ working to keep the country’s stomachs full
4 min
Heroes and zeroes
Friday, April 24th, 2020
UniteLive highlights the latest ‘heroes and zeroes’ amid coronavirus epidemic
7 min
The doctor will see you now…
Thursday, April 23rd, 2020
The doctor can speak to you now. From behind closed doors, head-phones for stethoscopes.
2 min
‘Knee jerk’ threat to 399 jobs
Thursday, April 23rd, 2020
The decision to axe 399 workers at Safran Seats UK, which makes commercial airline seats, has been branded as ‘knee jerk’ as bosses should have continued to app...
3 min
Template for furlough deals?
Thursday, April 23rd, 2020
An agreement which will see over 100 workers at 12 Greenwich libraries furloughed on 100 per cent of pay during the coronavirus pandemic, could become a nationw...
3 min
'From feast to famine'
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020
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‘Essential workers must be able to afford essential things’
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020
COVID-19 crisis exposes poor treatment of vital workers supplying major supermarkets
3 min
Woolwich Ferry workers win
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020
Woolwich Ferry workers to receive 100 per cent of pay if furloughed
3 min
'His loss is simply immeasurable'
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020
“Gerallt was a hero alongside all of our frontline NHS staff. Day in day out they are selflessly putting themselves at risk in order to protect us all from this...
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