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London Bus drivers 'not taking strike action lightly'

Wednesday, March 10th, 2021

London braced for fresh bus strikes as talks fail to progress

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'Disastrous handling of test and trace'

Wednesday, March 10th, 2021

Parliamentary spending watchdog slams government for £23bn wasted on privatised test and trace system

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Leicester SPS staff to strike

Tuesday, March 9th, 2021

Leicester SPS staff strike over proposed ‘penury-inducing’ fire and rehire cuts of up to £3,000

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‘Largest strikes in Labour history’

Tuesday, March 9th, 2021

Unite sends solidarity as Indian farmers protests pass 100 days

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How collective bargaining can tackle the race to the bottom

Monday, March 8th, 2021

Unite research shows "power of working people in the system of global trade comes from our collective strength"

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'Building a better tomorrow'

Monday, March 8th, 2021

Unite members look to manufacturing, health and education for the jobs of tomorrow, says new research

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Ealing parking chaos looms

Monday, March 8th, 2021

Ealing civil enforcement officer strike ballot opens over union busting

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Women under 'massive pressure'

Monday, March 8th, 2021

On International Women’s Day, UniteLIVE investigates the disproportionate impact of the Covid pandemic on women

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'This government is actively anti-women'

Monday, March 8th, 2021

Unite national officer Siobhan Endean: On International Women’s Day, let’s organise to hold this government to account

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'Slap in the face' NHS pay proposal

Friday, March 5th, 2021

Unite considers industrial action after government’s ‘indecent proposal’ of one per cent pay rise for NHS staff

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'We're having the vaccine'

Friday, March 5th, 2021

Unite launches film for new 'get a jab' campaign

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Accelerating vaccine programme 'a bridge to a safer world'

Friday, March 5th, 2021

‘Army of 30,000 union reps’ ready to promote vaccine take-up in UK’s workplaces, says Unite

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Unite meets Kwarteng in save GKN plant talks

Thursday, March 4th, 2021

Representatives of Unite, along with Jack Dromey MP, today (Thursday 4 March) met with Kwasi Kwarteng MP, the secretary of state for business enterprise and ind...

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Unite win for members

Thursday, March 4th, 2021

Hestia Housing and Support workers have succeeded in their campaign to force their employer to pay the London Living Wage, Unite said today (Thursday 4 March). 

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‘Immoral’ fire and rehire plans brewing  

Thursday, March 4th, 2021

Plans to ‘fire and rehire’ nearly 300 workers at the JDE (Jacobs Douwe Egberts) site in Banbury, Oxfordshire could lead to industrial action at the coffee facto...

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Bus stop

Thursday, March 4th, 2021

Unite's London bus driver members have been advised to stop driving if their bus becomes overcrowded, to prevent the transmission of Covid-19.

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A Budget of ‘spin, gimmicks and dangerous wheezes’

Thursday, March 4th, 2021

Reacting last night to the Budget statement delivered by chancellor Rishi Sunak (Wednesday, March 3) Unite general secretary Len McCluskey warned that the gover...

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Sunak Budget ‘falls short’

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2021

Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget today (March 3) fell short of what was needed to rebuild the economy and protect people’s jobs, health and incomes, Unite warned...

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