The Job Support Scheme measures announced on September 24 will provide some relief for some workers but more will need to be done to prevent a mass unemployment crisis.
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‘Morally repugnant’
A number of Cambridge University colleges, which are targeting some of their lowest paid employees for the jobs’ axe as they juggle their Covid-19 finances, have been urged to have an urgent rethink…Read more…
Chaos looms as drivers slam govt over ports paperwork Brexit shambles
Angry lorry drivers have accused government minister Michael Gove, chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster of ‘blame shifting’ as he tells them to prepare paperwork for ports post-Brexit – an impossible…Read more…
‘We need a cohort of resources’
As previously reported on UNITElive Danny spent nine days in Kingston Hospital, Surrey, at the end of March this year. Danny had endured the full range of the virus’ symptoms at home for eight days….Read more…
‘Penny pinching’
‘Inadequate’ sick pay and worker bus fare rises at the coronavirus-hit Bernard Matthews’ turkey processing factory in Suffolk increase the risk of further Covid-19 transmissions, Unite said today…Read more…
Rolls-Royce plant ‘heart and soul’ of local jobs
Members of Unite have begun to ballot for industrial action as part of a campaign to save the historic Rolls-Royce plant at Barnoldswick in Lancashire. The iconic site, which is the cradle of the jet…Read more…
‘Wake up call’ for rogue employers
A legal case launched by Unite could prove to be a wake up call for rogue employers the union has claimed today (September 29). An employment tribunal will be asked to consider the case of a member…Read more…
Unite victory on remote sign-on
Unite, the union which represents over 20,000 bus drivers in London, has secured a major victory in its campaign against the introduction of highly controversial remote sign-on operating procedures….Read more…
‘Lifetime skills guarantee’ won’t make up for mass unemployment
Prime minister Boris Johnson’s plans for expanding vocational training announced today (September 29) will not reverse the impact of skyrocketing levels of unemployment on the horizon amid the…Read more…
‘Sad day for London’s travelling public’
Ride-hailing app Uber has won its court appeal and has been granted a new 18-month licence to operate in London this week. Unite slammed the decision after a judge upheld Uber’s appeal against…Read more…
‘Never-ending gravy train’
An NHS trust boss has cashed in on nearly a quarter of a million pounds of taxpayer money after her departure, it has been revealed. Siobhan McArdle, who served as chief executive of South Tees NHS…Read more…
More than 1m jobs ‘consigned to the scrapheap’
More than 1m people will completely fall through the cracks of chancellor Rishi Sunak’s post-furlough scheme which was announced last week, a new analysis has shown. In his announcement to the…Read more…
Heathrow has ‘moral duty’ to loyal workers
Following the chancellor’s announcement yesterday (September 24) of the creation of the Job Support Scheme, Unite, the UK’s leading aviation union, is calling on Heathrow Airport Limited (HAL) to…Read more…
Heroes and zeroes
Every Friday here on UniteLIVE, we bring you the latest heroes and zeroes of the coronavirus crisis. Here are this week’s latest. Belarusian Independent Trade Union (BITU) international…Read more…
Keeping up the momentum
When the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown first hit the UK, like so many organisations, there was a moment of panic for anti-racist charity Show Racism the Red Card (SRtRC). “We didn’t know…Read more…
Bernard Matthews workers ‘left in the lurch’
Hundreds of workers employed by Bernard Matthews, earning just the minimum wage, are up in arms over the company’s decision to more than double the price of its employee bus service and scrap a key…Read more…
Verdict at Lizaveta’s trial
“They claimed I was arrested by a special police squad aka OMON in the centre of Grodno in a crowd of protesters. But the reality is I was arrested in front of my house by OMON – and it looked like a…Read more…
Chancellor’s new scheme ‘may come to late for too many’
Following concerted campaigning from Unite, chancellor Rishi Sunak announced on Thursday (September 24) new measures to replace the current furlough scheme arrangements, which were slated to end on…Read more…
Face covering fines ‘will make little difference’ if rules not enforced
In the last three months, only about 400 fines were issued to people for failing to wear face coverings on public transport, figures obtained by Unite have revealed. The small number of fines…Read more…
Stobart job losses ‘latest blow for airport workers’
The announcement that Stobart Aviation Services is proposing to make substantial job cuts among its ground crew, most baggage handlers, at Manchester, Southend and Stansted airports is further…Read more…