Unite hales ‘unsung heroes’ working to keep the country’s stomachs full
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Unite hales ‘unsung heroes’ working to keep the country’s stomachs full
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Each week amid the coronavirus epidemic, UniteLIVE has been highlighting the heroes — those who are risking their lives caring for others and making a difference in their communities — as…Read more…
The doctor can speak to you now.
From behind closed doors,
head-phones for stethoscopes.
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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 apply for the government’s coronavirus job…Read more…
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 nationwide model.
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We meet Eddie, a Unite London cab driver member who explains why self employed taxi drivers need immediate help from the government. WATCH SIGN, SHARE, SUPPORT Sign our petition to the Prime…Read more…
Unite today (April 22) called on Pioneer Foods, a multimillion pound food manufacturer, to get its act together over pay and sickness. Pioneer Foods manufactures cereals, for leading supermarkets…Read more…
Unite has successfully negotiated that members working on the Woolwich Ferry will receive 100 per cent of their pay, if they are furloughed while there is a reduced service due to the coronavirus…Read more…
“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 terrible virus. When all of this is…Read more…
Unite celebrated a key victory in the hospitality sector after Marriott International, which owns one of the leading hotel chains in the world, agreed to furlough all 1,500 of its casual workers at…Read more…
The real death toll figure from coronavirus in the UK could be far higher than official figures suggest, as care home deaths in England and Wales have more than quadrupled in the last week. By April…Read more…
believe that people with big gardens should not be going to the park. Similarly if you go out and you have a garden you could make people sick by making a crowd. There would just be too many people…Read more…
Following on from Unite’s popular Facebook Live legal Q&A event, Unite will be hosting another one Facebook Live Q&A for members in the health sector tomorrow (Thursday, April 23) from…Read more…
“It is the right of every single worker in this country not to put themselves at risk of injury or hazard if they’re going to work,” he said, noting that the latest PPE guidance is essentially asking…Read more…
Four weeks into lockdown Unite London taxi driver Jim Kelly on what it’s really like for our self-employed members.
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“Taxi drivers are really struggling. We can’t wait until June to be paid.”
That is the message being echoed by taxi drivers up and down the country, and it is the one Unite has urged the transport…Read more…
Great news just in (April 21) has seen Unite save hundreds of Adecco agency workers from redundancy at world-renowned luxury car manufacturer Bentley Motors.
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Today (Monday April 20) Unite has submitted a six-point plan to government to save UK taxi drivers from financial ruin because of the coronavirus pandemic. The UK’s 82,000 taxi drivers face financial…Read more…
Unite on Sunday (April 19) welcomed the appointment of a `tsar’ to coordinate the manufacture and distribution of personal protective equipment (PPE). The union has long called for such a…Read more…
Unite believes that the government’s continued lack of PPE for front line workers is a scandal.
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