Unite, last night (June 30) described the announcement that easyJet is intending to make 1,290 cabin crew redundant and close its hubs at Newcastle, Stansted and Southend airports in their entirety…Read more…
Exploitation of migrant workers and coronavirus link must end
The link between outbreaks of Covid-19 at meat processing plants and the sector’s widespread exploitation of migrant workers on low pay and insecure contracts ‘must be addressed’, Unite said last…Read more…
NHS staff Covid-19 fears for A&E as pubs reopen
NHS ambulance and A&E staff are braced ‘with a great deal of trepidation’ for the fall-out from the mass opening of pubs in England on Saturday, Unite warned today (Wednesday July 1).
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‘The scale of this is devastating’
Aerospace giant Airbus announced last night (June 30) a massive raft of UK job losses, with more than 1,700 jobs expected to go. Speaking on BBC 1 News on Wednesday (July 1), Unite assistant general…Read more…
‘Act of industrial vandalism’
Unite has branded aerospace giant Airbus’ announcement on Tuesday night (June 30) to slash nearly 2,000 jobs in the UK ‘another act of industrial vandalism’. Calling on the government to…Read more…
Leicester in lockdown
Leicester is the first city in the UK to re-enter strict lockdown after a local surge in new coronavirus cases. More than 950 new cases have been recorded in a two-week period, which has prompted the…Read more…
‘Positively Rooseveltian’?
Millions of Britons who have lost their jobs or who face the threat of redundancy after the furlough scheme ends will have been left sorely disappointed by prime minister Boris Johnson’s speech today…Read more…
‘New era for nuclear power’?
The creation of a ‘clean energy hub’ at Moorside in Cumbria could mean a post-pandemic 25,000 jobs bonanza across the north west, Unite said today (Tuesday June 30).
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Construction workers ‘must not risk their health’
Unite, the UK’s construction union, is urging workers not to risk their health if they are not supplied with the correct PPE. The union’s warning follows the revelation that many contractors are…Read more…
‘We need to care for our carers’
Unite has welcomed the Labour Party’s call for fast-tracked mental health support for all people working in the NHS and social care. The party has developed a mental health support package for these…Read more…
‘No going back’
A decade of public service cuts “wasn’t actually austerity”, prime minister Boris Johnson incredibly contended today (June 29). Speaking to the Radio Times this morning, Johnson admitted that the…Read more…
UK urgently needs world-leading satellite infrastructure
With rumours that the UK government is set to take a 20 per cent ‘equity investment’ stake in the OneWeb satellite business, leading manufacturing union Unite is calling on the government to confirm…Read more…
Inquiry into Covid-19 worker death rates call
Unite is calling for an urgent ‘warts and all’ public inquiry into the death rates of workers from Covid-19 during the pandemic. The union made its call following the publication today (June 27) of…Read more…
It’s the media stupid!
Nationals in particular have swung even harder against Labour and the unions. Thatcher, aided by Murdoch and the others right wing owners changed the climate in this country in the 1980s and 90s…Read more…
London cash boost call
Boris Johnson was urged today (June 26) not to abdicate the government’s responsibilities to London and provide a cash injection to help the capital’s economy recover post-Covid-19. The call came…Read more…
‘Second spike’ danger warning
Unite, which represents workers throughout public transport including over 80,000 bus workers is warning that a ‘second spike’ in Covid-19 infections is becoming ever more likely due to…Read more…
Heroes and zeroes
Every week here on UniteLIVE, we highlight the heroes and zeroes of the coronavirus crisis. Here are this week’s latest: HEROES Healthcare scientists When we think of NHS workers — all of…Read more…
Continue govt support call
Industry bodies and cross-party politicians joined Unite in calling for an extension of the Job Retention Scheme (JRS), during a Manufacturing Matters webinar debate yesterday (June 25).
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Council services under pressure as people flock to beaches
The ‘Dominic Cummings ‘ effect, which contributed to thousands flocking to beaches on the south coast, is piling further pressure on already strained local government finances and resources,…Read more…
It’s the media stupid!
The difference between Corbyn and his predecessors was that the general public didn’t know much about him, other than what they were told about him by the media. One thing was certain and that was…Read more…