Unite is urging the government to resolve a major discrepancy within the government’s job retention scheme – which could prevent thousands of workers from being furloughed.
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Test workers – or risk virus spreading
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 (April 28).
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‘Fight like hell for the living’
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 all the 20 industrial sectors Unite…Read more…
Houses before health?
Unite has warned that there are growing fears that building new homes is being put ahead of the health and welfare of construction workers and their families. The union is calling on the…Read more…
‘A national embarrassment’
Unite has slammed the government’s slow response to testing essential workers such as NHS staff for coronavirus. The criticism comes after health and social care secretary Matt Hancock pledged to be…Read more…
We will remember them
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 commemorate their lost friends will be…Read more…
Unite fights an ‘unprecedented crisis’
Never in recent years has International Workers’ Memorial Day – which takes place every year on April 28 – been so poignant, or so necessary. As the world is gripped by a global pandemic, far too…Read more…
‘Everything is jam tomorrow’
“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 which needs to be supplied to…Read more…
Remember the dead, fight for living
Ahead of International Workers’ Memorial Day on Tuesday (April 28), Unite general secretary Len McCluskey calls on people to ‘Remember the dead, fight for the living’ with a one…Read more…
7,000 London transport workers furloughed
The decision today (April 24) by Transport for London (TfL) to furlough about 7,000 staff should spur the government to intervene with a substantial financial package to support the capital’s…Read more…
Salute to our food workers
Unite hales ‘unsung heroes’ working to keep the country’s stomachs full
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Heroes and zeroes
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 will see you now…
The doctor can speak to you now.
From behind closed doors,
head-phones for stethoscopes.
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‘Knee jerk’ threat to 399 jobs
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…
Template for furlough deals?
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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‘From feast to famine’
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…
‘Essential workers must be able to afford essential things’
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…
Woolwich Ferry workers win
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…
‘His loss is simply immeasurable’
“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…
Victory for casual workers at Marriott Hotels
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…