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Hotel hit ‘is not journalism’

Apr 7, 2021By UNITElive

Responding to the piece broadcast by Sky News in relation to the Birmingham hotel, conference and education facility built for Unite, the union said today (Wednesday April 7):

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Apr 7, 2021UNITElive

We will remember them

Apr 7, 2021By UNITElive

A once imposing war memorial dedicated to members of the print union Natsopa has been restored to its former glory and takes pride of place in a new peace garden in Wellsborough, Leicestershire.

The…Read more…

Apr 7, 2021UNITElive

‘Groundhog Day’ at the Woolwich Ferry

Apr 7, 2021By UNITElive

Workers operating the Woolwich Ferry, now run by Transport for London (TfL), are holding a ballot for strike action over the victimisation of a Unite rep, the union announced today (Wednesday April…Read more…

Apr 7, 2021UNITElive

‘Toxic’ firm’s threat to ‘fire and rehire’ 300 staff

Apr 6, 2021By UNITElive

Coffee-drinking supermarket customers will be a key element in the ‘fire and rehire’ dispute affecting nearly 300 employees at the JDE (Jacobs Douwe Egberts) site in Banbury, Oxfordshire, as the firm…Read more…

Apr 6, 2021UNITElive

Tugboat crew strike in roster row

Apr 6, 2021By UNITElive

Two days of strike action this week by Plymouth tugboat crews in a rostering dispute will cause serious disruption to naval traffic in the docks, Unite warned today (Tuesday April 6).

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Apr 6, 2021UNITElive

Green light to racists

Apr 6, 2021By UNITElive

It’s not genetics, vitamin D, underlying conditions, or lifestyle choices causing disproportionate deaths of black and Asian people from Covid-19. It is poverty and racism, says a report by Doctors…Read more…

Apr 6, 2021UNITElive

‘Here for you’

Apr 4, 2021By UNITElive

Exactly year ago last week, the UK entered its first lockdown in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Unite general secretary Len McCluskey has a special message for all members who have made the…Read more…

Apr 4, 2021UNITElive

Amazon campaign hits the streets

Apr 1, 2021By UNITElive

Unite began a major newspaper and digital advertising campaign yesterday (March 31), to alert Amazon workers about a confidential whistle-blowing hotline which has opened in the UK and Ireland.

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Apr 1, 2021UNITElive

‘NHS staff are there for us all’

Apr 1, 2021By UNITElive

In March, the government announced it would be recommending a disgraceful 1 per cent pay rise for NHS staff – despite staff having sacrificed so much during the pandemic and having suffered a…Read more…

Apr 1, 2021UNITElive

Heathrow strikes called off

Apr 1, 2021By UNITElive

Strikes due to begin at Heathrow Airport tomorrow (April 2) have been postponed after an offer on pay and future working conditions was agreed following extensive negotiations. The workers, who are…Read more…

Apr 1, 2021UNITElive

London United bus strikes latest

Apr 1, 2021By UNITElive

The increasingly bitter dispute, involving London United, a subsidiary of the French owned company RATP, is set to intensify, after bus drivers at two more garages voted to join the industrial action…Read more…

Apr 1, 2021UNITElive

‘Not a real living wage’

Apr 1, 2021By UNITElive

Low-paid workers will have little to celebrate today (April 1) as a minimum wage rise of 19p an hour is rendered meaningless by rising living costs such as increases in council tax, and energy and…Read more…

Apr 1, 2021UNITElive

Royal London hospital catering workers ‘suffering persistent bullying’

Mar 31, 2021By UNITElive

Patients at the Royal London hospital in Whitechapel could face disruption at mealtimes this spring, if workers employed by outsourcer Serco take strike action in a dispute over bullying and the…Read more…

Mar 31, 2021UNITElive

Unite slams race report

Mar 31, 2021By UNITElive

The government has come under fierce criticism after commissioning a report on racial disparities in the UK, which critics including Unite have said has failed to take seriously the lived experiences…Read more…

Mar 31, 2021UNITElive

Safeguards needed on hi-tech work monitoring

Mar 31, 2021By UNITElive

Unite has warned that safeguards must be fully implemented in workplaces to protect workers from the ‘unintended consequences’ of hi-tech monitoring following the promotion of this latest equipment…Read more…

Mar 31, 2021UNITElive

Action on Amazon

Mar 31, 2021By UNITElive

Unite has begun a major newspaper and digital advertising campaign today (March 31), to alert Amazon workers about a confidential whistle-blowing hotline which has opened in the UK & Ireland….Read more…

Mar 31, 2021UNITElive

Don’t ‘be left out or left behind’

Mar 30, 2021By UNITElive

Unite has welcomed comedian and actor Sir Lenny Henry’s recent open letter to African and African-Caribbean communities urging them to get their coronavirus jab. The letter was signed by a series of…Read more…

Mar 30, 2021UNITElive

Fresh London bus strikes as peace talks fail

Mar 30, 2021By UNITElive

London will face fresh bus strikes this week after peace talks failed to secure a breakthrough in the dispute over proposed attacks on conditions and real terms pay cuts. Bus drivers at the RATP…Read more…

Mar 30, 2021UNITElive

Profits over livelihoods

Mar 30, 2021By UNITElive

Brexit trade barriers or naked corporate greed are to blame for job losses in Co. Antrim amid a sinking job market and during a global pandemic fears Unite.

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Mar 30, 2021UNITElive

Taking liberties

Mar 29, 2021By UNITElive

Unite organiser and Ogreave Truth and Justice Campaign chair Joe Rollin tells us all you need to know about the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill in the explainer below. What’s it all about? …Read more…

Mar 29, 2021UNITElive
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