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‘This government is actively anti-women’

Mar 8, 2021By UNITElive

It couldn’t be clearer. The Tories are completely out of touch with the realities for women of the impact of the pandemic and have failed them at every turn. In fact, we need to recognise that…Read more…

Mar 8, 2021UNITElive

‘Slap in the face’ NHS pay proposal

Mar 5, 2021By UNITElive

An industrial action ballot is one of the options that Unite will be considering as it steps up its campaign for a fair and decent pay rise for NHS staff. Unite will be liaising with other health…Read more…

Mar 5, 2021UNITElive

‘We’re having the vaccine’

Mar 5, 2021By UNITElive

As Unite launches its ‘get a jab’ campaign, where the union is calling on members to get the vaccine and encourage vaccine uptake, we’ve put together a special film below. Watch,…Read more…

Mar 5, 2021UNITElive

Accelerating vaccine programme ‘a bridge to a safer world’

Mar 5, 2021By UNITElive

Unite’s ‘standing army’ of 30,000 workplace reps is being mobilised to play its part in promoting the benefits of the Covid-19 vaccine to workmates across the UK. Unite today (March 5) launched a…Read more…

Mar 5, 2021UNITElive

Unite meets Kwarteng in save GKN plant talks

Mar 4, 2021By UNITElive

Representatives of Unite, along with Jack Dromey MP, today (Thursday 4 March) met with Kwasi Kwarteng MP, the secretary of state for business enterprise and industrial strategy, about the future of…Read more…

Mar 4, 2021UNITElive

Unite win for members

Mar 4, 2021By UNITElive

Hestia Housing and Support workers have succeeded in their campaign to force their employer to pay the London Living Wage, Unite said today (Thursday 4 March). 

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Mar 4, 2021UNITElive

‘Immoral’ fire and rehire plans brewing  

Mar 4, 2021By UNITElive

Plans to ‘fire and rehire’ nearly 300 workers at the JDE (Jacobs Douwe Egberts) site in Banbury, Oxfordshire could lead to industrial action at the coffee factory, Unite warned today (Thursday March…Read more…

Mar 4, 2021UNITElive

Bus stop

Mar 4, 2021By UNITElive

Unite’s London bus driver members have been advised to stop driving if their bus becomes overcrowded, to prevent the transmission of Covid-19.

The post Bus stop appeared first on UNITElive.org.Read more…

Mar 4, 2021UNITElive

A Budget of ‘spin, gimmicks and dangerous wheezes’

Mar 4, 2021By UNITElive

Reacting last night to the Budget statement delivered by chancellor Rishi Sunak (Wednesday, March 3) Unite general secretary Len McCluskey warned that the government’s flagship freeports policy could…Read more…

Mar 4, 2021UNITElive

Sunak Budget ‘falls short’

Mar 3, 2021By UNITElive

Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget today (March 3) fell short of what was needed to rebuild the economy and protect people’s jobs, health and incomes, Unite warned.

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Mar 3, 2021UNITElive

‘Brutal pay cuts’ 

Mar 2, 2021By UNITElive

The Living Wage Foundation has been urged to end its accreditation of London-based lettings software provider Goodlord over ‘brutal’ £6,000 pay cuts that have forced staff to begin indefinite strike…Read more…

Mar 2, 2021UNITElive

Budget: has govt learnt anything from pandemic?  

Mar 2, 2021By UNITElive

This government’s mismanagement of the crisis has led to the UK suffering the biggest economic hit in Europe, not to mention a tragically high loss of life. Much-trailed in the media, we’ll soon find…Read more…

Mar 2, 2021UNITElive

Budget ‘must unite the whole country’

Mar 1, 2021By UNITElive

Ahead of the Budget on Wednesday (March 3), Unite is reiterating its calls to chancellor Rishi Sunak to take urgent and decisive action to protect health, jobs and incomes. The Budget will be the…Read more…

Mar 1, 2021UNITElive

Keeping those afloat from going adrift

Mar 1, 2021By UNITElive

Unite warned today (March 1) that plans by the London Resort – the Disney style theme park due to be built in the Kent estuary – to house 2,000 construction workers at Tilbury in Essex, requires full…Read more…

Mar 1, 2021UNITElive

London bus strikes latest

Mar 1, 2021By UNITElive

London bus passengers should brace for further severe disruption this week, Unite has warned, after fresh strikes in a dispute over pay and terms and conditions were called. The industrial action…Read more…

Mar 1, 2021UNITElive

Cruise ship accommodation plan warning

Mar 1, 2021By UNITElive

Unite has warned that plans by the London Resort, the Disney style theme park due to be built in the Kent estuary, to house 2,000 construction workers at Tilbury in Essex, requires full consultation,…Read more…

Mar 1, 2021UNITElive

Boss’s shame as staff demand £170k in unpaid wages

Mar 1, 2021By UNITElive

Serious questions continue to be asked into allegations that the owner of Lunar Automotive, previously based in Preston, has not paid his workforce to the tune of about £170,000 while they have been…Read more…

Mar 1, 2021UNITElive

Manchester mayor urged to intervene ahead of bus strikes

Feb 26, 2021By UNITElive

Unite, which represents over 400 bus drivers at Go North West, has written to the Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham urging him to intervene, having becoming increasingly alarmed at the…Read more…

Feb 26, 2021UNITElive

Pay delay for council workers a ‘disgrace’

Feb 26, 2021By UNITElive

Local government employers must speed up the pay process so that council workers and school staff – who have sacrificed so much during the pandemic – don’t have to wait months longer for a pay rise….Read more…

Feb 26, 2021UNITElive

Sainsbury’s ‘pathetic’ pay rise slammed

Feb 26, 2021By UNITElive

Sainsbury’s 2021 pay offer to staff – a 20p increase to £9.50 an hour – has been ‘put to shame’ by Morrisons’ pledge to pay workers £10 an hour from April, Unite said today (February 26). Unite, the…Read more…

Feb 26, 2021UNITElive
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