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…
Steep rise in care home deaths
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…
How to social distance safely
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…
Unite Facebook live event
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…
Litany of criticism
“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…
Tough times for our cabbies
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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Unite: taxi drivers in urgent financial support plea
“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…
Unite winning for workers
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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Five things social care workers need – that won’t be fixed by a badge
The government are failing to protect social care workers – and the vulnerable people they care for.Read more…
Coronavirus – how unions across the world are delivering for workers
Viruses don’t respect borders. The only way to end this pandemic is by working together in global solidarity.Read more…
New coronavirus data shows why workers need more protection from government
Latest ONS figures on the economic and social impact of Covid-19 confirm our fears that government measures to protect workers don’t go far enough.Read more…
Road to ruin
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…
PPE ‘tsar’ welcomed
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…
National shame
Unite believes that the government’s continued lack of PPE for front line workers is a scandal.
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Ask Alys: what are my rights as a vulnerable employee?
Q: What are my rights as an employee who is in a vulnerable or at-risk group? This week, Unite solicitor Alys Cunningham explains what your rights are as a worker who is ‘at-risk’ –…Read more…
Workers cant’ pay the price again
After the financial crisis working people paid the price through cuts to jobs, pay and public services. Once stabilised, the big question of the pandemic will once again be, who pays for the crash?…Read more…
Heroes and zeroes
Each and every week, heroes and ‘zeroes’ have emerged in the coronavirus crisis. Here are this week’s latest HEROES Rainbow kids As UniteLIVE higlighted earlier this week, many…Read more…