Unite welcomed Labour’s call today (February 11) for the government to introduce a sector specific support package for aviation.
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Unite welcomed Labour’s call today (February 11) for the government to introduce a sector specific support package for aviation.
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Health secretary Matt Hancock today (February 11) announced government plans to overhaul the NHS in England by reversing reforms of the health service first introduced by then-prime minister David…Read more…
A group Unite electrician members have launched a fund to ensure that if any of them contract Covid-19 or are forced to self-isolate they will not be left financially destitute.
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“I’m sad today. I have too much work. It stacks up so quickly and I don’t have the same support I’d have in school. I get easily overwhelmed and I got a consequence on my school record today because…Read more…
Unite is warning that thousands of council and social housing tenants in Kent, as well as the housing maintenance workers who maintain their homes, are being put at unnecessary risk of Covid-19…Read more…
Unite has warned that hi tech hard hats which sound a warning when workers come within two metres of each other, should not be used as a disciplinary tool but as an education device. Unite issued its…Read more…
A new campaign has been launched to eradicate pay and employment abuses of members of the Turkish and Kurdish communities in London during the pandemic. Unite the union has joined forces with…Read more…
Low paid cleaners, employed by multi-million pound outsourcing company Mitie, have been left fearing for their jobs after the company reneged on a previous agreement regarding training. The workers,…Read more…
Portsmouth council has been accused of needlessly exposing its council housing tenants and outsourced workers to potential exposure to Covid-19. Unite has become increasingly alarmed that workers at…Read more…
Unite has warned that forcing construction workers in London onto bikes is potentially dangerous. Unite issued its warning after Transport for London (TfL) issued travel advice for construction…Read more…
UK car production last year plummeted by almost a third to fewer than one million cars, the biggest slump since 1984. New car industry figures highlight the massive toll the coronavirus pandemic has…Read more…
Unite, which represents thousands of workers in the hospitality and hotel sector, is warning that the government’s plans to introduce quarantine hotels must not risk the health of the workers in…Read more…
Unite has reiterated its call for the government to support the aviation sector as home secretary Priti Patel announced a new hotel quarantine system for arrivals from high-risk countries. Patel…Read more…
Unite has secured a deal, subject to a members’ ballot, to end the long running dispute over British Airways’ plans to fire and rehire the workforce in its cargo division. Members of Unite…Read more…
Urging the government to extend the job retention scheme, Unite general secretary Len McCluskey today (January 26) said, “The government mustn’t repeat the mistake of the last time round when it…Read more…
Yet more frontline bus driver heroes have died in this current wave of the Covid pandemic.
Earlier today (January 25) Unite paid tribute to ‘well-loved and respected’ Brighton bus driver Christopher…Read more…
Unite will begin balloting its members at bus company Go North West in Manchester for strike action this week, in a dispute over the company’s decision to impose new contracts of employment by firing…Read more…
Unite members at Heathrow Airport Ltd (HAL) will undertake renewed strike action next month in the increasingly bitter dispute over the company’s decision to fire and rehire its entire workforce,…Read more…
Earlier this week, Labour forced a vote on stopping a £20-a-week cut to Universal Credit payments. With 278 votes in favour of the Labour motion after a majority of Tory MPs abstained, the government…Read more…
Unite has long called on the government to take action to ensure those who are still travelling to work are safe amid the pandemic. Unite national officer Jerry Swain told LBC this week (January 19)…Read more…