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Unite assistant general secretary Diana Holland retired from the union this week, after more than an incredible four decades of service with Unite and its predecessor union the T&G. A retirement party was held for Diana at Unite’s headquarters in London and was attended by a number of Diana’s colleagues, friends and leaders from Unite, […]
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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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From tomorrow (August 8), Unite will stage a series of UK-wide protests to demand chancellor Rishi Sunak prevents the UK’s aviation industry from being devastated by fulfilling his promise to provide…Read more…
Aviation has been one of the worst affected sectors since the pandemic began, with a 97 per cent reduction in passenger flights. Every prediction is that the sector will eventually recover – but in…Read more…
A new report out today (June 11) on the UK’s aviation industry is saying as many as 124,000 jobs in the industry and its supply chain are at risk and could vanish in just three months as a result of…Read more…
Unite, which represents workers throughout aerospace and aviation, today (June 9) called on the UK government to follow the lead of France – and provide specific support to these sectors, both…Read more…
More than two months on from the promised but yet to emerge government support for the UK’s beleaguered aviation industry, Unite is warning that without urgent action regional economies will take a…Read more…
The urgency for government intervention has been underlined by major employers in the aviation as well as associated aerospace sectors announcing over 30,000 potential job losses in recent…Read more…
“Governments in Europe and globally have provided financial support for their aviation sectors because they recognise it is vital to an economy, and the UK government needs to do the same,” she…Read more…
In particular, Unite is most concerned that as passenger numbers increase, buses that have been out of service since the beginning of the lockdown will be brought back in to use.
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Ahead of Unite assistant general secretary Diana Holland’s talks later this week with the department of transport, on Saturday May 2, BBC Radio 4’s Today programme asked her what she thought how…Read more…
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…
Thousands of job losses could have been prevented if the government had taken action, MPs heard in the latest hearing of an inquiry investigating Thomas Cook’s collapse. Trade union leaders…Read more…
Labour’s treasurer, Unite’s assistant general secretary Diana Holland told Conference that she was honoured to present her report and to inform delegates that for the third year in succession the…Read more…