Unite, the UK’s leading union, is warning that frontline workers are becoming increasing exasperated with the government’s failure to get a grip on surging numbers of Covid-19 infections, which has…Read more…
‘Mixed messaging’ amid ‘pingdemic’
Unite has criticised the mixed messages coming from government about self-isolation rules, after business minister Paul Scully told the Times Radio that if people are ‘pinged’ by the Test and Trace…Read more…
‘We’re on the verge of shutdown’
More than half a million people in the last week alone have been ‘pinged’ by the Test and Trace app advising them to self-isolate for up to 10 days. Unite has expressed concerns from…Read more…
Fourth lockdown warning if workers cannot afford to self-isolate
Eligibility for self-isolation payments must be extended to any worker without access to company sick pay, Labour said today (February 22), warning that failure to do so would risk a fourth national…Read more…