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McCluskey: New restrictions must be met with jobs support or communities face ruin

Responding to the prime minister's statement in the House of Commons announcing further measures in the efforts to tackle coronavirus, the leader of U… Read news article

Unite launches new online tools to fight for increased pay in 2018

Unite, Britain’s biggest union, has armed its members with a powerful online weapon in the fight for increased pay and a fair share of company profits… Read news article

Failure to boost sick pay with advent of new COVID-19 tier restrictions ‘a dereliction of duty’, says Unite

Unite general secretary, Len McCluskey, said: “There's not just a health and economic crisis engulfing this country. Job insecurity and low incomes ar… Read news article

McCluskey response to PM’s speech: Workers urgently need a bridge to the new economy to avert a jobs abyss

Responding to the speech given today by the prime minister, the leader of Unite called for urgent action to extend the Coronavirus Job Retention Schem… Read news article

BA cargo workers to strike over Christmas and New Year in fire and hire dispute

Cargo workers employed by British Airways at Heathrow airport have announced that they will take nine days of strike action beginning on Christmas Day… Read news article

New job support measures will help struggling employers but hardest hit sectors still need urgent support

Responding to the chancellor's new measures to support jobs and businesses, Len McCluskey, General Secretary of Unite, said: "The government has at la… Read news article

Harrods ‘first employer’ to threaten staff with new law allowing agency workers to break strikes

Threat comes as around 150 staff ballot for strike action over ‘pay cut disguised as a rise’ Ahead of an industrial action ballot, luxury department… Read news article

Unite backs new law to close employment loopholes by providing universal workers’ rights

Unite, the UK’s leading union, is supporting a new parliamentary bill to be debated in the House of Lords tomorrow (Friday 10 September) that would gi… Read news article

New asbestos app could result in blacklisting warns Unite

An app that rates the performance of asbestos workers could potentially be used to blacklist and discriminate workers, Unite has warned. The app was… Read news article

New COVID strain flight bans underscore ‘desperate need’ for UK aviation industry support

Commenting on the growing number of countries banning flights from the UK due to the emergence of a highly transmissible form of COVID-19 in the South… Read news article

New PPE guidance will only work if supplies get to the frontline, says Unite

The new guidance on personal protective equipment (PPE) for NHS staff will only be effective in fighting the coronavirus if matched by an efficient su… Read news article

London bus strikes called off as drivers accept new pay offer

The long-running London bus strike has concluded after bus drivers employed by London United, a subsidiary of French company RATP, voted to accept a r… Read news article

New ‘spycops’ revelations underline the need for blacklisting public inquiry

New revelations which have emerged during the public inquiry into undercover policing ‘spycops’ has led Unite, the UK’s largest union, to renew its ca… Read news article

Government ‘washes its hands’ on blacklisting as Unite intervenes to resolve new case

Unite, the UK’s largest union for construction workers, is disappointed but not surprised that the government is once again washing its hands on black… Read news article

Sharon Graham announced as Unite's new general secretary

Unite the union has today (Wednesday) announced the final results of its members' vote for each of the three candidates which is as follows: Sharon… Read news article

Takeover of London GP practices by private US healthcare company set for judicial review in New Year

The takeover of GP practices in London by US health insurance giant Centene Corporation will be subject to a judicial review in early 2022 after more… Read news article

New sexual harassment laws: Unite puts employers on notice

Preventative sexual harassment policies must be in place from today Unite, the UK’s leading union, has warned employers it will hold them to account… Read news article

The National Living Wage – an increase for some, but still not enough…

From today (1 April 2016) the minimum wage rate for workers aged 25 and over, increases to £7.20 per hour. The government has branded, what is in effe… Read news article

Corporate spying revelations raise fresh blacklisting questions

Unite, the UK’s largest union, has renewed calls for a public inquiry into blacklisting, after new revelations of how corporate intelligence firms inf… Read news article

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Dark day for workers as Tory anti-union laws come into force - but Unite vows to defend its members

The leader of the country’s biggest union, Unite, has vowed that anti-union legislation pushed through by the Conservative party will make no differen… Read news article

Unite’s new ‘strategic case unit’ set to defend landmark trade union law appeal, after tribunal orders South Yorkshire firm to pay Unite members £426,600

A South Yorkshire firm has been accused of ‘backsliding’ in appealing against an award of £426,600 to 56 Unite members, after bosses by-passed their r… Read news article

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