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Voluntary overtime should be included in holiday pay - Unite Legal Services secures another ground breaking victory on holiday pay

In November 2014, the Employment Appeal Tribunal in the case of ‘Bear Scotland & Others’, involving 16 Unite members, decided in a landmark ruling… Read news article

Fork lift driver compensated after suffering shoulder injury at work

Unite member, Raymond Fenn, has been awarded £55,680 in compensation following an accident at work. In November 2012, Raymond, who was employed as a… Read news article

Six-figure compensation secured for amputation injury

A Unite member has been awarded a six-figure compensation sum after he suffered a serious injury at work that led to the amputation of three of his fi… Read news article

Unite Legal Services help bus driver hit head-on by ambulance

A former bus driver has received £150,000 in compensation after being involved in a serious road traffic accident that left him with extensive injurie… Read news article

McCluskey: Working people must not pay for this crisis

Unite, the UK's leading union, has today (Thursday) called upon the government to re-classify as many of the UK's five million insecure workers as pos… Read news article

Crossrail at heart of contemporary blacklisting scandal

The flagship but troubled Crossrail project is at the heart of a groundbreaking contemporary blacklisting case launched by Unite. The case involves U… Read news article

Over 100 MPs come together to press for job retention scheme to be extended to devastated aviation industry

Over 100 MPs have joined forces to press the chancellor Rishi Sunak to extend the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (JRS) for the aviation sector until… Read news article

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Sarah M's story

Sarah had unnecessary surgery at the hands of Ian Paterson after suffering debilitating breast pain … Read full story

Peter M's story

Banksman injured by uninsured driver at work secures significant compensation … Read full story

Unite celebrates final victory in employment agency and bogus self-employment battle

Unite, the UK’s largest union, has secured the final victory in a long running legal dispute which strengthens the union’s hand in pursuing the rip of… Read news article

McCluskey to the PM: move now on jobs retention or the redundancy floodgates will open

With 45 days to go until the government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme comes to an end, the leader of Unite has written to the prime minister to u… Read news article