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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

Unite secures ‘game changing’ pay deal for Heathrow cabin crew

Unite, the UK’s leading union, has secured a ‘game changing’ pay deal for Heathrow-based cabin crew employed by CAE Crewing Services Ltd on its contra… 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

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Failure to provide safe walkways results in member sustaining severe shoulder injury … Read full story

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Failure to dispose of equipment correctly results in facial injury … Read full story

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Unite member receives £16,000 in compensation after an accident at work while employed as a turner. … Read full story

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Exposure to excessive noise at work leads to an award of £3,500 … Read full story

Unite launches national campaign to end 'bully boy' fire and rehire with a day of coordinated strikes and actions across the country

Unite the union will today (Monday 26 April) launch a major national campaign to end the growing practice of fire and rehire. The UK's leading trade… Read news article

Unite secures damages for member’s family following fatality at work

Unite member, Bob Harrison, died aged 59 after he fell while supervising the loading of large steel pipes onto the Bright Ocean Ship when it was docke… Read news article

South Yorkshire firm faces possible £425,000 ‘fine’ over flouting trade union legislation

A total of 56 Unite members at a South Yorkshire firm are set to receive ‘compensation’ payments of up to £7,600 each, after bosses tried to by-pass t… Read news article

Unite takes action against diesel fumes ‘time bomb’

A major new initiative to protect workers from the ticking time bomb caused by exposure to diesel fumes has been launched by Unite, the UK’s largest u… Read news article

Co-op’s preferred employment agency faces legal action over ‘bogus self-employment’

Britain’s largest union, Unite, announced today (Thursday 8 June) that it was preparing legal action against an employment agency supplying drivers fo… Read news article

Unite secures landmark holiday pay legal ruling and warns employers ‘get your house in order’

Britain’s largest union, Unite today (Monday 31 July) called on employers to urgently get their ‘house in order’ over holiday pay after it secured a l… Read news article

Financial package urgently needed to support the aviation industry, Unite tells prime minister

Boris Johnson needs to implement an urgent comprehensive financial package to support the aviation industry, otherwise tens of thousands of jobs will… Read news article

Heathrow workers and local community to benefit as Unite launches learning hub, to improve employability

Unite, the UK’s principal aviation union, has launched the learning hub@heathrow to assist its members employed at Heathrow and the local community to… Read news article

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Coronavirus COVID-19 personal injury claims

However, since the beginning of lockdown, Unite has been inundated with reports of workplaces failin… View page

Unite secures £95,000 compensation for Wakefield factory worker who suffered physical and racial abuse at work

Unite Legal Services helped secure £95,000 compensation for a West Yorkshire factory worker, who was subjected to physical and racial abuse at work an… Read news article