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Essex man receives compensation following mesothelioma diagnosis

An Essex man exposed to asbestos during the 1950s and 60s has received a substantial settlement following his diagnosis of mesothelioma. Tom Church,… Read news article

Unite secures five-figure compensation for permanently injured airline worker

An airline worker who suffered a career-changing eye injury at work has received a five-figure pay out with the support of Unite Legal Services. The… Read news article

Unite backs call for public inquiry into tax avoidance highlighted by the Paradise Papers

The whole ‘them and us’ attitude to paying tax, exposed by the release of the Paradise Papers, should kick-start a complete reform of secretive tax ha… 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

Government failed to protect workers following Carillion’s collapse as taxpayers pick up the bill, says Unite

Unite, the UK’s largest union, has lambasted the government’s handling of the collapse of Carillion five months after the firm’s implosion. 3,000 work… Read news article

Member compensated after terminal asbestos disease diagnosis

Unite Legal Services has helped John to secure a six-figure settlement after asbestos exposure during his career led to him to developing mesothelioma… Read news article

Unite member compensated after asbestosis diagnosis

A Hull man has secured a five-figure settlement after asbestos exposure has caused him to develop asbestosis. Unite the union member Charles Johnson… Read news article

Unite member unable to work again after workplace crush injury

A Unite member has secured a six-figure settlement after a one-tonne steel plate fell on him and left him in chronic pain and unable to work again. T… Read news article

Woolwich Ferry staff to strike on Thursday in pay dispute

Woolwich Ferry workers will stage a 24-hour strike on Thursday 19 December after pay dispute talks broke down this week. 56 workers who operate the W… Read news article

Call for task force to help workers laid off in pubs and restaurants

Boris Johnson’s call for people to stay away from pubs, bars and restaurants has sparked a call for a hospitality task force to support the industry a… Read news article

Royal London hospital patients facing meal disruption in Serco bullying and roster dispute

Patients at the Royal London hospital in Whitechapel could face disruption at mealtimes this spring, if workers employed by outsourcer Serco take stri… Read news article

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Unite Legal Services: Weekly coronavirus COVID-19 latest news round-up – 08 November 2021

At Unite Legal Services, we’ve collated the latest news and information regarding employment matters and workers’ rights in relation to coronavirus CO… Read news article

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Member compensated for serious leg injury after struck down by a motorcycle

A grandfather from Manchester has secured compensation with the backing of Unite Legal Services after he was seriously injured in a road traffic accid… Read news article

Mesothelioma victim urges Unite members to seek union advice

A retired Unite member, who has developed the fatal asbestos disease, mesothelioma, 20 years after accepting a final settlement for pleural plaques th… Read news article

Unite secures minimum wage victory for Sports Direct workers

Thousands of workers at Sports Direct’s Shirebrook warehouse in Derbyshire are set to receive back pay totalling an estimated £1 million for non-payme… Read news article

Workers cannot trust Tory Repeal bill while dogmatic 'red tape' manifesto pledge stands

The country's biggest union, Unite, has warned that the Conservative's 2017 manifesto pledge to eliminate so-called 'red tape' makes a nonsense of the… Read news article

Unite to bring leading blacklisters to court

Unite, the UK’s construction union, has issued high court proceedings to bring the ‘controlling minds’ behind the systematic blacklisting of workers t… Read news article

Government shielding dangerous employers from legal action as workers face bar on workplace injury claims

Unite, the UK’s largest union, is accusing the government of using a bill due to return to the Commons this week, to shield employers who play ‘fast a… Read news article

£150,000 equal pay victory lifts lid on pay inequality at Royal Bank of Scotland

Unite the Union has warned today (Thursday 9 May) that Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) could be facing a raft of equal pay claims after helping to secure… Read news article

Unions and MPs join forces to call for fire and rehire ban as pressure builds on government to take action

Trade unions representing millions of UK workers, Labour MPs and Lords from across the country have issued a joint call for the government to ban fire… Read news article

Six-figure settlement secured for forklift driver after accident at work

Unite Legal Services has helped a 58-year-old woman from Gosport secure a six-figure settlement after an accident at work changed her life. Senga Loc… Read news article

Unite Legal Services: Weekly coronavirus COVID-19 latest news round-up – 13 December 2021