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Member suffers hernia in workplace accident

A maintenance engineer has received more than £6,000 in compensation after suffering a hernia in his groin when an eight-metre long pipe fell on him a… Read news article

Member that developed asbestosis working on boilers is provisionally compensated

Asbestosis victim awarded provisional compensation

A member of Unite North West Region who developed asbestosis has received £20,000 in provisional compensation with the help of Unite Legal Services. … Read news article

Member receives compensation for asbestos disease

A Unite member from Cambridgeshire has been awarded £165,000 in compensation after exposure to asbestos caused him to develop the fatal disease, mesot… Read news article

Protect the Personal Injury Small Claims Limit

Unite is calling on all members to take action against the government’s attempt to restrict access to justice for injured people. Presented as bein… Read news article

Compensation secured for member following partial amputation of finger tip

A worker who lost part of his finger tip in an accident at work has received compensation with the help of Unite Legal Services. At the time of the a… 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 member compensated following unfair dismissal

An employment tribunal has ruled in favour of Unite member, Alan McIver, in his claim for unfair dismissal. Alan was employed as an Access Bus Drive… Read news article

Unite describes CITB job cuts and restructuring as a ‘hammer blow’ for Norfolk and construction industry

Unite, the largest union in the UK construction industry and the principal union at the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), has expressed ang… Read news article

Tory budget fails to be the ‘game changer’ the country needs

The budget is far from the 'game-changer' the country needs and will do little to ease the biggest squeeze in living standards the country has ever se… Read news article

Unite wins wage security for redundant Carluccio’s workers

In the first legal test of the government's job retention scheme (JRS), Unite, the union for hospitality workers, has secured clarification that the s… Read news article

Unite hits out at Rolls Royce's ‘shameful opportunism’ over plans to slash jobs

Responding to the news that Rolls Royce is to cut 9,000 jobs globally, 3,375 of them in the UK, by the end of 2020 with more to come in 2021, Unite As… Read news article

Construction procedures place ‘workers at risk’ warns Unite

Construction union, Unite, has sent an open letter to Mark Reynolds, the skills workstream lead of the Construction Leadership Council (CLC), warning… Read news article

BA's short-termism causing havoc in UK aviation as Unite urges airline to drop opportunistic ‘fire and rehire’ scheme

Responding to British Airways' quarterly results issued today (Friday 31 July), Unite general secretary Len McCluskey urged the company to step back f… Read news article

BA crew and staff will accept the same deal as pilots - so offer it to them, Unite urges British Airways

Unite General Secretary, Len McCluskey, has today said that the deal offered to British Airways' pilots would be acceptable to tens of thousands of cr… Read news article

Heathrow’s cash mountain should be used to help staff threatened by ‘fire and rehire’, says Unite

Heathrow Airport Ltd (HAL) needs to dip into its cash mountain to protect airport jobs during the pandemic, after its boss boasted that it had reserve… Read news article

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Right to picket during lockdown secured following Unite legal challenge

The government has been forced to confirm that workers taking lawful industrial action have a right to picket their workplace during the COVID-19 lock… 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

Scotland’s lighthouse workers to vote on strike action in historical first

Unite has confirmed that its members employed by the Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB) who maintain and operate Scotland’s lighthouses, beacons and buoy… Read news article

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Clinical negligence claims

Clinical negligence cases are always fiercely defended so your chance of success is limited without … View page

Spinal injury

Spinal injury is life changing. The thought of not being able to lead your life as you did prior to … View page

Warrington council loses High Court case against bin worker strikes

Warrington Council has lost its High Court attempt to block industrial action by its refuse drivers. The council’s case was that the workers’ strike… Read news article

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Unite Legal Services: Weekly coronavirus COVID-19 latest news round-up – 25 January 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

Unite Legal Services: Weekly coronavirus COVID-19 latest news round-up – 20 July 2020