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Electrical technician suffers acid burns in accident at work

A father-of-three from Newcastle has received £210,000 in damages after suffering acid burns and developing Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) foll… Read news article

Unite member suffered life-changing injuries in road accident is compensated £250,000

A Unite member has been awarded almost £250,000 after a car crash caused a heart condition and a traumatic brain injury that left him fighting for his… Read news article

Two-thirds of London chefs believe long hours’ culture is harming their health, Unite survey reveals

Punishing long hours’ culture in many professional kitchens is putting the mental and physical health of chefs in London at risk, a snapshot survey by… 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

Unite calls for a ‘well-deserved’ 15 per cent pay rise or £3,000 for NHS staff in the COVID-19 front line

NHS workers should receive an early pay rise of 15 per cent or £3,000, whichever is greater, Unite said. Unite, which has 100,000 members in the heal… Read news article

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Unite warns of ‘jobs catastrophe’ in energy sector if government does not intervene in energy crisis

Unite general secretary, Sharon Graham, says the debate on soaring energy prices has, until now, ignored ‘the coming jobs crisis’. In 2021, more than… Read news article

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Former flight attendant one of hundreds of women making a claim for medical negligence … Read full story

Unite Legal Services wins action for ZSL London Zoo catering workers

Unite Legal Services has won a claim on behalf of all catering staff who transferred from London Zoo to Charlton House Catering (trading as Ampersand)… Read news article

Injured member secures compensation with the backing of Unite Legal Services

A Unite member working as a drayman was injured while carrying out a delivery of 11 gallon kegs to a public house. On the day of the accident, the m… Read news article

Unite Legal Services secures compensation for driver after accident at work

Unite member, Trevor Bland, worked as a road sweeper and suffered a serious shoulder injury when his vehicle became stuck in mud and tangled in wire m… Read news article

McCluskey calls for government to make good on promise to protect workers in Brexit

Establish two-thirds threshold to roll back EU rights Theresa May should bring forth immediate proposals to show that she will honour her pledge to… Read news article

Bus Driver awarded compensation after a car collided with the side of his bus

A bus driver from Sunderland has secured compensation after a car failed to give way at a junction and collided with the side of the bus he was drivin… Read news article

Unite seeks urgent Tesco meeting, following a report of large-scale job losses

Unite, Britain and Ireland’s largest union, has called for urgent talks with Tesco bosses, following reports that the retail giant is planning to axe… Read news article

Unite statement on government’s immigration proposals

Unite assistant general secretary Diana Holland said: “Unite represents workers right across the economy. We have seen first-hand what the abuse of mi… Read news article

Flybe’s administration exposes the vulnerability of UK airline industry

Following the announcement yesterday (Wednesday 4 March) that the airline Flybe has fallen into administration, Unite National officer, Oliver Richard… Read news article

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Joint statement from the DfT and transport trade unions

“Today the Department for Transport (DfT) and all major transport-focused trade unions held the first in a series of Ministerial calls to discuss the… Read news article

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Unite Legal Services: Weekly coronavirus COVID-19 latest news round-up – 11 May 2020

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 accuses ministers of ‘abandoning’ workers as a third of firms expect September layoffs

Commenting on a survey by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) that found one in three companies expect to make redundancies by… Read news article

Threat to 2,000 Marston’s jobs renews Unite’s call for hospitality support package

The announcement that the pub chain Marston’s is to axe more than 2,000 jobs has led Unite to renew its call for the government to give concrete suppo… Read news article

Stranded lorry drivers need urgent assistance and end to French border gridlock

Commenting on the closure of the French border to outbound UK lorries, Unite national officer for road transport, Adrian Jones, said: “Drivers are s… Read news article

Unite Legal Services: Weekly coronavirus COVID-19 latest news round-up – 24 August 2021