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Member’s teenage daughter secures compensation after fall causes life-changing injuries

Unite Legal Services has secured £42,500 in compensation for a girl who fell down an unguarded hole in the floor of her friend’s home, which caused a… Read news article

Unite Legal Services secures £245,000 for member with asbestos-related cancer

A Unite member from South Yorkshire who was exposed to asbestos has been awarded £245,000 compensation after he developed mesothelioma. The 64-year-o… Read news article

Dangerous scaffolding injures Unite member

A painter who was off work for three months after suffering whiplash injuries when he struck his head on dangerous scaffolding has received compensati… Read news article

Unite Legal Services secures provisional compensation award for Lincolnshire member

A former plumber and heating engineer has received £20,000 in compensation after developing asbestosis. Unite member Albert Bingham, 72, was an appre… Read news article

Unite member with hearing loss secures £20,000 compensation

A firefighter who has developed hearing loss after being exposed to loud noises at work has secured £20,000 compensation with the help of Unite Legal… 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

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

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

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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

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Think tank report touting public sector pay freeze ‘an insult’, says Unite

Public sector employees, many of whom are essential COVID-19 workers, should not be subject to a continuing pay freeze from a government that has not… Read news article

Heathrow workers secure pay offer as strikes are called off

Strikes due to begin at Heathrow Airport tomorrow (2 April) have been postponed after an offer on pay and future working conditions was agreed followi… Read news article

Fresh revelations of undercover policing infiltration of unions must not be glossed over

Unite, the UK’s leading union, is demanding that the Mitting Inquiry into undercover policing does not gloss over the infiltration of unions by spycop… Read news article

Union heralds ‘historic legal judgment’ at Supreme Court on collective bargaining in Kostal case

Unite General Secretary, Sharon Graham, says the legal victory means no employer can ever offer their employees inducements to undermine union collect… Read news article

Unite calls for auto sector support as supply chain woes puts jobs at risk

Unite the union is calling for government support for the automotive industry, following the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) reveali… 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