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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

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

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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

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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

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

Unite victory: Major London bus operator rules out remote sign on

Unite has secured a major victory in its campaign against the introduction of highly controversial remote sign-on operating procedures. Remote sign o… Read news article

Fresh strike dates announced in Felixstowe dispute as workers reject imposed pay deal

Fresh strikes have been announced in the Felixstowe port dispute after workers overwhelmingly rejected management’s attempt to impose a pay deal. … 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

"We will resist the Ford Bridgend closure with all our might", says McCluskey

The leader of the UK and Ireland’s largest union, Unite, has branded Ford’s decision to close its Bridgend engine plant a ‘grotesque act of economic b… Read news article

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Unite Legal Services: Weekly coronavirus COVID-19 latest news round-up – 24 August 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 calls for fundamental reforms after scale of Carillion’s mismanagement revealed

Unite, the UK’s largest union, has called for the urgent reform of company and pension laws, after the true scale of the fundamental flaws that allowe… Read news article

Sainsbury’s threatening Argos workers with vicious fire and rehire plans

Office workers employed by Argos, which is now owned by Sainsbury’s, have been given the stark choice of accepting swingeing cuts to their pay and con… Read news article

Unite warns Qantas against using ‘anti-union’ tactics to silence health and safety concerns

Britain’s largest union, Unite, today (Friday 18 May) warned Qantas airlines against employing ‘anti-union’ tactics to try and silence legitimate heal… Read news article

BA cargo workers to strike over Christmas and New Year in fire and hire dispute

Cargo workers employed by British Airways at Heathrow airport have announced that they will take nine days of strike action beginning on Christmas Day… Read news article

Unite Legal Services supports paramedic assaulted while on call

A 46 year old paramedic, assaulted by a drunken man in the middle of the afternoon while attending an emergency call, has received compensation from h… Read news article

Member secures £212,000 in compensation after fall from height causes serious ankle injury

An electrical technician has received £212,000 in compensation after falling from the access ladder of a crane, which caused a serious injury to his a… Read news article

'Blacklisting mastermind’ fails to give evidence at High Court hearing

The alleged architect of the construction ‘blacklisting’ scandal, Cullum McAlpine, has declined to give evidence in the High Court case, due to start… 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

Yorkshire member awarded £1.7m compensation after medical negligence leads to leg amputation

A 56-year-old Unite member has secured £1.7m in a medical negligence claim after a serious condition went undiagnosed at hospital for nearly a week, w… Read news article

Unite Legal Services: Coronavirus COVID-19 latest news round-up – 6 April 2020