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Excessive use of computer keyboard causes member to develop strain injury

A Unite member has been awarded £30,000 in damages after developing a repetitive strain injury from excessive use of a computer keyboard. The 31-year… Read news article

Fork lift truck fractures Unite member’s foot

A Unite member who suffered multiple fractures to his foot after being hit and then run over by a forklift at work has received £35,000 in damages. … Read news article

Member compensated £50,000 for back injury

A former plasterer who strained his back after slipping in his work truck has received £50,000 compensation with the help of Unite Legal Services. Ke… Read news article

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

Six-figure compensation secured for family of forklift driver

The family of an Essex man who passed away after developing an asbestos-related disease has secured £147,000 in compensation. The Unite member worked… Read news article

Factory worker receives compensation for laceration injury through Unite Legal Services

A factory worker who suffered a deep laceration to his right index finger in an accident at work has received compensation with the help of Unite Lega… Read news article

Compensation secured for member who suffered serious brain injury

A Unite member from Bristol who suffered a traumatic brain injury and fractures to his face and leg in a road traffic accident has received a six-figu… 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

Member awarded compensation following wrongful dismissal

A man from the Rhondda who was unfairly dismissed from his job has received compensation with help from Unite Legal Services. 53-year-old Chris Morli… Read news article

Unite member receives more than £71,000 following pay dispute

Unite Legal Services has secured tens of thousands of pounds for a member whose redundancy was rejected following an unsuitable offer of alternative e… 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 supports Welsh woman operated on without informed consent

Unite Legal Services has supported a Welsh woman to make a compensation claim after she alleges she was operated on without her informed consent. Af… 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

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

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Unite members win Rosyth Dockyard pay claim which could hit £1.5m compensation

Twenty-seven Unite members have won their tribunal claim over the calculation of the redundancy payment at Rosyth Royal Dockyard in an Employment Trib… Read news article