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Income inequality worst since Thatcher
This Conservative government looks set to usher in an era of rising income inequality not seen since the time of Margaret Thatcher, according to a... Read More
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Unite’s first Brexit conference – GS speech
(Check against delivery) Good morning and thanks to our North West Region’s invite to speak at this important conference on Brexit - and the effects... Read More
Brexit Comment
‘Trump Tower’ deals spell harm
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey has warned that working class communities face the `fight of their lifetimes’ to fend off a ‘hard’ exit from the... Read More
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Working for the best Brexit
Workers from leading companies across the north west are gathering in Liverpool for a conference today (February 2) specially convened by Unite, the UK’s biggest... Read More
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Working class musn’t pay for Brexit
Workers from leading companies across the north west will gather in Liverpool for a conference tomorrow (February 2) specially convened by Unite, the UK’s biggest manufacturing... Read More
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Out of the mouths of babes
Croydon NHS is being forced to take the milk out of babies’ mouths in an attempt to save £30m this financial year. According to... Read More
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Priced out of justice
The government today (January 31) published a review into the introduction of Employment Tribunal (ET) fees and their impact, which showed a dramatic fall in... Read More
News Feature
‘Bonkers’
Although trade unions are at the forefront of delivering and supporting apprenticeships across all industrial sectors, it was revealed on Friday (January 27) that not... Read More
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Community nurses’ jobs slash shocker
Demonstrators will gather outside the East Yorkshire headquarters of the Humber NHS Foundation Trust tomorrow (February 1), to protest against plans to slash health visitors... Read More
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Tata jobs – at a price
Tata steelworkers are set to vote in a ballot that opened today (January 30) over the company’s proposals to rescue the Port Talbot steelworks, commit... Read More
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Choppers chopped out?
Business secretary Greg Clark is being asked why there is no mention of UK helicopter production in the government’s much-heralded industrial strategy. Unite has... Read More
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Invest in HMRC call
Britain’s richest people seem to be getting preferential treatment from the taxman and are not being properly pursued for their outstanding tax bills, according to... Read More
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Common cause
The leaders of Unite and a major global auto-maker have agreed to build common cause in defence of UK car manufacturing’s access to the European... Read More
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End class pay bias call
The gender pay gap is well known and well documented – it now stands at just over 18 per cent in the UK. Likewise, the... Read More
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Get round the table call
Unite announced today (January 27) that its cabin crew members working for British Airways mixed fleet would take a further six days of strike action... Read More
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‘Matter resolved’
The dispute involving Morrisons’ supermarket petrol stations in London, the South East and East Anglia has been settled. Unite said today (January 27)... Read More
News Feature
Hebden’s hub!
Unite Community volunteers in West Yorkshire have come to the aid of a flood-hit Trades Club in the town of Hebden Bridge. Around 10... Read More
Sound and Vision
In solidarity
Woolwich Ferry workers took the first day of a 12-day strike action today (January 27) in support of a colleague who has been allegedly sexually... Read More
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Pressure on MoD mounting
Workers at AWE plc - the Atomic Weapons Establishment – are full of confidence as they gear up for their second 48-hour strike this month... Read More
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Fighting ‘tooth-and-claw’
The plans to slash up to 1,100 jobs at Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) Ltd – 22 per cent of its UK workforce – will be... Read More
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Together across borders
Workers Uniting — the global union formed by the United Steelworkers (USW) in North America and Unite the Union in the U.K. and Ireland, representing... Read More
News Feature
Stand by me
For many who work for the free Woolwich Ferry service – which has been in operation for 127 years – it’s in their blood. Just... Read More
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A patient’s progress
I am relatively lucky in that I enjoy fairly good health and rarely have to use the NHS. In fact since moving to my current... Read More