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Unite warns government not to compromise safety of lorry drivers over coronavirus

By Union Web
March 12, 2020
white lorries on road
Unite
Unite has warned that lorry drivers’ safety must not be put in jeopardy by the government’s response to the coronavirus outbreak. The union’s warning came after reports from ...
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What the unions made of this week’s Budget

By Union Web
March 12, 2020
Rishi Sunak MP
GMB NEU PCS UNISON USDAW
Chancellor Rishi Sunak revealed his first Budget this week – amid a backdrop of the coronavirus outbreak, issues concerning Statutory Sick Pay, an interest rate drop and low ...
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Teaching unions say coronavirus has not affected their conference plans yet, but hand-washing will be encouraged

By Union Web
March 11, 2020
conference room
NASUWT NEU
Four main teaching unions – including the NEU and NASUWT – have said that the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak has not disrupted their national conference plans yet – but ...
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Len McCluskey rumoured to be stepping down from Unite, with Howard Beckett in the frame to replace him

By Union Web
March 10, 2020
Len McCluskey
Unite
Britain’s second-largest union, Unite, have been forced to deny rumours that Len McCluskey is set to step down as General Secretary. Speculation has risen in recent days that ...
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RCN says nurse shortage is putting patient safety at risk, after NHS trust is told to improve

By Union Web
March 9, 2020
emergency sign at hospital
Royal College of Nursing
The UK’s largest professional nursing union says a shortage of nurses is risking the safety of patients, after an NHS trust is downgraded by the Care Quality Commission ...
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The government has “presided over a bullying culture within the civil service”, says PCS

By Union Web
March 5, 2020
Priti Patel
PCS
The Public and Commercial Services Union have called for an independent inquiry into bullying in the civil service, as pressure grows on the Home Secretary Priti Patel. The ...
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NASUWT calls for more guidance from education ministers amid rise in coronavirus-related racist incidents in schools

By Union Web
March 4, 2020
school kids in playground
NASUWT
The teaching union has called on the government to provide more “guidance and support” to school leaders, as reports of racist incidents related to coronavirus increase. Students and ...
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NEU joins demands for social and environmental protection in UK-EU trade talks

By Union Web
March 3, 2020
school
NEU
Europe’s biggest education union has joined various civil groups and organisations to call for a post-Brexit trade deal based on rights, justice and sustainability, and to “defend education ...
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Unison becomes second union to call for sick pay for all workers self-isolating because of coronavirus

By Union Web
March 2, 2020
woman self isolating sick at home
UNISON
Unison have joined the GMB in calling for guaranteed sick pay for self-employed and ‘gig economy’ workers who have to self-isolate. Unison has today become the second major ...
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GMB warn that self-isolation could leave gig economy workers “abandoned and left penniless”

By Union Web
February 28, 2020
woman ill self isolation
GMB
The GMB union is calling on all employers to pay their workers if they have to self-isolate due to the coronavirus – including their “zero-hour” workers. The growing ...
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