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Unite warns of port chaos due to “incomplete post-Brexit customs system”

By Union Web
September 14, 2020
Shipping containers on boat in port
Unite
Unite is predicting “confusion and chaos” at UK ports after Brexit unless the government acts now to minimise disruption. UK ports will face “chaos and confusion” in the ...
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Unite’s Howard Beckett says reports of BA reaching an agreement with union over jobs are “not correct”

By Union Web
September 10, 2020
BA aeroplane taking off
Unite
Unite’s assistant general secretary has responded to reports in the press that an agreement with British Airways over jobs is close. Howard Beckett, Unite’s assistant general secretary, has ...
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Unions call for national care system after TUC report highlights lack of adult care funding

By Union Web
September 8, 2020
elderly care
TUC UNISON Unite
Unions have called for the formation of a national care system after a TUC report into social care found that adult social care spending in England is still ...
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UK could face a shortage of Jammie Dodgers and Wagon Wheels as factory workers vote for strike action

By Union Web
September 7, 2020
fork lift truck in a factory
GMB
There could be a shortage of Jammie Dodgers and Wagon Wheels this month as factory workers are threatening to go on strike over ‘derisory’ pay offer. Workers at ...
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Heathrow Airport issues formal notice of redundancies as talks with unions stall

By Union Web
September 2, 2020
Heathrow Airport
PCS Unite
Reports suggest that Heathrow Airport informed unions this afternoon that it was issuing a formal Section 188 notice to trigger the 45-day consultation period before compulsory redundancies. The ...
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Battle to succeed Len McCluskey hots up as Howard Beckett confirms he intends to stand

By Union Web
August 25, 2020
Len McCluskey
Unite
The battle to control the Labour party’s largest affiliated trade union will soon be underway, as assistant general secretary Howard Beckett has declared his intention to stand for ...
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NEU demands a ‘plan B’ from government for what to do if COVID-19 infections rise after schools reopen

By Union Web
August 24, 2020
children in school
NEU
The calls from the National Education Union come as schools in England, Wales and Northern Ireland prepare to reopen in the coming days and weeks. The National Education ...
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Unite fears many Heathrow staff could be fired and re-hired on lesser terms with big pay cuts

By Union Web
August 12, 2020
Heathrow Airport
Unite
The trade union is not ruling out a worker’s strike at the airport after Heathrow “threatened” to issue section 188 notices which would mean staff being fired and ...
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TUC calls on government to extend the furlough scheme after new data shows severity of job losses during the COVID-19 pandemic

By Union Web
August 11, 2020
jobcentre
TUC
TUC says “alarm bells couldn’t be ringing any louder”, after the release of the latest ONS data on unemployment shows a significant drop in employment since the start ...
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Unions warn test-and-trace will fail unless government pays wages of those forced into self-isolation

By Union Web
August 10, 2020
COVID-19 test
GMB TUC UNISON Unite USDAW
Trade unions and regional mayors have called on the government to subsidise the wages of people told to self-isolate under the test-and-trace system, saying that statutory sick pay ...
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