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Unite’s Howard Beckett calls for ‘criminal prosecutions’ as Boris Johnson promises public inquiry into COVID response

By Union Web
May 11, 2021
Unite’s assistant general secretary took to Twitter in response to PM Boris Johnson’s announcement that a public inquiry into the government’s response to COVID-19 will take place in ...
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Unions hold online rally for workers’ interests ahead of tomorrow’s Budget

By Union Web
March 2, 2021
Trade unions are joining forces for an online rally this evening to highlight the needs of workers ahead of the Budget tomorrow. The TUC have arranged an online ...
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Trade unions urge government to reject “no jab, no job” proposals from employers

By Union Web
February 18, 2021
Unite, Unison and TUC among unions urging the government to speak out against proposed “no jab, no job” employment contracts. Trade unions have responded to various reports of ...
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Unions respond to the extension of the government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

By Union Web
November 5, 2020
Trade unions have responded to the Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s announcement today of the government’s extension of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. Chancellor Rishi Sunak today confirmed that the ...
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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
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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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
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
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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