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Heathrow Airport issues formal notice of redundancies as talks with unions stall

By Union Web
September 2, 2020
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
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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Heathrow Airport
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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
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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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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Unite’s Howard Beckett says thousands of loyal BA workers are being “forced out of the jobs they love”

By Union Web
August 7, 2020
Cabin crew, engineers and airport staff are among the British Airways employees being told whether or not they will lose their jobs. It has been confirmed that more ...
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Unions call for all workers to be given free face masks

By Union Web
July 29, 2020
Trade unions say that free face masks should be made available to all workers who need to wear them, including for on the daily commute. Surgical-grade protective face ...
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Unite launches groundbreaking blacklisting case involving the Crossrail construction project

By Union Web
July 27, 2020
Unite the Union has launched a groundbreaking contemporary blacklisting case concerning London’s flagship Crossrail construction project. The union is working with Thompsons Solicitors in support of Daniel Collins, ...
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easyJet protests enter their second day after ballot of Unite members

By Union Web
July 23, 2020
Protests by easyJet staff took place in Southend yesterday, following demonstrations in Newcastle yesterday. Tomorrow they are planning to protest at Stansted against proposed job losses at the ...
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Unions critical of government’s proposed pay rise for public sector workers

By Union Web
July 22, 2020
Almost 900,000 public sector workers are to get an above-inflation pay rise, but various trade unions have criticised the move for excluding many key workers. In announcing the ...
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Unite Scotland warns 1500 airport jobs at risk of redundancy

By Union Web
July 20, 2020
The trade union has launched a campaign to support workers at Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen airports. Unite Scotland has set up the campaign as it argued that Scottish ...
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