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Unite has called on the UK government to provide funding for extra bus services and to make the wearing of face masks mandatory ...

Eight major trade unions with members working in the education sector have published a joint statement calling on the government to “step back” ...

Unions have criticised the government’s handling of the messaging around the easing of the lockdown, with some union leaders labelling it a “recipe ...

The public service union has set up a special coronavirus response fund via its welfare charity ‘There For You’ – which aims to ...

Education and teaching unions from across the UK and Ireland have joined up to write letters to education ministers in England, Scotland, Wales, ...

Public service union UNISON has launched an online petition that demands the government take more action to ensure adequate PPE is made available ...

Unite have revealed that Airbus are set to make up to 500 agency workers redundant, after previously furloughing 3,200 of their workers. As ...

British Airways’ parent company IAG yesterday announced plans to make up to 12,000 workers redundant due to the coronavirus crisis. Unite’s general secretary ...

Unite the Union says the construction industry is putting the desire to build new homes ahead of workers’ safety amid the COVID-19 outbreak, ...