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NEU Unite

NEU launches campaign to include schools in national lockdown, as Unite raises concerns about school staff safety

By Union Web
November 3, 2020
The National Education Union has launched a campaign to include schools and colleges in the lockdown, amid fears of coronavirus transmission within schools. ...
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Unite

Unite urges Heathrow to spend “cash mountain” on employees rather than shareholders

By Union Web
October 29, 2020
Heathrow Airport Ltd (HAL) chief executive yesterday boasted that the company had a “cash mountain” in reserve to help it through the pandemic, ...
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Royal College of Nursing

Royal College of Nursing urges members and supporters to email MP’s asking for pay rise for nurses

By Union Web
October 28, 2020
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) union has developed a template for members and supporters to email their local MP and ask the ...
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Unite

Rolls-Royce workers to hold three weeks of strikes after Unite calls plans to move jobs offshore an act of “industrial vandalism”

By Union Web
October 26, 2020
Unite members working at the Rolls-Royce factory in Barnoldswick, Lancashire had previously returned a 94% vote in favour of industrial action. Workers at ...
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UNISON

UNISON calls for overhaul of care sector as new figures show over 100,000 workforce shortfall

By Union Web
October 21, 2020
The UK’s largest union has responded to news of over 100,000 job vacancies in the care sector by saying the care system is ...
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NEU

NEU calls for action as half of England’s secondary schools send children home because of COVID-19

By Union Web
October 21, 2020
The National Education Union has called on the government to take action, including a “two-week circuit breaker over half term”, as new figures ...
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Unite

Howard Beckett of Unite has urged new BA boss Sean Doyle to open “new chapter of constructive relations” with staff and unions

By Union Web
October 14, 2020
Unite’s Howard Beckett has urged the incoming British Airways CEO to abandon the previous regime’s “fire and rehire policy” and open up a ...
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ASCL NEU

Teaching unions criticise Government’s “inadequate” plan to delay next year’s exams

By Union Web
October 13, 2020
The education secretary, Gavin Williamson, has confirmed next year’s scheduled GCSE and A-Level exams will go ahead, but with a three-week delay. Next ...
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Unite

Unite demands full furlough pay for Liverpool workers as city enters ‘Tier 3’ lockdown

By Union Web
October 12, 2020
The Government today confirmed that the Liverpool city region is the first to be classed as a ‘Very High’ risk area for COVID-19 ...
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