Dido Harding NHS Test and Trace
GMB

“Blunder after blunder”: GMB calls for the “immediate resignation” of Test and Trace boss Dido Harding

By Union Web
October 8, 2020
Health and social care workers GMB has today called for the “immediate” resignation of Tory peer and NHS Test and Trace chair Baroness ...
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Unite

Unite to ballot Heathrow workers over airports “fire and rehire” plans

By Union Web
October 6, 2020
Unite has announced it will ballot is members who work at Heathrow Airport over the controversial “fire and rehire” proposals that could see ...
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NEU

NEU: Government’s inability to provide schools with what they need to stay open is “unacceptable”

By Union Web
September 29, 2020
The National Education Union has called for “Nightingale classes” and an increase in teaching staff as new figures show around one in six ...
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Unions respond to Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Winter Economy Plan

By Union Web
September 24, 2020
With the Government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme due to end on 31 October, the Chancellor today announced further economic measures to support workers ...
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Unions call for priority COVID-19 testing for school staff to keep schools open and safe

By Union Web
September 23, 2020
UNISON, GMB and Unite have sent a joint letter to education secretary Gavin Williamson demanding the Government take action to make schools and ...
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UNISON

UNISON says safety measures “must be the priority” in dealing with rising COVID-19 infection rates

By Union Web
September 21, 2020
UNISON, the UK’s largest union, has responded to this morning’s press briefing on the increasing COVID-19 infection rates, calling for strict social distancing ...
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Coronavirus testing “chaos” could soon force schools closures, warn unions

By Union Web
September 16, 2020
School leader unions have written a joint letter to the Prime Minister to express their concerns about testing “chaos”, amid fears that keeping ...
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Unite

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

By Union Web
September 14, 2020
Unite is predicting “confusion and chaos” at UK ports after Brexit unless the government acts now to minimise disruption. UK ports will face ...
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Unite

Unite’s Howard Beckett says reports of BA reaching an agreement with union over jobs are “not correct”

By Union Web
September 10, 2020
Unite’s assistant general secretary has responded to reports in the press that an agreement with British Airways over jobs is close. Howard Beckett, ...
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