elderly care
TUC UNISON Unite

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 ...
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GMB

UK could face a shortage of Jammie Dodgers and Wagon Wheels as factory workers vote for strike action

By Union Web
September 7, 2020
There could be a shortage of Jammie Dodgers and Wagon Wheels this month as factory workers are threatening to go on strike over ...
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Heathrow Airport
PCS Unite

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 ...
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Len McCluskey
Unite

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 ...
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children in school
NEU

NEU demands a ‘plan B’ from government for what to do if COVID-19 infections rise after schools reopen

By Union Web
August 24, 2020
The calls from the National Education Union come as schools in England, Wales and Northern Ireland prepare to reopen in the coming days ...
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Heathrow Airport
Unite

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 ...
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jobcentre
TUC

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 ...
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COVID-19 test
GMB TUC UNISON Unite USDAW

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, ...
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BA aeroplane taking off
Unite

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 ...
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