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Unite wins “landmark legal case” on work disability discrimination

By Union Web
March 13, 2018
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Case centred on a cafe worker who was fired from her job for taking too much sick leave after a “pre-cancer” diagnosis. A cafe worker suffering from cancer ...
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Unite launches new legal action over the blacklisting of builders

By Union Web
December 7, 2017
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Union’s case follows a £10m payout last year and names four men who chaired an organisation that monitored construction workers. Unite the Union is seeking compensation for over ...
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Howard Beckett tells Labour council candidates they won’t get Unite backing if they ‘act like a Tory’

By Union Web
November 21, 2017
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Unite
Britain’s largest trade union, Unite, issues warning to Labour candidates who fail to “act as socialists”. Howard Beckett, the assistant general secretary of Unite, has told Labour council ...
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Landmark legal case over workers rights in South Yorkshire begins

By Union Web
November 15, 2017
kostal uk appeal
Unite
Landmark legal case involves workers at an electrical firm who were ‘unlawfully’ induced to sign a new contract without consulting their union. The case goes back to a ...
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Unite joins MPs’ call to strip McAlpine of Big Ben contract

By Union Web
November 6, 2017
Big Ben at night
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Unite the Union has backed calls from a group of MPs to strip the contract for restoration work on Big Ben from Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd, and award ...
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