All news on the topic: Unite

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Man who had bowel removed after work trip wins £800k in compensation
Martin Smith, 62, had to undergo two major surgeries and have a stoma bag after he went to India on a work trip with London based company Primetals Technologies Ltd
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Traumatised hospital workers on strike over unpaid Covid bonus for risking lives
Porters, cleaners, switchboard operators and cooks are striking over an unpaid "Covid bonus" that they say they are owed for risking their lives during the pandemic at hospitals in the Midlands
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Mayor 'delighted' after Unite transport workers in London agree new pay deal
'This welcome news is a reminder of what can be achieved when you engage and talk with transport workers'
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Tata Steel workers in street protest over proposed loss of thousands of jobs
Tata is consulting on plans to shut down blast furnaces at Port Talbot with the loss of around 2,800 jobs as it switches to a more environmentally friendly way of producing steel
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Workers at Barts NHS Trust and Synergy to stage fresh strikes in pay dispute
Members of Unite at Barts NHS Trust and outsourcing company Synergy will walk out from February 19-21
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East Midlands Airport to be hit with 15 days of strikes over February
DHL Aviation workers represented by Unite have announced 15 days of strike targeting the cargo airline at East Midlands Airport, which the travel hub says will not impacted passengers
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Keir Starmer to abandon £28billion green investment pledge in major U-turn
After weeks of internal wobbling over the £28bilion policy that has been at the centre of Tory attacks Labour is expected to officially drop the figure in an announcement on Thursday
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Hospitality sector warns of £350m hit from rail strikes amid business concerns
The Night Time Industries Association has warned it was 'deeply concerned' about the 'significant repercussions' that recent industrial action will have on the night-time business economy
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Tata steel giant executives to be questioned over Port Talbot closure plans
Politicians and union leaders will also appear before the Welsh Affairs committee
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Cambridge University staff walk out on strike after 'below-inflation' pay offer
Around 450 members of the Unite union will be on strike until Friday
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Rail unions accuse Tories of 'behaving like ostriches' as they begin new strikes
Aslef general secretary Mick Whelan accused Transport Secretary Mark Harper of making the long-running pay dispute worse as the union starts industrial action today
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Welsh minister Vaughan Gething's bid to become first Black European leader
Wales' economy minister previously served in the health ministry for seven years - but his first experience of the country was one of rejection and racism.
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Owner of steel giant Tata raked in £3bn profit last year - as 2,800 UK jobs axed
While paying out £1.4billion in dividends, steel giant Tata took £500m from UK taxpayers to build a new arc furnace that won't make up for the 2800 jobs it culled last week
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Tata Steel boss slashing 2,800 UK steel jobs pocketed £700k pay rise last year
A top-earning boss at steel giant Tata is believed to have taken £1.6million in pay last year - even as the company plans to cut thousands of jobs at Port Talbot blast furnaces
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UK energy workers call off strike after accepting 'whopping' pay offer
More than 3,000 workers at oil refineries and the Sellafield nuclear facility had voted in favour of industrial action
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400 bus manufacturing workers to go on strike for two weeks
Unite members at the Alexander Dennis plant near Falkirk have rejected a pay offer from management
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Unite leader urges union bosses to back workers who break Tory anti-strike laws
Speaking to the Sunday Mirror Unite General Secretary Sharon Graham urged fellow leaders to commit to acting “outside the law” if necessary in solidarity with workers and other unions sanctioned under the legislation
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Plan to save thousands of jobs at Britain's biggest steel plant
The latest plan aimed at saving thousands of jobs at Britain's biggest steel plant has been put forward by the Unite union and comes after a rival proposal from the Community and GMB unions
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Union leaders back plan to save 2,300 jobs at Britain's biggest steelworks
The Community and GMB unions have thrown their weight behind a plan drawn-up by experts they drafted in, which could help save "virgin" steelmaking at Port Talbot
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Morrisons accused of 'fleecing' thousands of staff with huge pensions shake-up
Unite union has accused Morrisons of proposing to reduce the percentage it puts into their retirement funds, but getting staff to make up the rest itself
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Hundreds of protesters go to weapons factory calling to 'stop arming Israel'
At around 7am this morning, activists arrived outside BAE Systems in Chatham, Rochester, blocking its entrance and holding banners aloft which read "stop arming Israel" and chanting "from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free"
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Britain's top four banks set to double profits - raking in £1,660 per second
By the end of September, NatWest, HSBC, Lloyds and Barclays had combined profits almost topping £40billion, according to analysis of the banks’ public accounts by Unite
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3,000 steelworkers in limbo as Tata shelves crunch Port Talbot announcement
The Indian giant had been due to make an announcement after a board meeting in Mumbai today, but it decided to delay revealing its redundancy plans for the South Wales site
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Unions warn inflation is still 'painfully high' as industrial disputes continue
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham pressed for action from the Government to help workers and their families through another winter of struggling to cope with rising bills
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Steakhouse staff 'in tears' as they may be in debt if they don't get enough tips
Waiters at Miller & Carter claim they have to pay out of their tips to match 1.5 per cent of the gross sales figure from their tables, with the controversial policy seeing some quit their jobs