All news on the topic: Unite

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Glasgow Council plans to fire and rehire 23,000 workers as pay dispute collapses
Colin Edgar, director of communications and governance, said the city was in a ‘hellish situation’.
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Burnham considers £14bn capital gains tax raid to raise tax-free allowance to £15,570
Prime Minister Andy Burnham is understood to be actively weighing plans to hike capital gains tax (CGT) to as much as 45 per cent in a £14billion raid.
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Jaguar Land Rover to cut 4,000 jobs as it targets £1.7bn in savings
Jaguar Land Rover has confirmed its plans to slash 4,000 roles over the next two years in a bid to save £1.7billion after concerning financial results.
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Arriva bus strikes threaten months of disruption across London and Essex amid heatwave dispute
Passengers have been warned of major disruption to bus journeys over the coming months as drivers are set to walk out over a heatwave row.
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Nationwide to cut more than 600 jobs after completing £2.9bn Virgin Money takeover
A Major British bank has announced hundreds of jobs are set to be cut following a multi-billion pound takeover.
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Jets, football, and £30 million in overpayments: how Len McCluskey landed in a major construction scandal
Former Unite boss Len McCluskey enjoyed private jet flights and football tickets arranged by the firm building a multi-million pound hotel for the union, according to an internal report.
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Serious Fraud Office investigates £112m Unite union hotel
The Serious Fraud Office is investigating the construction of a hotel and conference centre owned by one of the UK’s biggest trade unions, the BBC can reveal.
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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