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News feedUnite and Daily Mirror launch fair tips campaign
15/05/2008
Unite the union and Daily Mirror newspaper are today (Thursday 15th May) launching a campaign to urge restaurants and hotels to sign a fair tips charter. The campaign is calling on the hospitality industry to support the Unite and Dai...
Unite's reaction to the government's announcement on the extension of the right to request flexible working
15/05/2008
Diana Holland, Unite Assistant General Secretary says: "Unite strongly welcomes the government’s announcement that the right to request flexible working is to be extended to parents of children up to the age of 16. This is the first tim...
Scottish local authority craft workers vote for strike action
14/05/2008
Unite craft members in Scotland have voted overwhelmingly for strike action over unequal treatment on hours and on pay. At a mass meeting held in Glasgow yesterday (13th May), Unite shop stewards unanimously decided to hold a 24...
Lloyds TSB offshoring IT functions resulting in up to 445 job losses
14/05/2008
Unite say that the decision by Lloyds TSB to cut up to 250 permanent staff and up to another 195 contractors and temporary staff from their IT function is unjustified and represents a lack of faith in the IT skills of their UK workforce. ...
Aviation undercutting sees 300 jobs go at Gatwick
14/05/2008
The loss of over 300 jobs at Gatwick announced today by baggage handling company Aviance must send "shock waves" across the industry and reach right up to government, warned Unite, the union representing the workers.Aviance, one of the UK's...
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