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Unite

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Unite calls on Ofgem to cap power distributors’ profits after ‘rampant profiteering’

Basit Mahmood
23 November, 2022

Distribution network operators have higher profit margins than any other sector in the UK, and expects operators to register profit margins of more than 50% in 2022.

Polling Station

Trade unions join calls for immediate general election

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
6 November, 2022

‘It is clear we can’t go on like this, we need a general election now.’

Bank of England
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Further austerity could breach human rights obligations, says UN envoy

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
5 November, 2022

‘Not aligning social benefits or minimum wages with increased costs of living is a retrogressive measure so the government would be violating its international human rights obligations.’

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Unite secures thousands of British Airways staff average 13% pay rise

Basit Mahmood
18 August, 2022

The pay rise came after the union backed industrial action for check-in staff and a deal for them was agreed after tough negotiations.

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How trade unions have reacted to inflation reaching a 40-year high of 10.1%

Basit Mahmood
17 August, 2022

‘Corporate greed is driving price rises not wages’

Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 1, August 2022

Basit Mahmood
4 August, 2022

The news you didn’t see this week…

Radical Roundup

Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 4, July 2022

Basit Mahmood
27 July, 2022

The news you didn’t see this week…

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Unite secures 17.5% pay rise for food manufacturing workers

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
10 July, 2022

In yet another massive pay rise Unite has won for workers, over 1000 employees at Cadbury are to be awarded a two-year pay deal worth up to 17.5%.

20,000 London bus workers could take industrial action over route cuts

Chris Jarvis
16 June, 2022

Transport for London is currently consulting on cuts to 4 per cent of London’s bus network

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10 massive pay rises Unite has won for workers in the last month

Chris Jarvis
14 June, 2022

The trade union Unite has won pay rises of up to 28.5 per cent

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