Archive: Unite

Tanker driver talks bid to avert fuel strike

Fuel haulage dispute enters talks at Acas

Negotiations are taking place today between the Unite union and fuel haulage firms in an attempt to avoid further panic-buying at the pumps.

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Govt bids to avoid fuel strike

Yesterday's announcement by Unite that fuel tank drivers could strike led to the government saying drivers should make "contingency plans".

The government is seeking to avoid a potential fuel strike during Easter, amid claims that its statements are causing panic.

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Thousands of petrol stations could close as strike approved

Unite employees supply 90% of Britain's petrol stations

Fuel delivery drivers have voted in favour of industrial action, raising fears that nearly 8,000 petrol stations will be forced to close.

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Unite: RBS should reward frontline staff, not city bankers

Unite: RBS should reward frontline staff, not city bankers

Unite, the union representing staff at RBS, expresses anger that large bonuses would continue despite huge losses

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Unite: Serious questions over bonuses remain

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David Fleming, national officer for Unite, responds to the figures:

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McCluskey: Unions will fight the Labour frontbench on cuts

McCluskey: Unions will fight the Labour frontbench on cuts

Unite general secretary Len McCluskey launches a major attack on Ed Miliband's Labour leadership in an article for the Guardian newspaper:

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Unite: Government economic policy 'as believable as Father Christmas'

Len McCluskey, Unite general secretary,  comments on unemployment figures

Len McCluskey, Unite general secretary, comments on unemployment figures

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Unite: Osborne has put us in a tailspin

Unite general secretary Len McCluskey comments on the autumn statement 2011

Unite general secretary Len McCluskey comments on the autumn statement 2011:

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Unite: Directors' pay packets are obscene

Unite: Directors' pay packets are obscene

Len McCluskey, general secretary of the Unite union, responds to the data collected by the Incomes Data Service which reveals directors of FTSE 100 companies are receiving 50% pay raises:

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Unite: Sacking proposals are a pathway to misery

Unite: Sacking proposals are a pathway to misery

Unite union general secretary Len McCluskey responds to recommendations in a leaked report that unfair dismissal laws should be scrapped

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Unite: Unemployment figures are a scandal

Unite: Unemployment figures are a scandal

Unite general secretary, Len McCluskey, responds to the figures released today which reveal a 17 year high in unemployment.

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Call for mass civil disobedience ahead of union meeting

McCluskey: 'Every conceivable form of protest and action should be carefully considered.'

A prominent union leader has called for mass civil disobedience across Britain ahead of the TUC conference.

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Unite: EU will bring in privatisation

Unite: EU will bring in privatisation

Rachael Maskell, Unite national officer for health, calls the reforms a "cocktail of confusion" and calls on MPs to battle on against the bill.

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