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Hugh’s story

Employer’s failure to ensure adequate hearing protection provided leads to an award for Unite member. … Read full story

John Z's story

Exposure to excessive noise at work leads to an award of £3,500 … Read full story

Dale’s story

Unite member receives £5,000 for hearing loss. … Read full story

Diesel Emissions Claims

Diesel engine exhaust emissions, diesel fumes for short, are a public health risk. Classified as a C… View page

Member secures £212,000 in compensation after fall from height causes serious ankle injury

An electrical technician has received £212,000 in compensation after falling from the access ladder of a crane, which caused a serious injury to his a… Read news article

Unite member suffers life-changing injuries in workplace accident

A Unite member from the Wirral, who suffered a traumatic brain injury at work, has received substantial compensation with the help of Unite Legal Serv… Read news article

Electrical technician suffers acid burns in accident at work

A father-of-three from Newcastle has received £210,000 in damages after suffering acid burns and developing Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) foll… Read news article

Unite member suffered life-changing injuries in road accident is compensated £250,000

A Unite member has been awarded almost £250,000 after a car crash caused a heart condition and a traumatic brain injury that left him fighting for his… Read news article

Bus driver develops dermatitis after being exposed to irritants

Unite member, Shelley Hardwick, has secured £17,500 in compensation after developing dermatitis from being exposed to irritants while at work. In Oct… Read news article

Accident at work leaves Lancashire man partially blind

A Unite member has received a six-figure settlement after he was left partially blind in one eye due to an accident at work. The 45-year-old member,… Read news article

Unite expresses serious concerns over proposed increase of small claims in letter to Lord Chancellor

In a letter dated the 17 November 2016, Unite general secretary, Len McCluskey, writes to Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, Elizabet… Read news article

Fork lift driver compensated after suffering shoulder injury at work

Unite member, Raymond Fenn, has been awarded £55,680 in compensation following an accident at work. In November 2012, Raymond, who was employed as a… Read news article

Six-figure compensation secured for amputation injury

A Unite member has been awarded a six-figure compensation sum after he suffered a serious injury at work that led to the amputation of three of his fi… Read news article

Government ‘washes its hands’ on blacklisting as Unite intervenes to resolve new case

Unite, the UK’s largest union for construction workers, is disappointed but not surprised that the government is once again washing its hands on black… Read news article

Unite calls for fundamental reforms after scale of Carillion’s mismanagement revealed

Unite, the UK’s largest union, has called for the urgent reform of company and pension laws, after the true scale of the fundamental flaws that allowe… Read news article

Essex bus driver, 62, wins unfair dismissal after botched drugs test

A 62-year-old former union representative and bus driver for over 20 years, suffering from diabetes and hypertension, with an exemplary employment rec… Read news article

Unite member recovers compensation after raising health and safety concerns

Unite Legal Services has successfully recovered compensation for a Unite member who raised health and safety concerns in his workplace. Unite Legal S… Read news article

‘Class and race’ biggest factors for victims of coronavirus, says Unite

Class and race are the biggest factors in determining those that have died or been taken ill by Covid-19, Unite, Britain and Ireland’s largest union… Read news article

Over 100 MPs come together to press for job retention scheme to be extended to devastated aviation industry

Over 100 MPs have joined forces to press the chancellor Rishi Sunak to extend the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (JRS) for the aviation sector until… Read news article