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Thanet Earth members in M&S protest

19 July 2011

Marks & Spencer boasts ethical business principles, but outside the company’s AGM, July 13, Unite campaigners protested against the treatment of casual labourers by one of its main suppliers of salad produce.

Unite and the Labour party launch joint campaign to help 154,000 rural workers achieve fair pay

15 July 2011

Unite, in a joint-campaign with the Labour party, has launched the “Back the Apple” campaign to raise the awareness of the plight of 154,000 agricultural workers in the countryside who face diminishing pay and conditions should government plans to abolish the Agricultural Wages Board go ahead.

Unite reaction to Agricultural Wages Board settlement

17 June 2010

The Agricultural Wages Board for England and Wales is proposing a 2.8 per cent increase for most agricultural workers and a minimum rate of £5.95 for grade 1 workers.

Unite warns agricultural workers could be ‘on the breadline’ under a Tory government

14 April 2010

Under a Tory government rural and agricultural workers could face poverty says Unite.

Unite appeals to the Royal Horticultural Society - weed out waste not your workers

24 July 2009

The Royal Horticultural Society is being urged to step back from a programme of cuts so severe they risk ploughing up the good name of the gardening charity.