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• Blog: Deal to send refugees to Rwanda is a ‘cruel trick’

  19-04-2022 16:47
  
  Last week, the UK government signed a deal with the autocratic government of Rwanda that would see us pay money for every refugee we deport from our shores. It is not just a trade in vulnerable human beings, it’s trading away our moral, legal and humanitarian duties.
  Rwanda will be paid to take on the UK’s obligations to provide safe refuge to those fleeing wars and persecution. The deal will include families, women and children.
  It will include deporting LGBT+ people – who tur
  
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• One week, all-out strike under way at University of Dundee

  19-04-2022 15:06
  
  Members at the University of Dundee took to the picket line on Monday, and started one week of all-out strike action over the employer’s plans to impose changes to the university pension scheme.
  This is the third round of action taken at the university over the same issue and the initial five-day strike will be followed by selective action in high-impact areas over the coming three weeks.
  The previous rounds of strike action provoked a u-turn by the employer of the decision to close the de
  
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• Join UNISON to take action on the cost of living crisis

  19-04-2022 13:13
  
  Last week, inflation hit a 30-year high. It’s no longer just gas prices or petrol prices that struggling families are having to worry about. The cost of living crisis is affecting every part of our lives and pushing more and more people into extreme poverty and hardship.
  UNISON is calling on members to join the union and the rest of the union movement on a national day of action at events across the UK on Saturday 18 June.
  Organised by the TUC, the national demonstration will culminate wit
  
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