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Every Friday here on UniteLIVE we bring you more heroes and zeroes amid the coronavirus epidemic. Here are this week’s latest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HEROES<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Protestors in the US and around the world standing up to racism<\/em><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The protests in the US in response to the killing of George Floyd at the hands of police has sparked a global movement calling for an end to police brutality and the systemic racism that breeds it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week, Unite general secretary Len McCluskey hailed the protestors who are standing up to racism even in the face of state violence and said Unite is behind them all the way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Unite stands in solidarity with all those protesting in response to the senseless murder of George Floyd, and the appalling racism both here and across the world,” he wrote in a comment piece this week<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The labour movement must be clear in its opposition to racism at all levels. Those of us who have a platform must speak out against yet another killing of a black man by the police. This abuse of power must end now. “<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Unite’s housing members<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As UniteLIVE highlighted today, homeless people previously housed in hotels amid the pandemic are now being thrown back out on the streets after a government scheme to protect them ended. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unite members in the housing sector, many of whom work directly with homeless people who now face a return to streets, are calling on the government to extend funding to avert a rough sleeping ‘disaster’. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unite’s housing activist Paul Kershaw explains in his powerful comment piece. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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Unite #homelessness<\/a> workers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 fear worst as govt want rough sleepers to move in with family.
My piece on the next disastrous steps in the response to #coronavirus<\/a> and #housing<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/XYbNLkbfuq<\/a> #ukhousing<\/a> #HousingCrisis<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u201d Paul Kershaw (@1917paul) June 5, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n