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Every Friday here on UniteLIVE, we bring you all the latest heroes and zeroes amid the coronavirus crisis. Here are this week\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s latest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Unite member Kofi Opoku<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week Unite paid special tribute to Unite member and bus driver Kofi Opoku – who died from coronavirus earlier this week amid the second wave of the pandemic. Kofi worked for Metrobus and was based at the Croydon garage in south London. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unite has vowed to escalate its campaign to introduce stricter safety measures for London buses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThe death of Kofi Opoku is a terrible reminder of the horrible human cost of Covid-19,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 Unite lead officer for London buses John Murphy said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u015bOur thoughts are with his family at this sad time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Find out more about Unite’s campaign fighting for bus driver safety – so that no bus driver meets the same fate as Kofi or any of his dozens of colleagues who likewise perished doing their jobs – in our full story here. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bIt is distressing that some bus operators seem to be more concerned about the financial cost of some of these vital safety measures. Exactly what value are they placing on a human life?” – Unite’s John Murphy.https:\/\/t.co\/XnmfJxOCqx<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u201d Unite the union: join a union (@unitetheunion) October 9, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n