RenewableUK unites with UK's largest union to drive green jobs

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New alliance could deliver 120,000 jobs in emerging wind, wave and tidal power industries, group claims

The UK's largest trade union, Unite, has pledged to help deliver tens of thousands of green jobs over the next 10 years, after signing an agreement with green energy trade body RenewableUK. RenewableUK...

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