Conference debated the energy crisis, net zero, diversity in energy and much more
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Energy strategy must guarantee jobs
The government today (April 7) announced a long-delayed energy strategy amid skyrocketing energy prices attributed to spiking demand following pandemic lockdowns as well as the war in Ukraine. But…Read more…
Energy workers put a spoke in Putin’s war machine
UNISON members on the Medway were determined to show solidarity with Ukrainians when they discovered that a consignment of Russian gas was heading their way
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Inadequate energy support does nothing to ease misery, says UNISON
It’s likely consumers will be paying back their £200 loans when energy bills are still sky-high.
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A wake up call for a realistic energy policy
This month, I returned to familiar territory when asked to write an overview of UK energy policy as part of a wider European project. Energy policy can be quite parochial, particularly in…Read more…
Unite blasts OVO energy bosses
With one in four jobs at stake, Unite demands company bosses must ‘open the books’ before any negotiations can take place. Union chiefs say OVO bosses have precipitated the crisis by “blundering and…Read more…
Ovo job cuts devastating for staff and worrying for consumers, says UNISON
Hard-working staff across the company will be devastated as they anxiously await their fate
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PM told to ‘get a grip’ on energy crisis
The leader of the UK’s main manufacturing and energy union, Unite, on Sunday (October 10) called upon the prime minister to ‘get a grip and bang heads together’ to avert job or wage…Read more…
‘Public ownership must be at heart of our programme’
Unite delegate Tommy Murphy gave his full support for a CWU motion at Labour conference on Sunday (September 26) on the vital importance of public ownership. “The deep crisis in this country, exposed…Read more…
Inside the gas crisis – and how it’ll affect you
UNISON’s national officer for energy explains how we got here, how it affects members and what needs to change
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Poorest will be hardest hit by lack of government energy plan, says UNISON
Intervention needed to prevent heating or eating choices
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Key to UK’s clean fuel future
Ahead of MPs debating the future of Westinghouse Springfields in Preston, Lancashire, yesterday (September 7), in Westminster Hall, representatives of Unite held a small rally on College Green…Read more…
Proposed job cuts at Cadent Gas are irresponsible and unnecessary
Company must reconsider job loss plans
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Join UNISON for a series of green events
Help build the union’s campaign on greening our public services
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UNISON urges government to stop meter readings
Non-essential activity should be stopped immediately to cut the risk of staff contracting and spreading COVID-19
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Unite welcomes gov’t talks on Sizewell C plant
The government needs to put its foot on the accelerator in the talks with energy giant EDF on the construction of the new £20bn Sizewell C nuclear power plant, Unite said today (December 14). Unite…Read more…
‘Devastating news for E.ON workers’
The news that energy giant E.ON is to axe about 700 jobs over the next two years is ‘more grim news’ for the UK economy already battered by Covid-19, Unite said on Thursday (November 19). Unite has…Read more…
The case for hydrogen
When it comes to renewable energy, there is a large degree of consensus on the technologies that should feature in our energy strategies. The differences are most apparent around nuclear power, but…Read more…
‘A poverty of ambition’
Prime minister Boris Johnson’s pledge that every UK home will be powered by electricity from offshore wind farms by 2030 revealed ‘a poverty of ambition’, compared with the vast sums that France and…Read more…
Dave Prentis seeks to enlist MPs in jobs row with British Gas
UNISON general secretary calls the energy company’s move to dismiss its entire workforce and cease union recognition ‘utterly disgraceful’
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