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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Furlough low-paid meter readers on full wages call
Morrison Data Services (MDS) can ‘well afford’ to pay furloughed London meter readers earning just above the national minimum wage their full wages, Unite said today (June 19). The union, which…Read more…
Shock jobs announcement leaves British Gas workforce reeling, says UNISON
Shedding jobs not the answer to energy challenges
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‘Bad faith’ job cuts prompts strike call
The directors of Drax power station in north Yorkshire, part of the Drax Group, have been accused of ‘bad faith’ over 230 proposed redundancies when a pay deal last year pledged there would be no…Read more…
Heroes and zeroes
Each Friday here on UniteLIVE we highlight the heroes as well as the zeroes of the Covid-19 pandemic. The theme of Mental Health Awareness week this week is kindness – and our heroes we…Read more…
Clean energy park welcomed
Unite today (February 28) welcomed plans by the Westinghouse Electric Company to establish the Clean Energy Technology Park at the Springfields nuclear fuel manufacturing site in Lancashire. …Read more…
Focusing on the climate emergency
I see in The Herald that ScottishPower chief executive Keith Anderson said Labour promises to take back control of Britain’s energy network meant “losing focus” on the issue of tackling the climate…Read more…
Npower collapse is a ‘cruel blow’ for employees, says UNISON
Energy retail sector would be better handled in public ownership
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A vote for public services?
What do you think of Labour’s manifesto? Will you be voting to protect public services on 12 December? We’d like to hear your views
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Tackling climate change with warm homes for all
If we don’t take action now, a zero-carbon energy system will remain a pipe dream for decades to come.
I was listening in on a focus group discussion the other day, run by a friend in the industry….Read more…
SSE planned sale shows precarious nature of UK energy market, says UNISON
“The sale is yet another sign that the UK’s energy sector is in a precarious state.”
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Green UNISON Day 20 Sept – solidarity with school climate strikers
On 20 September hundreds of thousands of young people will take
part in the latest of the climate strikes
inspired by Greta Thunberg, the
Finnish school student who decided to strike in protest at the lack of action
and urgency by governments on climate change.
Several of these school student climate strikes have taken
place this year in Scotland with protests organised
in GeorgeRead more…
No more job cuts at British Gas as chief exec leaves, says UNISON
Reducing dividend instead of staff is positive move
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Here comes summer!
June was another busy month for the union – more victories for our members, and conferences in Liverpool
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