Real terms pay cut ‘will be a source of national embarrassment’ to the nation as it attempts to battle climate change
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UNISON calls on Environment Agency to strengthen its health and safety measures
Unions seek urgent review of risk assessments to tackle new COVID-19 variant
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From floods to food banks
Environment Agency staff take industrial action after seeing a 20% drop in pay over the last decade
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Will a shower of April wins help us flower in May?
Another busy month saw UNISON celebrating victories – and launching new campaigns
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Environment Agency staff back industrial action over pay
Workers at the Environment Agency are to take industrial action after a below-inflation pay rise was forced on staff earlier this year, UNISON said today (Thursday). Staff overwhelmingly backed…Read more…
March madness
While MPs got lost down the rabbit hole, UNISON and its members kept their focus on the many other problems afflicting Britain’s workers
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Environment Agency staff vote on strike action over pay
The Environment Agency has refused to make a better offer – or even to reopen talks
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Blog: Why we’re balloting Environment Agency members on industrial action
We’re balloting our Environment Agency members on industrial action. Our members are dedicated and hard-working and devoted to their jobs, keeping us all safe. They feel – with much justification -…Read more…
UNISON members’ work on flood prevention and relief recognised
New Year Honours list includes MBEs for members working for the Environment Agency to protect the country from floods
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Shadow minister praises UNISON’s work for a living wage water industry
WET conference vows to keep up the pressure to ensure “the living wage for all in the water industry”
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Extra funding for flood defences welcome but don’t forget staff on the ground, says UNISON
Welcoming the Chancellor’s decision to increase tax insurance to pay for flood defences, UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis said: “More funding for flood defences should help save people the pain…Read more…
Keeping the floods at bay
The holiday season saw members across northern England and Scotland scramble to deal with floods. But flood defence is a year-round job
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‘No more cuts to the Environment Agency’
UNISON calls on government to maintain Agency funding in wake of floods
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UNISON members are working flat out
As wind and rain batters the north of England I want to pay tribute to our members
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