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Failing and polluting water companies are jeopardising water quality, killing wildlife and causing untold damage to the environment.
The article Water firms should invest in services rather than shareholder payouts first appeared on the UNISON National site.
UNISON argues the plans are short sighted and will have wide ranging consequences, and vows it will fight to protect jobs
The article Thames Water announces it is to consult on axing 300 jobs first appeared on the UNISON National site.
UNISON argues the plans are short sighted and will have wide ranging consequences, and vows it will fight to protect jobs
The article Thames Water announces it is to consult on axing 300 jobs first appeared on the UNISON National site.
UNISON says the action will have serious implications for water and sewage services
The article Scottish Water staff to strike for four days in November first appeared on the UNISON National site.
UNISON says the action will have serious implications for water and sewage services
The article Scottish Water staff to strike for four days in November first appeared on the UNISON National site.
The union reiterates its call for renationalisation, to ensure “value for taxpayers”
The article UNISON condemns water firms’ attempt to increase household bills first appeared on the UNISON National site.
The union reiterates its call for renationalisation, to ensure “value for taxpayers”
The article UNISON condemns water firms’ attempt to increase household bills first appeared on the UNISON National site.
A short-term fix to bail out Thames Water won’t be enough.
The article Government must bring the water companies back to public ownership, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.
A short-term fix to bail out Thames Water won’t be enough.
The article Government must bring the water companies back to public ownership, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Environment Agency staff take industrial action after seeing a 20% drop in pay over the last decade
The article From floods to food banks first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Scottish Water is a public corporation, accountable to Scottish Ministers and parliament. It was created in 2002 by a merger of three regional water authorities. This contrasts with the privatised…Read more…
While the government celebrated a record budget surplus today (August 21), ordinary people are barely keeping their heads above water in a sea of outstanding household debt approaching £19bn, new…Read more…
Water may seem as natural and ‘free’ a resource as they come – it falls from the sky after all, and it’s essential to all forms of life. But in the UK and increasingly around the world, water has…Read more…
A privateer water firm that loses over 400m litres every day because of leaky pipes will hand nearly £181m to shareholders just two days before it imposes a hosepipe ban. United Utilities is…Read more…
A hosepipe ban imposed on 7m households in north-west England has been described as “outrageous” after it was revealed the water company that ordered it loses more than 439m litres a day through…Read more…
Serious concerns have been expressed over why two highly profitable water companies – Anglian Water and United Utilities – are proposing to close their defined benefit (DB) pension schemes, thereby…Read more…
World Water Day, on 22 March every year, is about focusing attention on the importance of water. This year’s theme, ‘Nature for Water’, explores nature-based solutions (NBS) to the water challenges…Read more…
Like so many aspects of our economic life, the EU is an integral part of our energy and water systems. That’s why almost everyone you meet in the industry will be voting Remain on Thursday. They are…Read more…
WET conference vows to keep up the pressure to ensure “the living wage for all in the water industry”
The article Shadow minister praises UNISON’s work for a living wage water industry first…Read more…
Today we’re launching a new campaign – “Making Waves for the Living Wage” calling on all UK the water industry to sign up as accredited Living Wage employers with the Living Wage Foundation.
The…Read more…