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• Environment Agency condemned over pay imposition

  20-10-2022 17:12
  UNISON has today condemned the decision of the Environment Agency (EA) to implement a 2% + £345 pay offer for staff while, at the same time, imposing worse terms in contracts for new workers joining the agency.
  UNISON national secretary Donna Rowe-Merriman stated: “When this pay offer by the EA is implemented, workers will clearly see just how ineffective the award is at tackling the increasing cost of living.
  “UNISON members are in serious need of an improved pay outcome.
  
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• UNISON police and justice conference opens in Telford

  20-10-2022 17:03
  Hundreds of delegates gathered in Telford today for UNISON’s police and justice service group conference, in order to decide the union’s priorities for over 50,000 members working in the sector across the England, Scotland and Wales.
  UNISON represents people working in policing and probation, from call handlers and community support officers probation officers, custody assistants, cleaners and canteen staff, with 60% of police staff being women. 
  Chaired by UNISON vice president
  
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• There must now be an election, says UNISON

  20-10-2022 15:01
  Commenting on the resignation of the prime minister Liz Truss, UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said: “This farce cannot go on. The Conservatives have shown themselves unfit to govern.
  “The crisis affecting the country is so deep that the only solution is to have an election. There should be one immediately so voters can choose a government to get the country back on its feet.”
  Notes to editors:– UNISON is the UK’s largest union with more than 1.3
  
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• It’s time for a government that puts the country first, says UNISON

  20-10-2022 12:46
  Commenting on Keir Starmer’s speech at the 154th Trades Union Congress in Brighton, UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said: “It’s time for a government that puts the country first, is on the side of struggling families and anyone being ill-treated at work. 
  “A Labour government under Keir would work with unions to solve problems, not see them as the enemy. Public services would be properly funded, its workforce paid a decent wage and social care tra
  
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