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Adding a handful of inspectors will make little difference

Government finally gives green light to talk about pay

‘We urge the EA to come to the negotiating table with an offer that seeks to deliver a real uplift for members that reverses the trend of recent years’

Workers will refuse to volunteer for on-call cover outside contracted hours from this weekend until 19 September, in continuing action over pay

Environment Agency pay was high on the agenda, following the recent dispute and the government’s pay offer

General secretary expresses disappointment that the union was not told of a proposed one-off, unconsolidated payment and calls for a pay meeting

For the second time in this dispute over the 2022/23 pay offer, members at the agency voted to take industrial action

The government needs a properly staffed Environment Agency if natural habitats and water sources are to be protected.

UNISON members working at the agency have seen pay fall since 2011, meaning that staff effectively work one day a week for free

Environment Agency workers started a 12-hour strike at 7am on Wednesday, alongside their Prospect colleagues. Here’s some of the action

Charan Sekhon, a UNISON branch welfare and equalities officer, received the award for over two decades of charitable works

Marking 70 years since the worst environmental disaster in modern UK history, parliamentarians gathered to discuss the issues facing the Environment Agency

UNISON and Prospect walk out on 8 February

See some of the highlights from EA strikes across the country on Wednesday, including Christina McAnea’s visit to strikers at the Thames Barrier

Staff stage historic first strike over pay