Jon Richards opens UNISONs annual Water Energy and Transport conference in Liverpool 2023

Water, environment and transport conference held in Liverpool

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

UNISON Fair Pay in The Environment Agency Image

EA workers renew strike mandate

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

The government must intervene on Environment Agency pay to prevent permanent damage

Third block of strike action begins today

Pay pay pay

Protecting and increasing pay is vital to UNISON. We organise, we act, we win. But the work never stops. Get involved and let’s win together.

Magazine, UNISON on film on the Magazine site.
UNISON and Prospect unite on the picket lines outside the Environment Agency on Marsham Street, London SW1.

Environment agency workers begin fresh wave of industrial action

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

UNISON and Prospect unite on the picket lines outside the Environment Agency on Marsham Street, London SW1.

Recap: Second day of EA strikes

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

UNISON and Prospect unite on the picket lines outside the Environment Agency on Marsham Street, London SW1.

NEC hears of ongoing industrial action across the union

Fair pay and fighting the Westminster government’s anti-strike bill are also discussed by UNISON’s ruling executive

UNISON and Prospect unite on the picket lines outside the Environment Agency on Marsham Street, London SW1.

Environment Agency staff begin 36 hours of action over pay, says UNISON

Staff strike again in latest phase of dispute

UNISON flags wave in front of a Pink ad-van which reads - From the frontline to the breadline

Donate to support striking workers

As UNISON members continue to take strike action, the union is asking for donations to its strike fund

Christina McAnea, smiling and have a cuppa =as she chats with members at Deptford

Blog: Government inaction just leads to more action

The pay crisis that our members are dealing with won’t go away if the government sticks to their current game-plan of ignoring workers and their unions

parliamentarians attend a roundtable event at Westminster to discuss issues affecting the Environment agency and its staff

The growing importance of the EA

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

UNISON General Secretary, Christina McAnea, visits striking workers at the Thames Barrier.

Recap: Striking for fair pay in the Environment Agency

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