Christina McAnea

Blog: Why it’s vital police staff have their say this week

UNISON has pushed to get the best possible pay offer for 2021 and 2022 – but we now need a high turnout in our consultative ballot

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UNISON welcomes police chiefs’ report on safety

Report recommends important new measures to help protect police staff

Police and justice committee adds voice to George Floyd protests

UNISON group says the killing in the US – and its aftermath – shows that the fight against racism must be redoubled

Police staff agree two-year pay deal in Scotland

Police Scotland members say ‘yes’ to 3.25% pay rise this year and 3% next year

Police staff vote for pay rise

Staff in England and Wales give 93% ‘yes’ vote for 2.5% pay rise – or 3.1% for those on the lowest rate

A month of perennial change

But championing and defending our members are always on UNISON’s agenda

Police staff publish 5% pay claim for England and Wales

Unions publish joint claim which also calls for two lowest pay points to be deleted

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Listen to what police staff have to say, Home Office told

UNISON surveys 4,500 police staff members on issues facing them as home secretary conducts ‘frontline review’ to ‘better understand’ service’s experience and needs

Barred from the force for cancer – the government lists stopping police staff doing their jobs

There was outcry at UNISON’s police and justice conference today at the new lists that bar police staff from jobs for life.  

Pay is top of agenda at police and justice conference

Pay reform in the police and probation service was the first topic of this year’s police and justice service group conference

‘Sexual harassment isn’t just about celebrities’

Assistant general secretary Christina McAnea addresses police and justice conference

August: it was no holiday

There was no lying on sun-loungers for UNISON or many of our members involved in key struggles at work

UNISON and National Police Chiefs’ Council to tackle worrying levels of sexual harassment

This research finds levels of sexual harassment consistent with that reported in police forces internationally as well as other workplace surveys.

Drop in criminals facing court as police lack resources to investigate

The number of reported crimes ending with a suspect in court has dropped along with police staff, while the use of volunteers in the police force is on the rise

UNISON challenges police commissioner takeover of fire services

Concern for support staff jobs as cost-cutting drives government agenda