Portrait of Greg Marshall

Get set for Green UNISON Week by becoming a citizen scientist

Greg Marshall, the chair of UNISON’s Environment Agency sector committee, explains how to become a citizen scientist, as we near Green UNISON Week

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WET conference: Invest to protect our environment

Debate at the water, environment and transport conference in Brighton on Sunday turned to canals, buses and the Environment Agency

old-fashioned tap with water running from it

Opinion: The water industry is a national scandal

Privatisation has meant failing water infrastructure, increased sewage spillages and reduced confidence in the safety of drinking water, while shareholders pocket billions

Female crew of eight in a rowing boat on the Thames

Opinion: Thames Water makes case for renationalisation … now!

When crews for the annual Boat Race are warned about levels of E.coli, and its own shareholders refuse to invest more in Thames Water, the case for public ownership is clear

old-fashioned tap with water running from it

UNISON calls on water regulator to protect customers and nature

After the water industry made headlines again this week, the union says it should be companies, not customers, footing the bill

Springing a leak

UNISON members explain the crisis that has engulfed Thames Water. Simon Jackson reports

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Flood defence works being carried out by the Environment Agency

Environment Agency workers announce industrial action dates

Action short of a strike will begin in December

Vote yes for action in the Environment Agency graphic

Working a day every week for free at the Environment Agency

UNISON members at the agency have seen pay fall since 2011, but now these vital workers are balloting for industrial action – and three explain why they’re voting ‘yes’

Vote yes for action in the Environment Agency graphic

Environment Agency condemned over pay imposition

UNISON slams the move, as the agency also announced worse terms for new employees

Polluted shore line

English water industry needs renationalising, says UNISON

Call comes as the government is forced to back down in row over sewage dumping by water companies

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‘A kick in the teeth’

There were plenty of plaudits for key workers during the pandemic, but gratitude has not extended to members’ pay packets. And their financial worries are mounting

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Single-decker bus in Manchester

Government’s new bus strategy highlights failures of deregulation

The proposals exclude the best solution, which would be to allow local authorities to operate their own services, says UNISON

The unsung key workers

The past 12 months of pandemic would have been very different without UNISON members keeping bus stations open and water in our homes

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UNISON calls for lockdown halt to non-essential water work

In a letter to the water minister, UNISON says that revised COVID-19 guidance on close contacts means the government should tell the water industry to pause some work.

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Get elected – and help UNISON remain relevant and effective in the 2020s

The nomination period is about to open for this year’s service group executive elections