The business model for Thames Water has failed

Chaos is further evidence the government must renationalise Thames Water

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.
Portrait of Tony Wright, NEC member and chair of the UNISON policy development and campaign committee

Blog: Reflecting on a week at COP28 in Dubai

Tony Wright, chair of UNISON’s policy development and campaign committee, attended the COP28 as part of the International Trade Union Confederation delegation

Article on the UNISON National site.
Wildfires

Top 5 ways to help planet Earth this week

From webinars to WhatsApp messages, how to prepare and get involved in Green UNISON Week, which starts this Friday

Article, News on the UNISON National site.
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

Article on the UNISON National site.
Charan Sekhon collects his MBE from King Charles at Windsor Castle

Environment Agency officer and ‘volunteering legend’ receives MBE

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

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

Article on the UNISON National site.
Portrait of Christina McAnea

Blog: We need a new law to protect human rights and the environment

Companies must be held to account when they fail to prevent abuses and harms

General Secretary's blog, News on the UNISON National site.
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

Article, News on the UNISON National site.
Green UNISON logo with a graphic tree

Get ready for Green UNISON Week

Green UNISON Week gives activists the opportunity to publicise the union’s work on green public services, and build awareness on this vital issue

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

The old climate certainties ‘aren’t certain any more’

Jackie Hamer has worked for the Environment Agency for 30 years. Here, she shares her perspectives on how climate change will affect the UK

Article on the UNISON National site.