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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

The union says that instead, there should be a focus on legislation to make companies – not the public – pay to restore the waterways to good health and protect jobs in the industry. The […]

“The regulator must step in to force them to focus on providing safe water supplies and maintaining cleaner rivers, not generating vast profits.” Notes to editors – […]

This could mean over 140 redundancies, and many roles axed through the removal of vacancies. As the largest union in the employer, UNISON is raising serious concerns about the proposals […]

The strikes come after UNISON members at Scottish Water voted overwhelmingly (78%) for action over a pay and grading dispute earlier this month. The […]

The union reiterates its call for renationalisation, to ensure “value for taxpayers”

A short-term fix to bail out Thames Water won’t be enough.

Date

13 – 15 October 2023

Location

Nottingham (Hilton Hotel, Milton Street, Nottingham)

Registration for the 2023 UNISON Water, Environment, and Transport (WET) Branch Seminar will open shortly.

Branches will be able to register delegates very soon, but in the meantime are advised to make a note of the following dates and location/venue details and consult with members as appropriate on seeking delegates to attend.

Dates: Friday 13 October (evening) to Sunday 15 October (lunchtime)
Location: Nottingham
Venue: Hilton Hotel, Milton Street, Nottingham

The seminar this year will take place in Nottingham, at the Hilton Hotel on Milton Street, from the evening of Friday 13 October to lunchtime on Sunday 15 October.

A notice will be circulated to branches shortly, and posted on this event page, which will announce that registrations are being taken, and which will set out the fees for registering delegates.

When available, a provisional programme for this seminar will also be posted on this page.

Environment Agency staff take industrial action after seeing a 20% drop in pay over the last decade

UNISON pay negotiations at South East Water have yielded an above inflation pay rise. Staff will get a 3% pay rise which will keep wages in line with the forecasted cost of living. Caroline Fife Regional Organiser said ” UNISON put a lot of work into the pay claim focusing on the high cost of […]

Date

18 June 2017 11:00am–8:00pm

Location

The Brighton Centre, Kings Road, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 2GR

The national conference of UNISON’s water, environment and transport service group, to discuss issues and set policy affecting members working in the water, environment and transport sector. Registrations and enquiries If you want to attend the conference, please contact your branch, who can register you as a delegate or visitor on the Online Conference System. […]

WET conference vows to keep up the pressure to ensure “the living wage for all in the water industry”

Today we’re launching a new campaign – “Making Waves for the Living Wage” calling on all UK the water industry to sign up as accredited Living Wage employers with the Living Wage Foundation.

UNISON calls on government to maintain Aagency funding in wake of floods

It’s less than two years ago, in February 2014, that I was writing something similar, as the government then tried to blame the agency for flooding – while it planned to cut ever more deeply into the […]