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Members among Tunisian victims

UNISON is sad to confirm that three members were among the 38 people killed in the Tunisia terrorist attack

News on the UNISON National site.
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Secret trade agreement ‘a battle between big business and everybody else’

The WET delegates agreed a motion that "opposes, as a matter of principle, the deregulation and privatisation agenda which so clearly lies at its heart." Ruth Davies, chair of the WET service group executive […]

Article on the UNISON National site.
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Water industry a ‘money-making machine’ that can well afford the living wage

Yet the majority of employers are failing to step up - as thousands of the union’s members in the sector are not even earning the minimum wage, the […]

Article on the UNISON National site.
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Drastic action needed to lift five million households out of water poverty

A new UNISON report finds that almost a quarter of households in England and Wales struggle to pay their water bills, with few effective social tariffs available to ease the burden

Article, News, Press release on the UNISON National site.
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UNISON will act against ‘Orwellian’ call-centre conditions

Call centre working, facility time and safety in the water industry dominated UNISON

Article on the UNISON National site.
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