WET conference tackles fair pay and protecting our environment

In conclusion, the baroness said: “Green jobs and innovation will be at the heart of everything we [Labour] do. And your sectors, environment, water and transport will be at the heart of it as well.” Environment Agency pay After the speeches, UNISON vice president Kath Owen – chairing conference – introduced the business of the day. Delegates carried a wide range of motions, spanning bargaining and campaigning across each of the three sectors: water, environment and transport. Motion six “Fair pay in the EA”, submitted by the WET SGE, called on the executive to increase the pressure on the Environment Agency (EA) to demand adequate funding from DEFRA and to challenge the government’s damaging pay policy. Jackie Haymer, moving the motion, cited the fact that, “in more than 12 years, only once have EA workers had a pay rise that kept pace with inflation. Every other year, we either had a rise that fell far short, or was no rise at all. “If the current 2% guidance is applied, were going to see a record gap between pay and the cost of living.” Asking “How are they [EA workers] meant to cope with what could be a 7% pay cut in real terms?” Hybrid working Also on bargaining and negotiating, motion one dealt with hybrid working where it was warned that such arrangements haven’t been extended to all UNISON members equally and are at risk of creating a three-tier workforce. Motion four called on the SGE to work with Labour Link to lobby the UK government to pr...
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