How UNISON has helped beat the January blues

New Year gongs Film and TV stars and sports people may customarily grab the New Year headlines, but they weren’t the only recipients of New Year’s Honours. And there was a particular New Year fizz in the news that two UNISON members, who work tirelessly to protect the country from floods, received MBEs. Carol Holt and Peter Spencer both work for the Environment Agency in the North West, Carol as deputy director for flood incident management, and Peter as a flood hydrologist, advising the agency on forecasting floods and modelling their impact. Andrew Dobbie, UNISON national officer for the union’s water, environment and transport service group, said their awards were “richly deserved recognition for their many years of public service, keeping our people safe from floods.” Ever green in retirement It’s typical of UNISON to think of its members and the greater good of the nation – if not the whole world – in the same breath. And a cunning new campaign ­does exactly that, by combining pensions and the environment. The union launched a campaign to encourage local government pension funds to divest from carbon – in other words, to pull their hard-earned money out of green-unfriendly  businesses. UNISON’s step-by-step guide is designed to help members of local government pension schemes push for changes in the investment of their funds. The aim is to explore alternative investment opportunities, allowing schemes to sell their shares and bonds in fossil fuels ...
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