Environment Agency workers escalate strikes over ‘woeful’ pay
UNISON members at the Environment Agency launched another weekend of strikes today in a long-running dispute over “woeful” pay.
The union said that the stoppage, which will start from 7pm tonight until 7am on Monday, marks a “significant escalation” of industrial action that began last year.
Staff were given a “terrible deal” of just 2 per cent, plus a one-off lump sum of only £345, last autumn — almost five times smaller than 40-year high double-digit inflation, Unison said.
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