UNISON calls for lockdown halt to non-essential water work

UNISON is calling on the Westminster government to pause non-essential work by the water industry during the latest lockdown, in order to protect employees and help to reduce transmission of COVID-19.
In a letter to Rebecca Pow, the Parliamentary under-secretary of state for rural affairs and biosecurity, who has ministerial responsibility for water, the union says that recent government guidance acknowledges that close contact can include “numerous small contacts within a day”.
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