UNISON calls on minister to unlock EA pay talks ahead of strike

UNISON is calling on the secretary of state of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) Thérèse Coffey to meet to resolve the current Environment Agency (EA) pay dispute.
EA pay was frozen in 2021 – with staff having no pay rise from July 2020.
Staff in the agency have seen their pay eroded by over 20% in the last decade and are now “working one day in every five for nothing”. UNISON members have voted to take strike action over pay for