UNISON urges government to stop meter readings

UNISON represents many of the UK’s meter readers, who work in people’s homes and the union is deeply concerned that this activity is continuing during the current heightened phase of coronavirus infection in the UK.
Meter readers can visit up to 80 properties in a day and work in enclosed spaces.
The government’s own recently revised guidance recognises that workers in constant short contact with other people are both at risk of contracting the new variant strains of COVID and