
Environment Agency workers strike over pay
Press AssociationBy Esme StallardClimate and Science Reporter, BBC NewsThousands of Environment Agency workers began a three day strike on Friday over claims of "endemic low pay".The latest action from the Unison trade union will see staff working on flood defences, river pollution and fires walk out.These emergency response teams say they are too thinly stretched, making it difficult to protect communities and keep the environment safe.The government said representatives are meeting with the unions to discuss pay. Environment Agency staff on strike in pay disputeStrike action: What do rail workers, nurses and others want?Environment Agency clean-up under way after 200-barrel leakThe strike began at 19:00 and will end at 07:00 Monday morning,It follows months of industrial action by Enviro...