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This is everyone’s business some excellent speakers from the Trade Union movement. No trade union or trade unionist should ever turn a blind eye to racism. Steve Gillan Gen Sec

There is something distinctly wrong when racism, hatred and division is somehow portrayed as patriotism. We are seeing the breakdown of our society and unfortunately politicians, media and TV are also responsible for this narrative. What we are seeing in places like Epping and…

HUGE VICTORY FOR UNION MEMBERS AT GATWICK 💥Victory for POA members at Gatwick: Over £5,000 secured per member after winning our Employment Tribunal case against SERCO. It pays to be POA ✊ poauk.org.uk/news-events/ne…

The POA are a fighting union and on behalf of 147 members at Gatwick we submitted an Employment Tribunal Claim on a pay deal that was imposed. I won’t go into detail as yet but we have won compensation of £5128 for each member after a unanimous decision of the ET against their…

Great to visit HMP Oakwood today. Another POA branch that is flourishing with an ever increasing membership with an excellent committee. Also nice to catch up with the Director in a well run establishment. Steve Gillan Gen Sec.

Great visit to Long Lartin prison.Had a very constructive meeting with the Governor and local committee followed by tour of jail and a branch meeting. Great bunch of POA members and pleased to see our members increase at the branch. Purely down to the professionalism of the local…

It’s certainly not the fault of Prison Officers and related grades that a once proud and well run establishment is in decline. This is the fault of successive Governments in lack of investment and cutting budgets. Steve Gillan Gen Sec

At last week’s Justice Questions in the Commons, MPs asked ministers about #Serco’s failing private contracts, #prison officer pension age, excessive #probation workloads, record prison violence and why we urgently need to insource prison education🧵1/16

Continuing the #68istoolate theme, Gregory Campbell warns “there is an increase in terms of turnover, with #prison officers leaving early, while the problem of the pension continues” – and calls on Gov to “increase the intensity of discussions with @POAUnion to try and make a…

HMP PENTONVILLE INSPECTION REPORT EXPOSES THE CRISIS IN THE UK’S JAILS SAYS UNION poauk.org.uk/news-events/ne… The appalling state of HMP Pentonville is one of the clearest examples of the crisis facing the country’s prisons a union leader has said.

Oh dear the @CommonsLeader out of touch on the recruitment and retention issues faced in the Prison Service. That is why sponsored visas were done in the first place. Steve Gillan Gen Sec

The POA are not affiliated to the Labour Party or any other party but we have many MPs from cross parties who have always supported us and @BrianLeishmanMP and @RachaelMaskell are two that spring to mind. They do not deserve to be treated like this and have the whip withdrawn nor…

Thoroughly enjoyed speaking @NSSN_AntiCuts 2025. Steve Gillan Gen Sec

It’s an absolute honour to be at the Durham Miners Gala on the balcony and the platform. The POA will always stand shoulder to shoulder with the @DurhamMiners Steve Gillan Gen Sec.

Listen now to episode 64 of the POA Podcast - Members' benefits from POA Protect youtu.be/d52ITlbLm6k POA members will probably be familiar with POA Protect, the organisation that partners with the union to provide a wide range of members’ services and benefits.  But how well…

Inside Time - More call-outs for prison ‘riot squad’ insidetime.org/newsround/more… “These are HMPPS own stats. We need to get back to the basics of a disciplined service with decent training, control and order”

The government must take action to stop drones being used to deliver illicit goods into prisons 2/2

This week I spoke to Times Radio about the threat drones pose to prisons and the impact on Prison Officers 1/2