Heed the warnings of frontline staff or suffer the consequences of your failures
National Chair: Violence against staff must be stopped
Heed the warnings of frontline staff or suffer the consequences of your failures
National Chair: Time to take back control
At a time when the government spin machine is in full swing and headline announcements have dominated the press, apparently, the Prisons Minister Rory Stewart is going to resign if prison safety does not improve.
National Chair: Ignore staff concerns at your peril!
Staff safety is not negotiable!
National Chair: When will they learn?
POA NATIONAL CHAIR, MARK FAIRHURST, UPDATES US ON THE FALL-OUT OF THE CARILLION COLLAPSE AND HOW THE POA WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ALL MEMBERS, WHEREVER THEY WORK.
National Chair: Safety comes first before performance
POA NATIONAL CHAIR, MARK FAIRHURST, BRINGS US UP-TO-DATE WITH THE WAYS THAT THE POA CONTINUES TO SUPPORT ITS MEMBERS.
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Representing over 30,000 Prison, Correctional and Secure Psychiatric Workers, the POA is the largest UK Union in this sector, able to trace its roots back more than 100 years.