News Room

Please be reminded that the current policy of the POA is not to engage in completion of the employer’s annual staff survey. This was determined via Conference Motion 42/2010 carried & reaffirmed by Conference Motion 86/2015 not being adopted.

Please find attached NEC minutes for the 30th August 2023 for your information.

The TUC is running another ‘Introduction to the role of Health and Safety rep’ course for women members. It runs on the 3rd October, 11:00 – 16:00

Please find attached guidance that was sent to all Governors mid-August.

On the 6th September 2023 a Prisoner escaped from Wandsworth prison and this has been widely reported in the media.

I am pleased to announce after discussions and negotiations our Annual Conference will be held from Tuesday 21 – Thursday 23 May 2024 inclusive at the Floral Hall, Welcome Building, Eastbourne and will be three days in duration.

Please bring the contents of this circular to the attention of all POA members.

Please find attached NEC minutes for the 7th August 2023 for your information.

As you are aware the NEC are committed to the continued training and development of local Branch Officials.

Please find attached NEC minutes for the 26th July 2023 for your information.

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.