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Watch National Chair Mark Fairhurst give evidence at Justice and Home Affairs Committee Tuesday 14 January 2025

Did you work at Medomsley Detention Centre, or interact with anyone who did? The PPO needs to hear from you.

Watch the tribute to Joe Simpson

If you still pay tax, even if it’s just on your pension, there’s a fairly high chance you may have paid too much.

 

The newly revamped POA retired members committee are keen to compile the contact details of all retired members.

As I drove into Eastbourne on the Monday before conference with my fellow delegate and observer, I can remember being filled with apprehension on what the first day would bring and how nervous I would be, standing up in front of my peers from around the United Kingdom and those of the National Executive Committee, speaking for the first time.

The Hazards Campaign has announced a manifesto for a health and safety system fit for all workers

This webinar will equip health and safety reps with the skills to protect their colleagues from climate change-related hazards.

 

The TUC is running some introductory courses for Black union members which are free, online, open to any Black member of a TUC affiliated union.

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.