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Public sector an ‘afterthought’ to North Sea oil jobs, says Unison leader

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Unison leader Andrea Egan criticizes the government for prioritizing North Sea oil jobs over public sector workers, demanding equal political focus for NHS, education, and care staff.

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Andrea Egan calls for same political focus on teachers, care sector and NHS and says Jackdaw decision ‘a serious misstep’UK politics live – latest updatesThe leader of the UK’s biggest trade union has called for the same political focus to be given to NHS, education and care sector workers as there has been on those employed in North Sea oil and gas.Andrea Egan, the general secretary of Unison, said that too often public sector workers were treated as an “afterthought” by the government compared with the “massive political focus” on protecting jobs in the North Sea. Continue reading...

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