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POA Branch Secretary 
HMP Garth.
Anti tory!!!
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Stuart Smith

@stuartsmith75

Lancashire lad. POA Branch Secretary HMP Garth. Anti tory!!! Everything I do on here is mine...

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Ours is better than yours 😉 @POAnatchair @hhpoachair @mpimbolfc #unions #StrongerTogether HMP Branch Official Training

stuartsmith75's tweet image. Ours is better than yours 😉 @POAnatchair @hhpoachair @mpimbolfc #unions #StrongerTogether HMP Branch Official Training

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Beautiful ❤️


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"I don't think anyone should take lectures from a government that presided over a decade and a half of austerity about the state of our public services" @nowak_paul calls out Tory hypocrisy. #BBCQT


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99% of Prison Officers believe they should have the same option as Police Officers and Firefighters — to retire at 60. They face the same dangers. They deserve the same respect. Read #CrisisPointReached here: poauk.org.uk/media/2787/poa…

POAUnion's tweet image. 99% of Prison Officers believe they should have the same option as Police Officers and Firefighters — to retire at 60.

They face the same dangers. They deserve the same respect.

Read #CrisisPointReached here: poauk.org.uk/media/2787/poa…

#Glastonbury2025 is a HUGE let down for a Saturday night. Sunday better shape up. DJ ing isn't a Glasto thing..


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Undercover In Britain's Prison Chaos I Times Investigates youtube.com/watch?v=a4MEr7… An undercover journalist, from The Times, was hired at one of the country’s most dangerous jails and was then able to walk inside and interact with prisoners without security searches.

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Undercover In Britain's Prison Chaos


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As delegates start traveling from all over the UK tomorrow to arrive in Eastbourne for POA conference, I hope you all have a safe journey and I look forward to seeing you all when conference commences on Tuesday. A very full agenda with a variety of key note speakers on each day.…


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In Parliament REFORM opposed: Ban on fire/rehire of workers on worse conditions. Ban on exploitative Zero-hour contracts Improvements to paternity leave Giving workers bereavement leave Improvements in sick pay Why are workers supporting a party that will reduce their welfare?


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It’s time to listen to the staff who are dealing with excessive levels of life threatening violence on a daily basis. We don’t need academic theory, we don’t need reform groups , we need urgent action before one of my colleagues is murdered on duty. Things must change.

'What's it going to take for people to listen to us on the frontline' Mark Fairhurst from the Prison Officers Association told #BBCBreakfast they will demand staff are given electric stun guns to protect themselves while guarding the most dangerous jails, when they meet the…



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Tell me you don’t agree we should be issued with stab proof vests. Tell me we should have to work until we are 68. Tell me we shouldn’t be recognised and respected for the work we do protecting the public. Things MUST change . #supporttheprisonofficers


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So that’s a positive answer with regards to lowering our pension age. I look forward to future discussions ! Thanks to ⁦@IanLaveryMP⁩ for his unwavering support . ⁦@POAUnion


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The POA's Assistant General Secretary Mick Pimblett discusses the POA’s stance on the lack of rights to any form of industrial action for prison workers and the absence of their reinstatement from the Government's new Workers Rights Bill


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In the 12 months to September 2024, there were 342 assaults per 1,000 prisoners (29,881 assaults in total), up 14%. For the same period, the rate of assaults on staff was 120 assaults per 1,000 prisoners (10,496 assaults on staff in total), up 19%.

POAUnion's tweet image. In the 12 months to September 2024, there were 342 assaults per 1,000 prisoners (29,881 assaults in total), up 14%.

For the same period, the rate of assaults on staff was 120 assaults per 1,000 prisoners (10,496 assaults on staff in total), up 19%.

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Don’t miss this event on the #employmentrightsbill on 22 March - with @ctufevents @IERUK and speakers from a number of our unions including @pcs_union @POAUnion and @RMTunion Register > : bit.ly/ERBrally22March

TUCGinfo's tweet image. Don’t miss this event  on the #employmentrightsbill on 22 March - with @ctufevents @IERUK and speakers from a number of our unions including @pcs_union @POAUnion and @RMTunion 

Register > : bit.ly/ERBrally22March

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The latest statistics on safety in our failing prisons are out today and they tell you everything you need to know about why people don't want to work in jails/can't wait to leave the front line: Assaults and serious assaults on staff up 19% & 22% year on year respectively. 1/

NotThatBigIan's tweet image. The latest statistics on safety in our failing prisons are out today and they tell you everything you need to know about why people don't want to work in jails/can't wait to leave the front line:
Assaults and serious assaults on staff up 19% & 22% year on year respectively. 1/

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The Ministry of Justice and HMPPS have a duty of care to staff working in the justice system. They must come forward with a clear and urgent plan to address the rates of violence in prisons and the attacks on our members.

POAnatchair's tweet image. The Ministry of Justice and HMPPS have a duty of care to staff working in the justice system. They must come forward with a clear and urgent plan to address the rates of violence in prisons and the attacks on our members.

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Stopping the mad proliferation of non jobs in the bureaucratic class at HM Prison and Probation Service while the operational point of the organisation at the front line withers and dies is probably 'mission impossible.' But I'd use it as a test case. thetimes.com/article/b64e06…


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