Boris Johnson promised a lifeline to low-paid workers then callously pulled it away
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Westminster government’s testing priority list only includes ‘teachers’ for education in England, forgetting the rest of the education team
The announcement of a replacement for the furlough scheme this week is welcomed, but have they gone far enough to stop the spread of the virus, and protect jobs?
Health branches across the region took part in two days of campaigning on Thursday and Friday, to ask the government for early action on NHS pay. Branches used social media and took part in socially distanced events to press home the message that health workers deserve much more than applause for their efforts during the […]
UNISON South East have created a webinar series that hope to offer members information and support on a variety of topics that have become a concern since the coronavirus pandemic. There are 8 webinars in the series titled ‘Time for Change’ and this started with the first webinar ‘Redundancy Support and Information’ which took place […]
A pay claim submitted by UNISON to the government today (Friday) would see every NHS employee receive an increase of at least £2,000 by the end of this year. UNISON – which is the UK’s biggest union and represents NHS staff including healthcare assistants, radiographers, porters, midwives and paramedics – says this rise is the equivalent of around £1 an hour […]
UNISON has written to Oxford’s Ruskin College principal, Paul Di Felice, calling for additional support for students left in limbo by a decision to close social work courses. Students, many of whom are UNISON members, were informed this week that from September 2020 the college will no longer be running social work degree courses. UNISON understands the move has come as result of Social Work England not re-accrediting Ruskin […]
Covid-19 has meant that we have been unable to proceed with several routine meetings and events since March this year. Although society has begun to open up again, the threat of the virus is still very much present, as can be seen across the country, with local lockdowns taking place in towns and cities. When […]
Due to the overwhelming number of applications for school uniform grants, the fund is now closed. There will inevitably be significant delays in processing and payments. We appreciate your patience while we work through all the requests and would ask that where possible you do not contact us for an update as this will delay […]