UNISON Cymru/Wales has become a campaign partner in the Asbestos – Your Right to Know campaign, which aims to create a central accessible register of asbestos schools in Wales
UNISON Cymru/Wales has become a campaign partner in the Asbestos – Your Right to Know campaign, which aims to create a central accessible register of asbestos schools in Wales
UNISON and RCN call for urgent action as survey reveals school support staff being pressured to carry out complex treatments
Jon Richards, UNISON’s National Secretary for Education, said: ”The findings of our survey are a testament to the huge role […]
New buildings boost the economy, and can inspire pupils and staff to achieve more, says union
Preparing lunch for 100 hungry kids is all in a day’s work for school cook Fay Hart
After the rejection of the two options in their first pay offer, the local government employers came back with a final offer in writing on 25 April
Health and Safety Executive refuses to publish report into contamination at Welsh school
The union, which represents school support staff including catering workers, teaching assistants, caretakers, school administrators and cleaners, is calling for the bottom rate of pay to be raised, to […]
UNISON seeks urgent meeting with Michael Gove after report by right-wing think tank proposes sacking of teaching assistants
UNISON members have a ‘mountain to climb’ on local government pay, the NHS and the welfare state, but are equal to the task, says general secretary
Government committee concludes children are more vulnerable to exposure to asbestos than adults – the younger the child the greater the risk
That suggests the government considers the problem of asbestos in schools too big a problem to tackle, and would rather leave it […]
UNISON is the largest union for school support staff and local UNISON branches have been very busy this year, working hard to support members on a wide range of issues in the hundreds of schools, most of which are no longer local authority controlled. UNISON has been supporting members involved in TUPE transfers, reorganisations as […]
When it is, it’s often due to the hard work of the tens of thousands of school support staff – from teaching assistants to cooks to admin staff – who strive to make this […]
UNISON calling for support and training for those in vital school role