UNISON and sister probation unions tell National Probation Service there is no time to waste in safeguarding their Black/BAME members
UNISON and sister probation unions tell National Probation Service there is no time to waste in safeguarding their Black/BAME members
UNISON national officer Ben Priestley said: “The failure of the NPS to pay its staff their 2020 increments on time in April sends all the wrong messages to members. “Her […]
Speaking after home secretary Priti Patel said she wanted a tougher regime and would look to produce a new anti-terrorism bill in the spring, national officer Ben Priestley said […]
Meanwhile, UNISON is still negotiating for strong protection protections on job security, pay and conditions, and pensions for all staff, regardless of where they may eventually be working under the […]
Recognising the important role played by national collective bargaining for police staff in England and Wales, for Police Scotland and for CAFCASS – the Children and Family Court Advisory and […]
“We need to make sure we retain all of our rehabilitation members and organise the 50% of staff currently not in any union” after five years of privatisation. At […]
But unpaid work, accredited programmes and other rehabilitative interventions and resettlement services, currently provided by the CRCs, will […]
But UNISON, along with the Labour Group of Police and Crime Commissioners, is convinced probation services are best delivered locally, rather than from […]
UNISON calls for probation to be brought back into public sector as a reunified and locally run service
Probation Alliance, including UNISON, writes to justice secretary David Gauke
UNISON’s police and justice sector heard of the many problems caused by privatisation in the justice sector at their national conference.
The Justice Select Committee Report on Transforming Rehabilitation was published in June and UNISON responded on the same day to its findings. The Committee has delivered a damning Report on TR and its detrimental impact on service users, communities and staff. The Report bears out what UNISON has been saying for years, that TR has […]
Ministers bailed out the failing privatised companies to the tune of £342m. Yet they can’t find a penny to increase pay for probation staff.
Probation workers are taking action short of strike between now and 2 October
Employers walk away from ACAS talks – prompting new strike action on 14 September