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Cash-strapped school support staff in Yorkshire and Humberside are paying for pupils’ essentials, says UNISON

School support staff across Yorkshire and Humberside are using their own money to help pay for pupils’ food and clothing, even though many are struggling to cope with the cost-of-living crisis themselves, says UNISON today (Friday). A ​ survey of more than 1,000 school workers reveals that staff – including teaching assistants, caterers and cleaners – are buying food, clothes […]

Uncategorized on the UNISON Yorkshire & Humberside site.

Strike is the last thing we want to do but we deserve fair pay!

UNISON members at The Victoria Education Centre in Poole have been left with little alternative than to take strike action today (2 November) after eighteen months of obfuscation and frustration as the employer, Livability continue in failing to deliver a much needed pay rise for members. Mike Cracknell, UNISON Regional Organiser said; “The strength of […]

News, Press release on the UNISON South West site.

Urgent School Building Safety Survey

As you may have heard in the news, the Department for Education has suddenly ordered over 100 schools, colleges and nurseries in England to close buildings just before the start of the new Autumn term. Are you affected? Please take part in our short survey to help us support members who work in buildings found […]

Uncategorized on the UNISON Yorkshire & Humberside site.

Council and school staff begin strike ballot over pay

The ballot runs from 23 May to 4 July 2023 and covers tens of thousands of council and school workers in the region.

Article on the UNISON South East site.

Forced academisation threat for schools is stopped

The Secretary of State for Education has agreed to withdraw Academy Orders that were sent to schools in the Catholic Diocese of Hallam after education unions warned that they were ‘unlawful’. Unions representing staff in schools across Hallam Diocese – which has schools in the East Midlands and Yorkshire – wrote to the Secretary of […]

Article, News on the UNISON East Midlands site.

Leicester academy plans scrapped

UNISON has welcomed a decision by the Department for Education to drop plans to turn Leicester’s West Gate School into an academy. West Gate has 180 pupils, aged 4 to 19, with a range of learning needs. Pupils have moderate to severe learning difficulties, autism spectrum conditions, multiple learning difficulties and highly complex needs. In November 2018 […]

Article, News on the UNISON East Midlands site.

Schools risk support staff exodus over pay in South East region, warns UNISON

40% of school staff are actively looking for other jobs because of persistent low pay

News on the UNISON South East site.

Campaign to protect Moulsecoomb Primary continues

Campaigners fear that decisions will no longer be made by an accountable local level, and wold in future be made by an unaccountable trust board without any community links […]

Article on the UNISON South East site.

School support staff fear ‘big bang’ return’ to school is a safety risk

Workers worry measures to keep them safe aren’t up to the job

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Government must use the time schools are closed to make them safer

Everyone wants schools to reopen fully but they must be safe

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Testing plans need more detail

Government appears more concerned with headline grabbing

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

UNISON care packages delivered to schools across Devon

School support staff have been treated to care packages from UNISON as pupils have returned to the classroom. The packages were delivered to schools across Plymouth and Torbay over the last week. The packages are part of a wider campaign from the UK’s biggest trade union to have more health and safety representatives in the […]

News on the UNISON South West site.

Government u-turns on free summer school meals

UNISON welcomes decision to provide funding for free school meals during the summer

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Academy chain failing to protect staff and pupils, say unions

The unions have made a formal complaint to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) about the trust, which runs 34 schools in […]

Article, News on the UNISON East Midlands site.

Joint union letters issued to all headteachers, MAT CEOs and Local Authorities

UNISON, NEU, GMB and Unite have sent joint letters centrally to all headteachers, MAT CEOs and Local Authorities in England. The purpose of the letters is to show understanding for the predicament they have been put in by the government and to urge them to work with us to only increase pupil numbers when it […]

Article, News on the UNISON East Midlands site.