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
Unions in England and Wales demand talks with the National Probation Service after it fails to get sign-off from the Treasury
UNISON warns that money will need to be provided in this year’s budget and spending review
UNISON had called for transfer to be delayed until February while negotiations on terms and conditions continue
Conference calls for return to national bargaining in reunited probation service
“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 […]
The government’s admission that privatisation of the probation service has failed is welcome, but it doesn’t go far enough
Grayling’s botched reforms have finally been abandoned
“Professional probation work is so much more than simply a series of transactions and, when treated in that way, is distorted and diminished.” She highlighted a number of specific […]
The probation service in England and Wales was split in two in 2014 as part of a programme called “transforming rehabilitation” […]
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