Probation staff in Wales who work for the National Probation Service (NPS) and the 21 privatised community rehabilitation companies (CRCs), are today (Friday) staging a day of protest to call for a long overdue pay rise. Their unions – Napo and UNISON – say that the 18,000 probation staff have been treated more harshly than other public sector workers, […]
NPS and CRC UNISON members have voted decisively for industrial action over the 0% pay offer for 2014. The ballot questions asked members: Are you prepared to take part in a strike? Are you prepared to take part in action short of a strike? UNISON asked members to vote yes to both questions. The results […]
UNISON has shown the true value of union membership through the campaigning and representation of our members. Last year we celebrated 25 years of UNISON and we announced that not only are we the biggest public sector trade union – but the biggest overall union in the UK.
UNISON South East is launching legal claims to ensure members get the backpay they’re owed
Assistant general secretary Christina McAnea issues rallying call to police and justice conference
Time to return services to public control
UNISON calls for probation to be brought back into public sector as a reunified and locally run service
The government must immediately step in to bring these collapsed services back in-house
UNISON’s police and justice sector heard of the many problems caused by privatisation in the justice sector at their national conference.
UNISON probation members working for six community rehabilitation companies owned by Sodexo could be balloted on industrial action over the company’s voluntary redundancy terms
UNISON is urging all probation members to take a two-hour strike on 14 July, in support of our campaign for fair pay
Employers walk away from ACAS talks – prompting new strike action over 0% offer
UNISON’s Probation Committee has agreed to suspend the strike called for Thursday 11 June, and the action short of strike action due to have started on Friday 12 June, in order to allow further talks to take place to seek to resolve the 2014 pay dispute. This follows discussions with the employers at ACAS, the […]
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 […]
Several key motions were passed at UNISON’s police and justice conference on providing security and support to members working in probation
