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Probation workers are taking action short of strike between now and 2 October
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.
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 […]
UNISON’s police and justice sector heard of the many problems caused by privatisation in the justice sector at their national conference.
Let’s Fix Probation UNISON has launched a campaign aimed at reuniting the probation service, privatisation and recreating local probation services managed and democratically accountable at local level […]
She called the system “irredeemably flawed,” adding: “Above all, it has proved well-nigh impossible to reduce probation to a set of contractual requirements. “Professional […]
But UNISON, along with the Labour Group of Police and Crime Commissioners, is convinced probation services are best delivered locally, rather than […]
The government’s admission that privatisation of the probation service has failed is welcome, but it doesn’t go far enough
Conference prepares for the organising challenge facing the union as government admits error of its ways on probation
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 […]
UNISON had called for transfer to be delayed until February while negotiations on terms and conditions continue
UNISON warns that money will need to be provided in this year’s budget and spending review
Unions in England and Wales demand talks with the National Probation Service after it fails to get sign-off from the Treasury
The police service has quickly adopted the same approach for police officers and police staff, and now UNISON […]