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Fair pay now protest day

Date
8 December 2017 12:10am–11:59pm
Location
England, Wales, Northern Ireland

NJC pay protest ahead of Local Government Employers meeting on 13 December

Event on the UNISON National site.

School support staff have borne the brunt of funding cuts

Government seem to think that such workers are easily dispensable – so-called “back office savings”. Yet office workers perform vital […]

Article, Blogs on the UNISON National site.

UNISON cautiously welcomes government’s school funding rethink

Union welcomes rethink from original proposal but warns that many schools will still struggle

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON joins the carnival against the cuts

Thousands of parents, pupils, school staff and their unions demonstrated against cuts to school funding yesterday

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Joint campaign secures protections for school workers

Support workers, teaching staff and leadership unions unite in campaign over threat of redundancies

Article on the UNISON National site.

Derby teaching assistants to take second consecutive week of strikes

They’ll be leafleting the city centre and talking to workers and shoppers about the dispute. UNISON East Midlands regional secretary Helen Black said […]

Press release on the UNISON National site.

Derby public backs striking school staff

The staff affected include teaching assistants, admin workers and lunch supervisors. And the union is taking legal advice after the council wrote to head […]

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

The wonderful workers of Waverley school – a day in pictures

UNISON has members working throughout the education system – from primary schools to higher education – but some of the schools our members work in are unique

Article, Magazine on the UNISON National site.

Funding cuts threaten nursery schools, unions warn Greening

UNISON joins fellow unions, charities and others involved in early years education to sign open letter

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

‘United, we can win’ says Dave Prentis as he joins Derby picket

‘You are the union’ general secretary tells striking teaching assistants in Derby, battling imposed 25% pay cut

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

UNISON launches UK-wide campaign to celebrate public service champions

A UK-wide campaign aimed at reminding the public of the importance of public services –and those that provide them – is to be launched later today (Monday) in Liverpool. UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis will launch the campaign – Public Service Champions – at a fringe at the Labour party conference. It invites people to […]

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

School stars are rising

The build-up to this year’s Stars in Our Schools celebration is under way

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Hundreds of Co Durham teaching assistants protest at pay cut plans

The county council’s proposals to move the almost 3,000 school workers onto term-time only contracts, from their current 52-week-a-year jobs, would see them lose up to […]

Article on the UNISON National site.

Gwynedd council to pay school assistant fees

UNISON Cymry / Wales lobbying sees seventh council agree to pay new annual registration fees for school staff

Article on the UNISON National site.

Glamorgan decision on learning support registration fees welcomed

Learning support workers or teaching assistants do all those vital but unheralded jobs in our schools, supporting […]

Article, News on the UNISON National site.