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

General secretary Dave Prentis launches new campaign in long-running dispute over 25% cuts

76% of people who responded to survey about the strike back UNISON members defending their pay

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

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

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

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 […]

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

County council’s plans could see vital school staff lose £1,000 to £5,000 a year

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

Learning support workers or teaching assistants do all those vital but unheralded jobs in our schools

Government proposals for schools in England, set out in the Education and Adoption Bill, miss the important issues currently facing schools, says UNISON. The public services union believe that a government obsessed with forcing schools to become academies is failing to address inadequate funding, excessive workloads or helping hard-pressed school business managers to support their […]

We know it’s hard graft working in a school these days so UNISON takes this one day a year to celebrate all that you do. Without you our […]

Government should let UNISON go ahead and publish professional standards

More than 75% of schools in the UK contain asbestos – but the government is still dragging its feet over a report on the scale of the problem due last spring