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Derby teaching assistants have taken their dispute over pay to the Labour party conference in Liverpool in a bid to win support from MPs and increase pressure on Derby City Council

Help UNISON and schools across the UK celebrate the often unsung stars of our children’s education on 25 November

“I’m proud of the job done by our public services workers 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. I hope lots of people use our website to thank […]

School support staff travel from Derby to Westminster to lobby MPs over 25% pay cut

UNISON president Eric Roberts tells TUC unions must make the case for a system which gets better outcomes for union members and employers

The union is fighting to protect the pay of thousands of its teaching assistant members around the UK

But there’s not long until UNISON’s Stars in Our Schools celebrations, which take place every November as a way of recognising our dedicated school support […]

“This move back to selection will be damaging for pupils, schools and communities and flies in the face of Theresa May’s claim that she wants to govern in the […]

Union urges members to support legal protests and rallies organised by the NUT

But Pam Howard for the executive also stated that there had to be a two-strand approach, where the union […]

‘We all live 12 months of the year’ and need to paid for 12 months, local government conference delegates hear

Schools affected across the city as 500 protest outside Council House over imposed changes to contracts

Government plans to force all schools in England to become academies are just one issue facing support staff

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 […]

140 jobs under threat at six schools in Harlow will put ‘the quality of children’s education at risk’ warns union