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Workers should not be saddled with debt for years because of the blunders of a company

Chancellor’s pay announcement only applies to teachers – and schools will have to find the bulk of the money themselves

Four in ten (41%) school kitchen staff are worried about their pay, with one in five (21%) earning the minimum wage, a new UNISON survey published today (Friday) has revealed.

Joint letter to Philip Hammond from UNISON, Unite and GMB calls on him to fund ‘a decent pay award’ for school and council staff in this wee’s local government settlement

From teaching assistants to teachers to pupils, asbestos in schools is a killer and cuts to school funding can only make the situation worse

Join us for a Lobby Against School Cuts to show MPs that, despite the Department of Education’s welcome rethink, there is still a problem

The government’s funding announcement today (Monday) is disappointing and means a return to smoke and mirrors statements on school funding, say education unions. UNISON, ATL, NUT and GMB have said that whilst any extra money is welcome, it isn’t enough to stop the huge cuts that schools are making. Calculations published on the organisations’ School Cuts […]

Faced with huge cuts to their pay, these UNISON members fought back

School cuts are affecting children and UNISON will gear up campaigning against them, local government conference vows

Our message is clear and my position is the same as our members: the council must negotiate – massive pay cuts for school support staff cannot be the answer

Union warns that Theresa May’s plans ‘risk most of our children being left behind in schools with fewer of the best teachers and potentially fewer resources’

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

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

We have made sure their views have been central to negotiations with the council, and kept them informed of any developments. The union balloted its teaching assistant members in the […]

In preparation for the EWC registration, UNISON undertook a comprehensive listening exercise in schools across Wales, meeting with thousands of […]