‘Parents will hope this latest assurance is a promise David Cameron actually gets to keep’
‘Parents will hope this latest assurance is a promise David Cameron actually gets to keep’
Open University staff could be balloted over plans to close seven regional offices and lose 500 jobs
Cardinal Vincent Nichols, President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales has today reiterated the Church’s commitment to the Living Wage. A growing number of Catholic schools already pay the living wage to thousands of teaching assistants, catering and school support staff. The move comes following a joint campaign with UNISON – the […]
UNISON campaign highlights closure of over 600 children’s centres since 2010
Lots of plans are underway with schools holding awards ceremonies, putting on special assemblies and even dressing up as super heroes […]
Show of support for UNISON’s Stars in our Schools campaign
Show of support for UNISON’s Stars in our Schools campaign
“It is inner city schools which need extra support, not those in the leafy shires. There is a risk too that children and […]
It was very well received, attended by members, non-members and police officers. “Since then it has become something of a tradition. And it gives the branch a chance […]
Many UNISON members will be keeping the country going over Christmas and the new year
"Our members are key to delivering the changes coming to the sector and having faced wave after wave of job cuts those remaining deserve to be […]
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 […]
Learning support workers or teaching assistants do all those vital but unheralded jobs in our schools
The registration fee is an annual payment of £15 per person. As the union for school support staff, UNISON has been campaigning for local authorities to pay the […]
‘Area-based reviews’ part of restructuring plans for post-16 education prompted by ‘the need to cut public expenditure’