This refresher course aims to update reps on new legislation which is relevant to their role and introduce new developments within UNISON. UNISON South East Training Application Form Outcome
How long have you been a member of UNISON? I became a UNISON member 14 years ago when I started working in my daughters’ school as both teaching assistant and midday supervisor, when I moved to EDF Energy I transferred my membership and I was able to be more involved with helping our members within […]
UNISON is a union of women, over 1 million of them working across the public and private sectors delivering quality public services. Our women members are in all professions, catering assistants, nurses, midday supervisors, librarians, cleaners, social workers and cooks amongst a wide variety of jobs. A large proportion of our women members are low […]
How long have you been a member of UNISON? I joined as soon as I started work, aged 17, so about 15 years ago. I first started my working career in the NHS as a nursery nurse at the Southampton General Hospital, and then four years ago I transferred my membership over when I […]
Zooming into homes across the South West, our regional education team have trained 107 new workplace representatives so far this year.
Cash-strapped school support staff are using their own money to help pupils and their families cope with the cost-of-living crisis, says UNISON today (Friday). A UK-wide union survey of more than 6,000 school workers reveals staff – including teaching assistants, catering and cleaning workers, librarians and sports coaches – are buying food for hungry pupils, and contributing towards the cost of […]
The event gave MPs the chance to celebrate support staff, as well as talk to UNISON members about the issues being faced in schools
Members at the Victoria Education Centre voted for action by 97% in an 81% turnout
These findings are being sent to the government to inform its review of face coverings as a safety measure in schools and highlight the risk of removing them, particularly from […]
Westminster government’s testing priority list only includes ‘teachers’ for education in England, forgetting the rest of the education team
The favourite for Labour deputy leader tells UNISON’s women’s conference why lifelong learning is key
But voters should be wary of cynical pledges and gimmicks.
Court of Appeal ruling has implications for hundreds of thousands of employees
Pressure on schools and NHS staff to tackle crime is deflecting attention from failure to fund services adequately, union says
TECHOGNITION is a national celebration of School Science Technicians, recognising the importance of this essential role in science education Following the success of #TECHOGNITION 2018 we will be running the event again this year. During #TECHOGNITION week: Take a photo of yourself or a technician colleague at work. It can be something spectacular or […]
