UNISON’s annual Higher Education branch seminar presents an exciting opportunity to network with colleagues from across the UK who work in the HE sector. We invite you to the 2019 branch seminar in York where you will have a chance to hear from experts on higher education, attend a wide range of workshops that are […]
Large cuts are looming at the TBAP multi-academy trust, which runs schools in London, Essex, Cambridgeshire and the North West, following accusations of financial mismanagement.
Angela Rayner addresses UNISON’s national delegate conference
On 21 and 22 April, education staff, parents and children across the UK will be taking part in a weekend of action against cuts to school funding
“It looks like a missed opportunity to pull together an effective and coherent careers service that could provide proper independent and impartial guidance by qualified […]
UNISON’s higher education service group met yesterday to discuss the higher education employers’ full and final offer on pay for 2017-18.
An academy chain with schools in the East Midlands and Yorkshire and Humberside has announced today (Thursday) that as many as 40 support staff could face redundancy over plans to cut budgets. The David Ross Education Trust launched a consultation exercise earlier today over proposals to cut nearly £1m in funding from its 32 primary […]
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
If this Tory government really cared about making our country fairer and more prosperous then decent pay for education workers would be one of their top priorities.
UNISON members working in Derby City Schools have lost 25% of their pay, up to £400 per month, and they need your support for strike action.
More than half of classroom or teaching assistants (53%) across the UK have experienced physical violence at school in the past year, according to new figures published by UNISON today (Tuesday). In addition, three-quarters (76%) of the teaching assistants who took part in a survey for the public service union said they had witnessed violence at […]
Commenting on the decision today (Thursday) by the Academies Transformation Trust (ATT) to announce jobs cuts and a major restructuring across its secondary and primary schools in the East and West Midlands, and the East of England, UNISON head of education Jon Richards said: “This decision has come as a bolt from the blue, and […]
Award celebrates activist who has made greatest contribution to Gateshead branch and its members
Caerphilly council’s decision to pay fees comes as a result of an ongoing campaign by UNISON
Many UNISON members will be keeping the country going over Christmas and the new year
