UNISON survey reveals huge rise in numbers doing higher-grade work as teachers fall ill or fail to get tests
UNISON survey reveals huge rise in numbers doing higher-grade work as teachers fall ill or fail to get tests
Researchers at UCL and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) have modelled what may happen when schools reopen and some parents return to the workplace. In order to […]
Government announcement on pupil funding still below pre-austerity levels in real terms
“Employers putting their staff under pressure need to stop hiding behind public health guidance and use more common sense. Leaving staff with no income when […]
UNISON has written to the education secretary urging the government to show its thanks to all school staff, and to clarify urgently what personal protective equipment they should be using.
Stars in our Schools celebrations take place in schools across the UK
Union welcomes Commons select committee report revealing ‘the true scale of the funding cuts to schools and colleges’
It’s about stopping workload increases and defending your pay, terms and conditions and your answers will help us […]
This is a victory for all low-paid women working in the public sector
The National Audit Office (NAO) report on the public finance initiative provides a scathing indictment of PFI and PF2, and confirms many of the fears UNISON has been raising for more than 20 years, the union said today (Thursday). The NAO says there are currently 700 PFI and PF2 deals in operation, and if no […]
Help celebrate our school support staff on social media at noon on 24 November
Fledgling MP Rosie Duffield has a very personal reason for supporting UNISON’s Stars in our Schools celebrations
20-month dispute ends in victory for janitors in nursery, primary and ASL schools
Staff in England who qualified after September 2016 need to hold a paediatric first aid certificate, under regulations that came into force last month
Trade unions warn that, without more money being put in, any new changes to benefit some schools will mean others losing out even more. That is why UNISON has joined […]