Ministers should step back from 1 June target and put safety first.
Ministers should step back from 1 June target and put safety first.
Ministers need to work with unions to create safe schools
Extend furlough and sick pay for those protecting loves ones
How you can support the campaign for a decent, fair pay rise for all our key workers in councils and schools
Union will continue to campaign for more funding for the pay of key workers in local government and schools in England, Wales and Northern Ireland
Suggestions that the government in England is considering reopening schools has caused huge anxiety amongst school staff and parents
The latest #OurHeroes story from the frontline of the Covid-19 outbreak comes from Elaine Betteridge at Rosewood free school in Southampton
Union raises strong concerns with Department for Education’s latest guidance
Tuesday 31 March 2020 Don’t forget to thank school support staff too, says UNISON The hard work of thousands of school support staff providing emergency care for key workers’ children countrywide appears to have been ignored by the government, says UNISON today (Tuesday). Education secretary Gavin Williamson has written to school leaders expressing his ‘deepest […]
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.
The health and safety responsibilities owed by school and college employers School staff have a right to a safe working environment and individuals shouldn‘t […]
The scheme is a set of commitments to treat all employees fairly.
WULF? The Wales Union Learning Fund project. It’s been part of UNISON Cymru/Wales for nine months now, and great things are happening. Project workers Jenny Griffin and Richard Speight explain: We’re continuing to put on courses all over Wales for those working in schools, health or social care. Our current Social Care Programme has seen […]
UNISON branches and regions have rightly intervened to stop our members being put at potential risk. Our advice to […]
School support staff across the North East will be recognised today (Friday) as part of a UK-wide celebration of the invaluable contribution they make to children’s education. UNISON has organised the ‘Stars in Our Schools’ event to promote the wonderful work school support staff do every day and to make sure the world knows just how vital they are […]