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 has been made aware that some schools have been closed as a precaution due to potential risk of exposure to Covid-19, commonly known as Coronavirus. In some instances school cleaners were subsequently instructed to do a deep-clean of the schools. UNISON branches and regions have rightly intervened to stop our members being put at […]
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 […]
Survey finds growing concern amongst staff
Fledgling MP Rosie Duffield has a very personal reason for supporting UNISON’s Stars in our Schools celebrations
Birmingham unions and council join forces to demand funding for 10% pay rise and £10 an hour minimum
Workers should not be saddled with debt for years because of the blunders of a company
UNISON survey uncovers how far teaching assistants go to financially support their pupils
UNISON condemns ‘an insult to teaching assistants who are stretched to the limit’
Chancellor’s pay announcement only applies to teachers – and schools will have to find the bulk of the money themselves
Union welcomes Commons select committee report revealing ‘the true scale of the funding cuts to schools and colleges’
Work in schools and want to brush up on your number skills? UNISON has a partnership to help
Teaching assistants, administration staff and meal time assistants in five Plymouth schools are on strike over pay.
Lowest paid support staff receive at least £9 an hour in Cheshire West from the start of this month
Staff at scandal-struck Aspire Academy in Harlow are voting on industrial action over concerns for their health and safety, UNISON announces today. The school for students outside mainstream education, part of the TBAP multi-academy trust, was the subject of a BBC Panorama investigation in March after the head teacher blew the whistle on serious financial […]
