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Redundancies facing permanent staff at Sheffield Hallam students’ union will have a major effect on students, and UNISON members plan to fight back

Stars in Our Schools was a bit different this year but it was still a glorious celebration of all that school support staff do for our children

Hundreds of UCL cleaners, porters, security officers and catering staff will demand their outsourced jobs be returned to the university, so workers doing the same jobs receive the same pay, pension and annual leave, says UNISON today (Thursday). This afternoon (from 1pm to 3pm) support staff from across UCL will gather outside the university’s main […]

UNISON condemns ‘an insult to teaching assistants who are stretched to the limit’

Important points detailed in long-awaited Augar Review of education

It’s National Careers Week – but thanks to years of government cuts, careers advice at school isn’t what it used to be. UNISON thinks young people deserve a better start to their working life

Consultation starts on 1% pay offer and deletion of lowest pay points in English sixth form colleges

Consultations see members agree pay rises for 2016/17 in both countries – UNISON calls on colleges in England to implement Association of Colleges offer as soon as possible

This week UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis went to Waverley school in Enfield to celebrate the school support staff

Everyone deserves to go to a good school – regardless of their background or their academic ability. That simply won’t be achieved by stacking even greater advantage and privilege in the hands of a few schools to the detriment of everyone else.

UNISON members are helping workplaces, their families and communities to warm up for the festive season

UNISON campaign highlights closure of over 600 children’s centres since 2010

Cardinal Vincent Nichols, President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales has today reiterated the Church’s commitment to the Living Wage. A growing number of Catholic schools already pay the living wage to thousands of teaching assistants, catering and school support staff. The move comes following a joint campaign with UNISON – the […]

Further education members in England reject offer from Association of Colleges in summer consultation

My name is Alyson and I’m a midday assistant in a special school