Nationally agreed wages would help nursery workers and parents
The article Labour plans to boost school nurseries ‘make a lot of sense’ first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Labour plans to boost school nurseries ‘make a lot of sense’
Nationally agreed wages would help nursery workers and parents
The article Labour plans to boost school nurseries ‘make a lot of sense’ first appeared on the UNISON National site.
UNISON helps found new coalition for childcare and early education
The coalition aims to build public and political support for early education and childcare
The article UNISON helps found new coalition for childcare and early education first appeared on the UNISON National site.
UNISON helps found new coalition for childcare and early education
The coalition aims to build public and political support for early education and childcare
The article UNISON helps found new coalition for childcare and early education first appeared on the UNISON National site.
The increasing pressures on raising a family
Childcare costs on top of rising household bills are putting working parents, but particularly women, in a very difficult position
The article The increasing pressures on raising a family first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Orchard Day Nursery must be saved, says UNISON
Staff, parents and children have been treated abominably
The article Orchard Day Nursery must be saved, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Blog: A significant step forward for pregnant workers and new parents
UNISON has been working with Dan Jarvis MP on a bill, which just passed its third reading, to provide additional protections in the workplace
The article Blog: A significant step forward for pregnant workers and new parents first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Breakfast clubs will give pupils the ingredients for learning
Modern childcare system is the heart of any decent society
The article Breakfast clubs will give pupils the ingredients for learning first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Women under ‘massive pressure’
The global coronavirus pandemic has spared no one – even for those who have not had the virus, every single one of us has been touched by the pandemic’s wider social and economic effects. But in a…Read more…
UniteLive’s stories of the year – NI childminders organise
Every day for the ‘twelve days of Christmas’ this year, UniteLive is running a different story from our top stories of 2021. Today, we look back at a story from February, where UniteLive tells the…Read more…
Request denied
An overwhelming majority of working mums who have requested furlough to homeschool their children have been denied, a shocking new survey has revealed. The poll, published this week by the TUC, has…Read more…
‘Do the right thing’
When schools were suddenly shut in England last week after the government faced mounting pressure to take action to stop the spread of Covid-19, millions of parents were abruptly thrust back into…Read more…
Heroes and zeroes
Every Friday here on UniteLIVE, we bring you all the latest heroes and zeroes amid the coronavirus crisis. Here are this week’s latest. HEROES NHS staff – fighting for a pay rise NHS…Read more…
Childcare crisis
Nearly half of working mothers recently made redundant say lack of childcare provision played a role in their sacking, a shocking new survey has revealed. The massive economic toll the coronavirus…Read more…
Childcare sector bailout call
Childcare will play an absolutely vital role in any post-pandemic economic recovery, but this recovery is at risk as one in four nurseries may struggle to reopen. Mums across the UK — who…Read more…
Childcare plans will make a huge difference to young families and nursery staff
Young families across the country are struggling because childcare costs are such a massive drain on their finances.
The article Childcare plans will make a huge difference to young families and…Read more…
Time for childcare promises to be backed by resources
UNISON is calling for fine words and promises to increase childcare to be backed by extra resources for children, parents and the workforce, in its Early Learning and Childcare Manifesto 2016.
Currently Scotland’s childcare provision is patchy, complex and expensive. We need a radical overhaul of childcare provision to ensure that it provides what families actually want: an affordable, safeRead more…
Community led public services can transform inequalities, says report
Thursday 22 October 2015
UNISON Labour Link Media Release – Launch of Commission on Health Inequalities report will take place at 22 October, 9.00am UNISON Scotland, 14 West Campbell St., Glasgow
The report of the Commission on Health Inequalities for the Scottish Labour Party calls for national leadership and community hubs to tackle health inequalities.The Commission for Health InequalitiesRead more…
UNISON launches childcare charter for West Dunbartonshire
Date: Monday 15 June 2015
UNISON has launched a positive 10 point Charter for Early Years services run by West Dunbartonshire Council.
Staff feel the quality and value of their interaction with children is being diminished as to date there has been minimal engagement with the workforce or their union UNISON on how the expanded provision is delivered.
The Charter sets out basicRead more…
Scottish children cannot wait another 15 years for high quality childcare, says UNISON
Monday 1 June 2015
Responding to another Independent Review of the Scottish Early Learning and Childcare Workforce, UNISON has called time on the Scottish Government, demanding they now act to deliver improved childcare and early years education in Scotland.
The report, which has been published today (1 June 2015), was commissioned by the Scottish Government.
Carol Ball, chair ofRead more…