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A blistering heatwave couldn’t stop Unite members joining trade unionists and their supporters from across the UK and the world at the Durham Miners’ Gala Big Meeting last Saturday (January 12). Unite members came out in droves to take part in the procession, hear from speakers including Unite general secretary Sharon Graham and visit stalls […]
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Announcing job cuts as the applications process for 2025 closes is not a good look
The article Staff and students mustn’t bear brunt of university funding crisis, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Announcing job cuts as the applications process for 2025 closes is not a good look
The article Staff and students mustn’t bear brunt of university funding crisis, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Pay strikes at car bearing manufacturers NSK Bearings and AKS Precision Ball in Peterlee, County Durham, have intensified as workers step up their fight for a fair pay rise. Around 200 workers,…Read more…
The threat to cut health visitor and community nurse jobs in County Durham, while Covid-19 is still widespread, has been branded as ‘incomprehensible’ by Unite today (July 24). Harrogate and District…Read more…
Faced with huge cuts to their pay, these UNISON members fought back
The article Derby and Durham school support staff bring inspiration first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
First NEC of 2017 covers campaigning to defend the NHS, anti-Trump protests, industrial action and preparations for national delegate conference
The article UNISON prepares for a campaigning year…Read more…
‘We should make Eric proud by continuing on in the union – let’s make and keep this the best union’
The article NEC pays tribute to Eric Roberts first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Three days strike action this week (6 – 8 December) by Durham teaching assistants have been called off to allow time for further talks aimed at settling the dispute, says UNISON. The union is keen…Read more…
Strike action involving teaching assistants that was due to affect schools across County Durham today (Thursday) has been called off
The article UNISON suspends today’s teaching assistants’ strike…Read more…
There’s still plenty of work to do in the weeks ahead to make sure Teaching Assistants don’t lose out – but we’re pleased that Durham Council have heard the voices of TAs and parents alike. That is a…Read more…
UNISON has today (Wednesday) called off the teaching assistants’ strike action that was due to affect schools across County Durham this week and next, so talks aimed at solving the dispute can take…Read more…
More than 100 primary schools across County Durham will be affected tomorrow (Wednesday) and Thursday as teaching assistants strike for a second time in a long-running dispute over cuts to their pay….Read more…
We face huge challenges on so many fronts. At times they can seem insurmountable. But today let’s remember what we stand for. And why we must keep fighting all of those challenges that still lie…Read more…
General secretary pledges support as 1,200 Co Durham teaching assistants rally on second day of strike
The article ‘We will fight and we will win’ Prentis tells Durham strike rally first…Read more…
UNISON has today (Monday) authorised a national hardship fund to ensure that no teaching assistants on strike in Durham suffer financial hardship. The fund, made up of an initial £150,000 will be…Read more…
Nearly 100 primary schools across County Durham will be affected tomorrow (Tuesday) and Wednesday as teaching assistants strike in a long-running dispute over cuts to their pay. School support staff…Read more…
Durham teaching assistants have voted overwhelmingly for strike action in the long-running dispute over cuts to their pay, their union UNISON has announced today (Wednesday). UNISON held a ballot…Read more…
I will be back in Durham, joining the picket lines on the first day of industrial action and I know the whole of our union will give their support and solidarity to Durham members as they have to…Read more…
Durham teaching assistants – who have just one week left to vote for strike action in the long-running dispute over cuts to their pay – are to hold a major rally today (Thursday). Durham County…Read more…