UNISON is urging MPs to highlight the urgent need for substantial investment in education and training for nurses and other healthcare staff. The call comes ahead of a special debate later…Read more…
Older workers deserve access to training, says UNISON
Responding to the House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee report on the weak enforcement of age discrimination law published today (Tuesday), UNISON head of learning and organising services…Read more…
National Careers Week – the lost art of giving good guidance
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
The…Read more…
UK’s largest academy trust’s caretaker cuts pose serious risk to pupils, say unions
Some schools face losing 50% of caretaking staff under an academy chain’s ‘controversial’ plans released today (Tuesday). Education unions have issued a warning over plans by London-based…Read more…
Derby school support staff vote ends ten-month dispute, says UNISON
Derby school support staff have voted overwhelmingly (nine to one) to accept the council’s latest offer, ending a ten-month dispute over pay and working time, says UNISON. Derby City Council had…Read more…
‘Fair funding’ must also mean sufficient funding, say education unions
Following the publication of the Government’s final proposals for its long-awaited National Funding Formula (NFF), organisations representing school staff, teachers and leaders – ATL, GMB,…Read more…
School funding cuts could deny children a decent future says UNISON
Responding to government plans to reform school funding UNISON head of education Jon Richards said: “Schools that are already underfunded will get much less than they’d hoped for….Read more…
UNISON calls for council oversight of academy school finances
Friday 26 August 2016 For immediate release Responding to the Local Government Association call for councils to have oversight of academy school finances, UNISON national secretary for education Jon…Read more…
UNISON welcomes government’s academies climbdown
Commenting on the news today (Friday) that the government has abandoned its plans to force all maintained schools still linked to local authorities to become academies, UNISON head of education Jon…Read more…
Academy chain job cuts are a lesson in how not to manage schools, says UNISON
Commenting on the decision today (Thursday) by the Academies Transformation Trust (ATT) to announce jobs cuts and a major restructuring across its secondary and primary schools in the East and West…Read more…
Schools face exodus of support staff over workload stress, says UNISON survey
More than half (52%) of school support staff across the UK have experienced stress, anxiety or depression as they struggle to cope with their workloads, according to a new survey published today…Read more…