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Check out the http://www.schoolcuts.org.uk website and enter your postcode and you will see the schools around you that face savage Government cuts in funding. Incredibly 92% of schools face cuts, an average primary school will face £96,000 cut and average Secondary £290,000.
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Important though actions to ameliorate poverty are in the short-term, it is through preventative spending and early interventions that we will begin to eradicate poverty in Scotland. One of the most…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…
Friday 7 October 2016 For immediate release Labour council accused of intimidating UNISON teaching assistants in Durham dispute Teaching assistants who belong to UNISON – currently voting on possible…Read more…
“Despite the rain we had a great turnout last week – so we’d thought we’d do it again.
Please join local members at a street stall on Saturday. And some of us will also knock on doors of nearby homes to talk to voters there too. Don’t worry if you’v…Read more…
Members in further education have until 4 November to respond to the consultation on the employer’s ‘first and final’ pay offer
The article FE consultation on employer’s offer now open first…Read more…
New pay proposal from the county council overwhelmingly rejected: UNISON wil lmove to a vote on strike action, with ballot papers being despatched to classroom support workers early next week
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Unite’s very own Paul McGovern took home the TUC’s prestigious top Learning Rep award today (September 13) presented at conference by TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady. UNITElive…Read more…
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…Read more…
Friday 9 September 2016 For immediate release Commenting on the prime minister’s speech about grammar schools today (Friday), UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “The country may be under new…Read more…
Higher education members will be voting over strike action as a result of a 1.1% pay offer for the majority of staff.
The article Higher education members vote on strike action over pay first…Read more…
Wealthy white male graduates are still more likely to have gained entry to the professional classes more than three years after leaving university, even when grades and other factors are taken into…Read more…
Migrant workers at Sports Direct (SD) in Shirebrook have praised Unite for assisting them with learning English. The union has established eight English for Speakers of a Second Language…Read more…
If this Tory government really cared about making our country fairer and more prosperous then decent pay for education workers would be one of their top priorities.
The article Our education system…Read more…
UNISON condemns possible creation of new selective schools
The article New grammar school backlash first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
UNISON members working in Derby City Schools have lost 25% of their pay, up to £400 per month, and they need your support for strike action.
The article School support staff in Derby need your help…Read more…
Leaders of academy schools are spending taxpayers’ money
The article Academy chiefs helping themselves? first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Please find below a list of upcoming training courses where we still have availability. If you have any activists who are interested in attending any of these courses please arrange for the booking form to be completed and then forward to activisteducationscotland@unison.co.uk or post to Activist Education (Scotland), UNISON, 53 Shore Street, Inverness, IV1 1NF as soon as possible:-
Conference reports; Education plan: Support staff role ignored; FE ballot and Pride report.
The union’s briefing on the Scottish Government Education Plan: says: “…the absence of any recognition of the wider education team is very disappointing. It also warns of plans to to remove schools from local democratic control. Please note: The print version of this issue referred to school staff as ‘Read more…
The Scottish Government has signalled education as its first priority, most notably by giving the Deputy First Minister, John Swinney the lead role. Possibly shades of Tony Blair’s, education,…Read more…