‘By cutting profit out of school meals, there’s more money for nutritious meals and to level up the pay and benefits of workers’
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Education catch-up plans won’t work if teaching assistants and other support staff are ignored
Pivotal roles should be recognised and rewarded
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School support staff finally included in wellbeing charter
UNISON has signed up to the charter after forcing the Department for Education to acknowledge role of all school staff
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Ministers must bring back safety measures in schools, say unions
Return of face coverings among precautions needed
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Ending school bubbles and isolation will be dangerous, says UNISON
Rolling back safety measures risks spread
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Bring back face coverings to limit school Covid disruption
Education unions issue joint statement
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DfE stats reveal high level of COVID infections among school staff
Estimates put 39% of teachers and school leaders and 51% of teaching assistants and other staff are working on-site in open settings in the current lockdown
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Schools committee raises issues over English testing plans
UNISON meets Department for Education and NHS test and trace officials to discuss the end-of-term announcement about mass testing in English schools in January
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The role model teaching assistant
UNISON celebrates the school support staff who go above and beyond to give our children the best possible education with our Stars in Our Schools campaign. Tina Kemp is one of them
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Education staff need an urgent new safety plan for schools, says UNISON
Government must explain science behind keeping schools open
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School catering staff face losing hundreds of pounds a month, says UNISON
Catering firm Dolce must talk with UNISON
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UNISON urges co-operation over reopening schools
‘Headline-catching announcements’ are not dealing with the practicalities needed to ensure pupils can return to school safely, says union
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Education unions’ agree statement on the safe reopening of schools
Ministers should step back from 1 June target and put safety first
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UNISON calls for government to prioritise staff safety before re-opening schools
Suggestions that the government in England is considering reopening schools has caused huge anxiety amongst school staff and parents
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Grimethorpe dinner ladies save their jobs
Members return to work as redundancy plans dropped after 36 days of strike action
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UNISON wins legal pay out for 5,000 low-paid women in schools and nurseries in Greenwich
This is a victory for all low-paid women working in the public sector
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Academy workers face jobs threat
UNISON is organising meetings and support after Cheshire academy chain announced 43 redundancies at seven schools across the county
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Pupils’ safety at risk as further schools cuts loom, says UNISON
School administrators, business managers and finance workers are regularly administering first aid, handing out medicines to pupils and conducting criminal record checks because of cuts in the number…Read more…
Durham teaching assistants hold rally as strike ballot enters final week
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…