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Unite delegate Vicky Thompson is a senior technician employed by a local authority in Scotland and school support worker. As TUC Congress debated a motion on school funding on Monday (September 14), Vicky shared with us the following comment piece. Local authorities in Scotland have been chronically underfunded for decades. And when the Scottish government […]
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Following the National Education Union (NEU)’s decision to actively recruit school support staff and withdraw from the agreement with us which they had signed in 2017, on Friday the NJC unions met with the TUC and expressed strong concerns. We pressed the TUC to take action to reinforce the rules which govern inter-union relationships. It […]
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Following the National Education Union (NEU)’s decision to actively recruit school support staff and withdraw from the agreement with us which they had signed in 2017, on Friday the NJC unions met with the TUC and expressed strong concerns.
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Failure to deliver a meaningful pay rise will make recruitment and retention problems worse
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Failure to deliver a meaningful pay rise will make recruitment and retention problems worse
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New TUC judgment agrees who can, and cannot, recruit and represent school support staff
The article UNISON’s status as leading school support staff union confirmed again first appeared on the UNISON National site.
New TUC judgment agrees who can, and cannot, recruit and represent school support staff
The article UNISON’s status as leading school support staff union confirmed again first appeared on the UNISON National site.
UNISON is urging school support staff members to take part in a consultation on the make-up of their new negotiating body
The article School support staff: Have your say now first appeared on the UNISON National site.
UNISON is urging school support staff members in England to take part in a consultation on the make-up of their new negotiating body
The article School support staff: Have your say now first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Support staff need nationally-recognised agreements if they are to benefit from recent changes to the education sector
The article Underpaid, undervalued and overworked first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Support staff need nationally-recognised agreements if they are to benefit from recent changes to the education sector
The article Underpaid, undervalued and overworked first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Topics this year included the Employment Rights Bill, children’s online safety and violent behaviour in schools
The article 2025 school support staff seminar first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Topics this year included the Employment Rights Bill, children’s online safety and violent behaviour in schools
The article 2025 school support staff seminar first appeared on the UNISON National site.
“The Employment Rights Bill (ERB) will be making its way through Parliament soon.
It will introduce new bargaining bodies for care workers and school support staff in England as well. Find out more here: https://magazine.unison.org.uk/2025/02/…Read more…
MPs and UNISON members joined at a parliamentary reception to celebrate the importance of school support staff
The article Stars in Our Schools celebrates 10 years at Westminster first appeared on the UNISON National site.
MPs and UNISON members joined at a parliamentary reception to celebrate the importance of school support staff
The article Stars in Our Schools celebrates 10 years at Westminster first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Education motions closed out the 2024 local government conference in Brighton
The article Local government education wins and woes first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Education motions closed out the 2024 local government conference in Brighton
The article Local government education wins and woes first appeared on the UNISON National site.
‘If support staff didn’t do their job, you’d notice it’
The article Christina McAnea stresses how vital school support staff are first appeared on the UNISON National site.
‘If support staff didn’t do their job, you’d notice it’
The article Christina McAnea stresses how vital school support staff are first appeared on the UNISON National site.