When the government announced that schools would be closing on Friday March 20 I remember breathing a sigh of relief while dread and horror also crept over me. As much as I knew school closures were…Read more…
UNISON challenges government’s claim that education staff don’t need PPE
Union raises strong concerns with Department for Education’s latest guidance
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Department for Education Coronavirus Help Line
The Department for Education Coronavirus helpline is available to answer questions about COVID-19 relating to education and children’s social care. Staff, parents and young people can contact this helpline as follows: Phone: 0800 046 8687 Opening hours…Read more…
School technician cuts put safety at risk
Survey finds growing concern amongst staff
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Members travel to Downing Street to demand living wage
Birmingham unions and council join forces to demand funding for 10% pay rise and £10 an hour minimum
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Out-of-pocket workers to take on outsourcing giant in legal battle
Workers should not be saddled with debt for years because of the blunders of a company
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Back school climate strikes
Unite assistant general secretary Steve Turner called on trade unions to back the school climate change strikes on 20 September at the TUC congress in Brighton today (10 September).
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‘Sour taste’
Kitchen staff at Colfe’s School, one of London’s oldest schools, will strike for seven days this autumn after they had been underpaid by an estimated £5,000 each over the last decade. Unite…Read more…
Green UNISON Day 20 Sept – solidarity with school climate strikers
On 20 September hundreds of thousands of young people will take
part in the latest of the climate strikes
inspired by Greta Thunberg, the
Finnish school student who decided to strike in protest at the lack of action
and urgency by governments on climate change.
Several of these school student climate strikes have taken
place this year in Scotland with protests organised
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No new pay rise for English school support staff
Chancellor’s pay announcement only applies to teachers – and schools will have to find the bulk of the money themselves
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MPs call for multi-billion pound education cash boost
Union welcomes Commons select committee report revealing ‘the true scale of the funding cuts to schools and colleges’
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Help to get comfortable with numbers
Work in schools and want to brush up on your number skills? UNISON has a partnership to help
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School staff win living wage
Lowest paid support staff receive at least £9 an hour in Cheshire West from the start of this month
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Speaking up for schools
Our consultation ballot is now open, so school support staff can have your say
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England’s school staff asked to vote on effect of cuts
UNISON will hold consultative ballot on employment issues arising from central government reductions in school funding
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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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Fight to keep school bus
Leeds Unite Community activists have won another victory in their campaign to ensure the continued running of school transport for disabled children in the area. Leeds City Council (LCC) last year…Read more…
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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English schools having to spend more than they get to educate pupils
UNISON calls on government to ‘give more money to schools now’ as Education Policy Institute report shows more schools recording larger deficits
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Help a million children get the free school meals they need
UNISON backs Children’s Society campaign against changes to free school meal eligibility in England which could stop up to one million children qualifying
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