Following a meeting of local government representatives from across UNISON, the union has decided to accept the pay offer from the employers
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Local government executive to explore help for school support staff
Government plans to force all schools to become academies are just one issue facing support staff
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Hundreds of Co Durham teaching assistants protest at pay cut plans
County council’s plans could see vital school staff lose £1,000 to £5,000 a year
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UNISON mounts campaign to save jobs at academies in Essex
140 jobs under threat at six schools in Harlow will put ‘the quality of children’s education at risk’ warns union
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New era for school support staff in Wales
All learning support staff in Wales must now be registered with the Education Workforce Council
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Teaching assistant wins prestigious award
Award celebrates activist who has made greatest contribution to Gateshead branch and its members
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Opposition to forced academisation increases
Government plans to forces 17,000 schools in England to become academies opposed by unions, educators and politicians, including leading Conservative voices
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#Budget2016: TUC reaction roundup
The Chancellor, George Osborne delivered the 2016 budget yesterday, here is a quick round up of reactions from our TUC bloggers: Public Service cuts £3.5bn worth of cuts to public services by 2020. The spending cuts will be identified through an ‘efficiency review’. Cuts and increased pressures on…Read more…
All schools ‘should get the funds they need for success’
UNISON warns against ‘robbing Peter to pay Paul’ as government launches consultation on a new English school funding formula
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Caerphilly joins councils pledging to pay school support staff fees
Caerphilly council’s decision to pay fees comes as a result of an ongoing campaign by UNISON
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Gwynedd council to pay school assistant fees
UNISON Cymry / Wales lobbying sees seventh council agree to pay new annual registration fees for school staff
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Cutting libraries will increase poverty and inequality, says UNISON Scotland
Date: Saturday 6 February 2016
On National Libraries Day (6 February 2016), UNISON is warning that more local government cuts will have a drastic impact on libraries across Scotland, decreasing opportunities for all, and increasing poverty and inequality.
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Glamorgan decision on learning support registration fees welcomed
Learning support workers or teaching assistants do all those vital but unheralded jobs in our schools
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UNISON warns on academies push in new legislation
IPPR report supports union view that Education and Adoption Bill will see resources spent on admin, contracts and legal advice
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Local government pay consultation begins (England, Wales, NI)
Council and school workers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland asked to have their say on pay offer
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You were the stars in our schools
UNISON celebration of school workers had a fantastic response
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Stand up for school librarians, says UNISON Scotland
Date: Monday 21 December 2015UNISON Scotland has called on councils and Scottish Government to do more to protect school librarians. UNISON says the evidence is that local councils are seeing school library services as a soft target to meet budget cuts and are cutting school library services across Scotland. UNISON has made a submission in support of School Libraries Petition PE 1581 to theRead more…
Local government members to be consulted on pay offer
Employers offer two-year deal of 1%, with more for lower paid staff to match national living wage
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Politicians put school support staff in spotlight
Show of support for UNISON’s Stars in our Schools campaign
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Politicians put school support staff in spotlight
Show of support for UNISON’s Stars in our Schools campaign
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