Unions seek urgent review of risk assessments to tackle new COVID-19 variant
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The union sees a missed opportunity in both further and higher education to create a system placing students and staff at their heart

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

UNISON launches new guide on pension fund engagement and divestment from companies involved in the occupation of Palestine

Non-essential activity should be stopped immediately to cut the risk of staff contracting and spreading COVID-19

Working parents – particularly mothers – are in an impossible situation this lockdown. UNISON is calling for paid parental leave to support them

UNISON can offer a range of financial assistance for members – ranging from specific COVID-19 grants to debt advice, benefits advice and winter fuel grants

Redundancies facing permanent staff at Sheffield Hallam students’ union will have a major effect on students, and UNISON members plan to fight back

Union writes to Health and Safety Executive urging updated guidelines to protect workers in light of new variant of coronavirus

Staff running these exams, many of them already at heightened risk, will be exposed to unnecessary additional danger