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‘We need to get the message out about the need to invest in public services’

Assistant general secretary Christina McAnea issues rallying call to police and justice conference

News on the UNISON National site.

Probation privatisation has been a shambles and must end now, says UNISON

Time to return services to public control

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Chief inspector’s report ‘final nail in coffin of probation privatisation’

UNISON calls for probation to be brought back into public sector as a reunified and locally run service

Article on the UNISON National site.

Bring probation contracts back into public control to avoid further disaster

The government must immediately step in to bring these collapsed services back in-house

Press release on the UNISON National site.

Conference highlights ‘failure’ of probation privatisation

UNISON’s police and justice sector heard of the many problems caused by privatisation in the justice sector at their national conference.

Article on the UNISON National site.

Probation members prepare for action ballot in Sodexo companies

UNISON probation members working for six community rehabilitation companies owned by Sodexo could be balloted on industrial action over the company’s voluntary redundancy terms

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

UNISON urges probation members to strike on 14 July

UNISON is urging all probation members to take a two-hour strike on 14 July, in support of our campaign for fair pay

Article on the UNISON National site.

Delegates pass key motions to protect probation workers

Several key motions were passed at UNISON’s police and justice conference on providing security and support to members working in probation

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Soaring probation workloads put the public at risk, warn unions

Probation can and must do better with the right levels of investment.

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Unions urge immediate protection of Black probation workers from COVID-19

UNISON and sister probation unions tell National Probation Service there is no time to waste in safeguarding their Black/BAME members

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Probation unions submit two-year pay claim

Unions says that for most employees, pay and allowances have only risen by 1% in real terms since 2009

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Probation given some vital medicine – but it’s not cured yet

The government’s admission that privatisation of the probation service has failed is welcome, but it doesn’t go far enough

Article on the UNISON National site.

Interserve contracts must be bought back in-house, says UNISON

Firm’s collapse another example of catastrophic failures of privatisation

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

Tell David Gauke to make probation public again

UNISON backs petition launched by We Own It for probation services in England and Wales to be brought back in house

News on the UNISON National site.

Government must end private contracts before it’s too late, say probation unions

UNISON, GMB and Napo write to Justice Secretary

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.