Campaign highlights school support staff, the Stars in our Schools
Campaign highlights school support staff, the Stars in our Schools
UNISON celebration of school workers had a fantastic response
Learning support workers or teaching assistants do all those vital but unheralded jobs in our schools
This was the right decision to back low-paid workers by agreeing to pay their fees.” UNISON Cymru/Wales lead organiser for schools Jess Turner added: “Yet another council has […]
Neath Port Talbot set to pay as registration fees for school support staff as UNISON campaign continues
UNISON urges remaining Welsh councils to follow suit and back their school support staff
Yet by dogmatically pursuing a policy of forcing all remaining local authority schools in England to become academies that’s exactly what this government is doing. Forcing all […]
Government plans to force all schools in England to become academies are just one issue facing support staff
More than half (52%) of school support staff across the UK have experienced stress, anxiety or depression as they struggle to cope with their workloads, according to a new survey published today (Tuesday) by UNISON. Two-fifths (41.5%) of those who took part in the survey said they had difficulty in completing their work, and more […]
And it’s time this was tackled head on. A new UNISON survey has revealed that more than half (52%) […]
At least 500 UNISON members and supports took part in the protest outside Derby's Council House this […]
If this Tory government really cared about making our country fairer and more prosperous then decent pay for education workers would be one of their top priorities.
School support staff travel from Derby to Westminster to lobby MPs over 25% pay cut
Anyone can get involved in helping to organise a Stars in Our Schools event. Last year, hundreds of schools across the country organised events to celebrate a […]
Durham teaching assistants – who have just one week left to vote for strike action in the long-running dispute over cuts to their pay – are to hold a major rally today (Thursday). Durham County Council is proposing to move teaching assistants to term-time pay, and extend the working week without paying for any extra […]