UNISON presents its alternative vision for the future of the probation service
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More information on this will be made available shortly, once we have fully digested the government's final proposals.Until further guidance is issued from UNISON, branches and […]
Meanwhile, UNISON is still negotiating for strong protection protections on job security, pay and conditions, and pensions for all staff, regardless of where they may eventually be working under the […]
But UNISON, along with the Labour Group of Police and Crime Commissioners, is convinced probation services are best delivered locally, rather than from […]
Probation Alliance, including UNISON, writes to justice secretary David Gauke
The contracts and staff have been transferred to another operator Seetec. In their letter the unions say that the […]
But unpaid work, accredited programmes and other rehabilitative interventions and resettlement services, currently provided by the CRCs, will […]
“That is why UNISON is calling again on the government to end the private contracts and reunify probation as a locally run and locally managed service.” […]
“The priority is to reassure the public in the South West and Wales that communities will remain protected. Staff too need assurances about their jobs, and that […]
“We need to make sure we retain all of our rehabilitation members and organise the 50% of staff currently not in any union” after five years of privatisation. At […]
The government must act now, invest in a proper, proportionate probation workforce and ensure that there are […]
The probation service in England and Wales works. It's only a small service, with 16,000 staff across 35 local probation trusts, but […]
Ministers bailed out the failing privatised companies to the tune of £342m. Yet they can’t find a penny to increase pay for probation staff.
UNISON members are today (Tuesday) staging a two-hour stoppage in England and Wales between 8am and 10am in the ongoing dispute over pay
Probation is a local service. It gains its strength from its links with local authorities, police forces and community […]