UNISON’s local government and school support workers have voted yes to strike action in a dispute over pay. The low paid, mainly women, workers have faced a 3 year pay freeze and have now been offered a 1% pay rise
Emma Hoddinott from Yorkshire warned that "another £3bn of cuts in local government will harm members and communities". Conference called for a co-ordinated campaign to defend jobs […]
The union is calling on the government to make sure that other colleges cannot fund offshoring projects - saying that at a time of severe […]
"Staff were promised that there would be no compulsory redundancy at all. "The Scottish government must stick to its word and treat UNISON members with dignity and respect. Paying off these 13 loyal […]
New law threatens to gag charities, NGOs, blogs, think-tanks, trade unions and other campaigning organisations by severely restricting how much money they can spend on political campaigning in the year running up to a general election
AET plans for joint venture to provide services in 77 schools on hold until new school year
According to the Smith Institute research, government spending cuts are being contracted out, meaning declining standards, pensions and career paths for […]
The government’s ill-fated higher education bill was expected to have included legislation to make it […]
Paula Barker of Halton local government said that although the union had to continue to stress the importance of in-house services, "we […]
“ill-conceived mess could cost the university more money, not less”, says UNISON
Agreement with higher education contractor means union can fully support members and provides collective voice
