Search Results for “Pay and conditions” tagged teaching assistants

The ballot closes noon on Thursday 17 April, so branches need to mobilise activists and members now. It's vital that we get as big a turnout as possible for this critical ballot on pay […]

The registration fee is an annual payment of £15 per person. As the union for school support staff, UNISON has been campaigning for […]

The move, which follows negotiation with UNISON and other unions, is on top of the 1% pay increase for Oasis school support staff for […]

Now teaching assistants in Derby and Durham face a similar fate unless they can force their respective councils to recognise the vital […]

Yet many teaching assistants have been rewarded for this dedication and commitment by having their wages slashed. This morning in Durham, teaching assistants are […]

UNISON will now notify the council of its decision to move to a vote on strike action, and will begin sending ballot papers to the classroom support workers early next week. UNISON […]

Derby teaching assistants have taken their dispute over pay to the Labour party conference in Liverpool in a bid to win support from MPs and increase pressure on Derby City Council

This is the seat of Sara Bolton, the councillor responsible for safeguarding children and young people, who has threatened them with the police. Sara Bolton has written to UNISON warning […]

The way teaching assistants in Durham – and Derby – have been treated should outrage anyone who has a shred of common decency. Losing up to a […]

Faced with huge cuts to their pay, these UNISON members fought back

UNISON regional organiser Helen Metcalf said today that the members are likely to reject the pay cut. “For our members, this is a life changing amount to face losing – for most it is […]

Although the government has backtracked on plans to phase out teaching and classroom assistants, some government sources are still trying to discredit them by misusing […]

And in Glasgow, school support workers took industrial action to prevent them from having to deal with […]

Providing 250 people pledge their support by Friday, all tweets and facebook posts will go out simultaneously at 12 noon on Friday. Teaching and classroom assistants […]

Pay cuts of 25%, fewer hours and a reduction in the number of weeks paid each year – all of which […]