Following on from national school meals week, which ends today, and in the run-up to next Friday’s Stars in Our Schools Day, the […]
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Let’s show our fantastic school support staff members and their colleagues that UNISON is right behind them, proud to support and […]
Fledgling MP Rosie Duffield has a very personal reason for supporting UNISON’s Stars in our Schools celebrations
School cuts are affecting children and UNISON will gear up campaigning against them, local government conference vows
Faced with huge cuts to their pay, these UNISON members fought back
Derby school support staff have voted overwhelmingly (nine to one) to accept the council’s latest offer, ending a 10-month dispute over pay and working time, says UNISON. Derby City Council had imposed changes last June that meant staff lost up to £6,000 a year, as their contracts were reduced from 52 to 44.5 weeks. Their […]
Strike action by Derby school support staff is to be suspended following a new offer from the city council, UNISON has announced today (Friday). UNISON will now recommend that its members across the city’s schools accept the offer. That offer will now be put to staff, and if they vote to accept the deal, the […]
Talks aimed at settling the long-running Derby City Council school support staff strike are to be held tomorrow (Thursday). Negotiations through the conciliation service ACAS will happen at the request of UNISON as it seeks to reach an agreement to end the nine-month dispute. School support staff will be staging a sit-in today, (Wednesday) in […]
School support staff in Derby are to take all out strike action for five days starting next Monday (27 February) as the latest talks with the city council fail to reach an agreement, says UNISON. Next week is on top of the two days of action taking place this week (today and tomorrow), during which […]
School support staff will stage a city centre love-in today (Wednesday) to remind shoppers and workers out on their lunch breaks that the pay dispute with the council is far from over. The staff are taking action again this week over changes to their contracts imposed by councillors, which have seen teaching assistants lose up […]
UNISON video showcases support for six-month action from parents and teaching colleagues
76% of people who responded to survey about the strike back UNISON members defending their pay
Last Friday schools up and down the UK celebrated school support staff as part of UNISON’s Stars in Our Schools day
General secretary pledges support as 1,200 Co Durham teaching assistants rally on second day of strike
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 that […]