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Conference prepares for the organising challenge facing the union as government admits error of its ways on probation

From Birmingham to Bangor, from Doncaster to Sandwell, UNISON members were winning in May – and their union was growing stronger too

Grayling’s botched reforms have finally been abandoned

Probation Alliance, including UNISON, writes to justice secretary David Gauke

Commenting on Her Majesty’s Prisons and Probation Service’s (HMPPS) rescue plan for probation announced today (Friday), UNISON national officer for probation Ben Priestley said: “These lacklustre proposals are half-hearted and ill-thought-out. “Last month the Justice Select Committee laid bare the failings of the government’s probation reforms. This rescue plan is just more of the same. Probation will […]

UNISON general secretary speaks at union’s police and justice service group conference

Police and justice conference debates the changing nature of negotiation

UNISON has today (Tuesday) suspended the industrial action in probation planned for this Thursday in England to restart pay talks with the employer. The action short of strike action has also been suspended.

UNISON members working for the company can expect to receive their pay rise, including any back pay, on 28 March

Union accuses the justice minister of deliberately dismantling the probation service

Government urged to act now, and invest in a proper, proportionate probation workforce

UNISON warns that money will need to be provided in this year’s budget and spending review

UNISON will work with the National Probation Service to deliver these changes on behalf of our probation members. However, the depth of the crisis faced by the service means […]

This is the last chance saloon for the probation service and rescue plans proposed by the MoJ just don’t cut the mustard

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.