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Birmingham unions and council join forces to demand funding for 10% pay rise and £10 an hour minimum

Date

29 November 2019 8:00am–6:00pm

Location

All over the UK

It takes a whole team to make a school a safe and happy place for children to learn. School support staff help children learn, keep […]

Workers should not be saddled with debt for years because of the blunders of a company

UNISON survey uncovers how far teaching assistants go to financially support their pupils

UNISON condemns ‘an insult to teaching assistants who are stretched to the limit’

Chancellor’s pay announcement only applies to teachers – and schools will have to find the bulk of the money themselves

The call for the investment, together with a proper, long-term funding strategy, comes in a House of […]

This summer, UNISON is working with National Numeracy, an independent charity, to give all our members working in schools and education the chance to brush up their number skills […]

Lowest paid support staff receive at least £9 an hour in Cheshire West from the start of this month

UNISON represents around 250,000 school support staff across the UK and those members do fantastic work helping children learn, keeping […]

UNISON will hold an on-line indicative ballot in January, asking school workers across England about the issue. Education is a devolved issue in Cymru/Wales, Northern […]

The school meals supervisors in the historic mining village just outside Barnsley, South Yorkshire, had taken 36 days of strike, beginning in […]

The research suggests that across the UK almost a quarter (24%) of school support staff involved in children’s welfare go home worried every day having spoken to pupils […]

UNISON took the case on behalf of the Royal Boroughs employees the overwhelming majority of whom are women […]

Working in schools can be hugely rewarding – but it’s also incredibly hard work and doesn’t always come with […]