Derby teaching assistants take their pay dispute to Labour party conference

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

School support staff lobby Parliament

School support staff travel from Derby to Westminster to lobby MPs over 25% pay cut

UNISON working ‘tirelessly’ for teaching assistants

The union is fighting to protect the pay of thousands of its teaching assistant members around the UK

School support staff in Derby need your help

UNISON members working in Derby City Schools have lost 25% of their pay, up to £400 per month, and they need your support for strike action.

Derby school support staff strike against pay cuts

Schools affected across the city as 500 protest outside Council House over imposed changes to contracts

Nottingham signs up to UNISON’s Ethical Care Charter

East Midlands council signs up to quality care and fair pay during National Carers’ Week

Keeping the home fires burning

All in a day’s work for the National Grid shift control engineer

Public library service ‘hollowed out’ by job losses and cuts

UNISON backs BBC report that reveals loss of 8,000 jobs and 343 libraries in six years

‘Scrub the TU Bill’

East Midlands women speak out against unnecessary change in law ‘that can only harm relations between employers and workers’

Children attending UNISON's Christmas cinema screening in Inverclyde stand outside the cinema holding placards saying 'we demand popcorn'

Christmas cheer and charity

UNISON members are helping workplaces, their families and communities to warm up for the festive season

Members among Tunisian victims

UNISON is sad to confirm that three members were among the 38 people killed in the Tunisia terrorist attack

Thousands back UNISON campaign against Nottinghamshire police cuts

Union’s Nottinghamshire Police branch secures 18,000 signatures after just four weeks of street-signing events

Nottingham Trent University refuses to pay the living wage

UNISON vows to keep the pressure on Nottingham Trent University after it refuses to pay its lowest-paid staff the living wage, while paying the vice chancellor more than £600,000 a year

University plan to squeeze wages sparks dispute

UNISON lodges dispute with University of Nottingham over plans to re-evaluate roles for lowest-paid support staff already paid less than the living wage

East Midlands UNISON branch of the year nominations

UNISON in the East Midlands has announced its end of year nominations for 2014. They are:   Branch of the Year nominations Derby University Leicester City Leicestershire County Bassetlaw Broxtowe Nottingham City Leicestershire Police Lincolnshire Police North Derbyshire Health Nottinghamshire Healthcare Northamptonshire Healthcare Leicestershire Health   Best Campaigning Branch NHS Logistics East Midlands Gas Southern […]