UNISON forced catering company Dolce to pay workers thousands of unpaid wages after cutting their hours
school meals
A joint-union letter, signed by UNISON, calls on the government to take an urgent interim step and increase eligibility
‘By cutting profit out of school meals, there’s more money for nutritious meals and to level up the pay and benefits of workers’
Letter from UNISON and councillors across England comes as private catering companies cut jobs, hours and nutritional standards
Private company abandons plan to make staff redundant and will now access the government furlough scheme
UNISON welcomes decision to provide funding for free school meals during the summer
UNISON backs Children’s Society campaign against changes to free school meal eligibility in England which could stop up to one million children qualifying
UNISON survey launched to find out what school meals staff have to say
‘Parents will hope this latest assurance is a promise David Cameron actually gets to keep’
UNISON is backing a petition calling on the government to keep universal free school meals for infant children in English schools