We know how difficult it is to afford training to improve your job prospects due to huge increases in course fees and the withdrawal by many employers of financial support for career development. Our school support staff members make up an increasing proportion of our union’s membership. To help you …
Starting in April this year, legal changes mean that anyone regularly working and claiming overtime, additional hours or job-linked allowances (such as sleep-ins or standby …
Do you wear a uniform as part of your job? Do you have to wash your own uniform? Did you know that you could be …
UNISON’s ‘Skills for Schools’ website is a new, innovative, easy-to-use online guide to careers, training and development for staff based in schools. Lorraine Solti, UNISON …
An exciting but perhaps little known fact about UNISON membership is that members can elect to be a part of the union’s ‘Affiliated Political Fund’ …
UNISON is calling on members to sign a petition to stop cuts to the Access to Work programme. The programme supports thousands of disabled workers to obtain and retain employment. One of the first actions of the new government just hours after winning the election was to look further into …
The UNISON welfare service, ‘There for you’, is once again launching the School Uniform Grant programme for 2015. The union recognises that buying school uniforms …
Barnet Council workers on 48 hour strike over outsourcing threat Barnet UNISON members who still work for Barnet Council will begin 48 hour strike starting on Monday 1 June. The dispute involves coach escorts, drivers, social workers, occupational therapists, schools catering staff, education welfare officers, library workers, children centre workers, …
The National Extension College (NEC) and UNISON are working in partnership to bring high quality training to UNISON members in the education sector across the UK. UNISON members can access free taster courses and get access to a wide range of other courses at a discounted rate. Members can get …
The recent Queen’s Speech introduced a series of bills by the majority Conservative government. Many of these raise union concerns, particularly those aimed at reducing trade union activity. Here’s UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis’ first reaction: “The UK already has tough laws on strikes – there is no need to …