81% Public service workers overwhelmingly keen to learn new skills
Public service workers ready to learn to ease redundancy fears, says UNISON A third of public service workers are worried they’ll lose their jobs due…
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Academy chain’s plan to axe staff could risk school safety
The safety of pupils and staff could be at risk if Ormiston Academies Trust – which runs primary and secondary schools across England – follows…
Low-paid UCL workers celebrate UNISON-brokered pay deal
Hundreds of outsourced UCL staff are celebrating after UNISON secured the same pay, pension and annual leave rights as directly employed workers doing the same…
Unused Levy Funds: Hard up hospitals unable to take on apprentices
Apprenticeship restrictions mean hundreds of millions of pounds of NHS funds going to waste, says UNISON More than £200m is lying unused by cash-strapped health trusts in England…
Strike ballot for higher education staff over pay and pensions
Two separate ballots on strike action involving 30,000 university support staff have been launched on higher education pay and pension scheme changes, says UNISON today (Monday).…
Teaching assistants use own money to fund uniforms and trips to help struggling parents
Teaching assistants use own money to fund uniforms and trips to help struggling parents, says UNISON Teaching assistants are dipping into their own pockets to…
Local MPs urge Birmingham University to resolve pay dispute
Support staff at Birmingham University are to take further strike action today (Monday) and tomorrow (Tuesday) in their long-running industrial dispute over fair pay, equality…
School uniform supplier must show it doesn’t profit from sweatshop labour, say education unions
One of the UK’s largest school uniform manufacturers has today (Monday) been challenged by unions to show its clothing isn’t being made using sweatshop labour.…
Landmark case confirms statutory minimum annual leave for all workers #FutureofEmployment
UNISON have secured a victory at the Court of Appeal affecting hundreds of thousands of employees working part-time and irregular hours or patterns. Today (Tuesday…
College staff need training in handling weapon-related incidents, warns UNISON
Staff and students have suffered serious injuries as a result of offensive weapons being brought into colleges, according to a UNISON survey published today (Tuesday).…