UNISON highlights the cost of privatisation in education, at TUC Congress

‘Let’s give children and parents some genuine freedom of choice,’ says union

Article on the UNISON National site.

Ofsted members accept pay offer above 1%

Schools inspector also commits to working with UNISON on an equal pay audit

Article on the UNISON National site.

FE members in England vote to accept pay offer

Members working in English further education colleges have voted to accept the employers’ pay offer, with plans to discuss implementing the living wage

Article on the UNISON National site.

Academy school support staff to vote on strike

UNISON members in academy schools are voting on strike action after a derisory 1% pay offer meant that they were being expected to take another pay cut this year

Article on the UNISON National site.

Pay protests hit towns across the country

‘Locked out’ local government and school workers protest against low pay and call for a decent pay offer

Article on the UNISON National site.

University staff face axe as high earners grow

The University of Leicester plans to make 80 staff redundant – despite its surplus growing from £3m to £6.9m and a 10% increase in the number of staff earning more than£100,000.

Article on the UNISON National site.

Universities caught paying below living wage to fund raisers

Some of Britain’s biggest universities are paying less than the living wage to staff on their fund-raising teams as they bid to boost funds

Article on the UNISON National site.

Speak out on 18 October

Dave Prentis issues rallying call to make October demo the the biggest this country has ever seen

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON to organise ballot in academy schools

UNISON is set to ballot members working in academy schools in September on industrial action over pay, so that they could join the next industrial action in October

Article on the UNISON National site.

New pay rates in higher ed

New higher education pay rates come into force following the earlier agreement over the pay award for 2014-15

Article on the UNISON National site.