Durham teaching assistants – who have just one week left to vote for strike action in the long-running dispute over cuts to their pay – are to hold a major rally today (Thursday). Durham County Council is proposing to move teaching assistants to term-time pay, and extend the working week without paying for any extra […]
school support staff
Help UNISON and schools across the UK celebrate the often unsung stars of our children’s education on 25 November
School support staff travel from Derby to Westminster to lobby MPs over 25% pay cut
If this Tory government really cared about making our country fairer and more prosperous then decent pay for education workers would be one of their top priorities.
Schools affected across the city as 500 protest outside Council House over imposed changes to contracts
Unless the government gets their act together, many of these invaluable public servants will leave their jobs – and their skills and talents will be lost to schools and children alike.
More than half (52%) of school support staff across the UK have experienced stress, anxiety or depression as they struggle to cope with their workloads, according to a new survey published today (Tuesday) by UNISON. Two-fifths (41.5%) of those who took part in the survey said they had difficulty in completing their work, and more […]
Government plans to force all schools in England to become academies are just one issue facing support staff
More than 140,000 people have signed a petition against forcing all local authority schools to become academies – why not join them?
UNISON urges remaining Welsh councils to follow suit and back their school support staff