We lobbying the Council House on the day that our ballot opens. Come along in your lunch break and help send a message to our employer that we deserve a proper pay rise.
Council and school workers have lost an average of 26% of our pay in real terms since 2010. Yet our work underpins everything — housing, care, education, waste, and environmental health. Without us, the country doesn’t function. The current 3.3% pay offer keeps us underpaid. Now is our chance to say: enough is enough. Every […]
UNISON, GMB and Birmingham City Council have signed an agreement to settle historic equal pay claims brought by the two unions on behalf of women employed by the council and Birmingham Children’s Trust.
Dear Birmingham Unison Members, I trust this message finds you well. As you know, Birmingham City Council is facing unprecedented challenges, including Tory government commissioners taking over for up to 5 years. This could result in a fire sale of valuable assets, including iconic institutions like the Library of Birmingham and Birmingham Museum and Art […]
Scores of schools that could be at risk of collapse have been warned to be ready for the possibility that they could have to close part or all of their buildings within days, according to reports in the Mirror. The affected schools were built with “crumbly” reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) from the 1960s to […]
Mileage rates are woefully out of date. Research shows that the ‘mileage gap’ is costing NHS, social care, police and local government employees up to £6,000 a year Out-of-date mileage rates are leaving frontline workers out of pocket, with some of the lowest-paid workers losing up to £6,000 a year, UNISON can reveal. Using UNISON […]
UNISON writes to Church of England and Catholic Church urging them to practice what they preach on fair pay. Staff in church schools face a bleak Christmas unless archbishops act urgently on pay, says UNISON today (Friday). The union has written to the heads of the Church of England and Catholic Church urging them to honour their promises to pay […]
It’s been great to see all the social media posts this week – and especially today – about Stars events being held around the UK, and supportive messages from MPs, councillors and other organisations. Thanks very much for all the work that has been put in to organising these. As you know as well the […]
The DfE have today (24th |November) announced more c02 monitors for schools in England (so one for every classroom instead of sharing one between two) and are reopening bids for of hepa air filters. The criteria being used by the DfE for hepa filters is however, again based on Co2 readings “consistently above 1500 ppm” […]
To halt the exodus of teaching assistants they need to be better rewarded Teaching assistants are still filling the gaps left by specialist staff during the pandemic and providing vital emotional support to students and parents, according to a UNISON-commissioned report published today (Thursday). From Covid to the Cost of Living provides a snapshot of the way Covid has […]