Hillingdon Council have delayed plans to close three early years nurseries following a successful UNISON campaign.
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UNISON Kensington and Chelsea’s Sonya Howard talks about the branch campaign
Monday 17 October 2022 For immediate release Council housing repair staff at Barnet Group begin strike action Council housing repair staff working for the Barnet Group have walked out in a dispute over sick pay, says UNISON today (Monday). The workers have voted for strike action after a colleague was denied sick pay despite being […]
To halt the exodus of teaching assistants they need to be better rewarded
Christina McAnea offers condolences on behalf of UNISON
University staff in London vote to strike over ‘ludicrously low’ pay rise, says UNISON Thousands of staff at Birkbeck, City, Kings College London, SOAS and London South Bank, including cleaners, administrators, library, catering and security workers have voted to strike in a dispute over pay, says UNISON. The workers, some of the lowest paid in […]
Following a successful campaign by UNISON Westminster branch, Westminster Council have agreed to provide free period products for staff working in all council offices – which will soon be rolled out to include libraries and housing offices. This fantastic initiative was led by the branch’s women’s officer Kate Oboussier, who came up with the campaign […]
UNISON Goldsmiths has secured a great victory, with the College agreeing to a a no-compulsory redundancy guarantee for future restructures. UNISON Goldsmiths branch lodged a Failure to Agree letter with College in September 2021, following the consultation on a large number of redundancies across professional services and academic departments. This was first of four planned […]
Great news for Southwark Local Government branch, who resolved a dispute with Veolia on Friday 22nd July. UNISON members had unanimously voted in support of industrial action regarding unreasonable workloads and the ‘task and finish’ elements of their contracts which were being unfairly applied by Southwark Veolia management. After weeks of negotiations with management conducted […]
Advice for catering staff in schools and early years settings