There was a great turnout on the picket line outside Barnsley College as staff represented by UNISON demanded improved pay. Details of the dispute can be found here.
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This year, UNISON’s Green week runs from 15-22 September to coincide with two major global mobilisations – Fridays for the Future – a youth led protest about the threat posed by climate change (15 September) – and Fight Fossil Fuels which demands ‘a rapid, just and equitable’ end to fossil fuels (15-17 September). Here are five ways you […]
Workers from Kirklees Council will lobby the employer ahead of a council meeting on Wednesday over plans to cut 250 jobs, UNISON says today (Monday). The job cuts are to address an overspend of more than £20 million – and workers are now being balloted over potential strike action in response. The lobby, which is […]
Workers from both Barnsley College and Kirklees College are striking over their respective employers’ refusal to engage in pay negotiations. Details of the strikes are as follows: BARNSLEY COLLEGE Staff will be taking a day’s strike action on Monday 11 September. The main picket will be outside the main building (Old Mill Lane building) from […]
Support staff at Leeds Trinity University and the University of Leeds are to stage coordinated strike action, along with 18 other universities in England and Scotland, for at least two days in their ongoing dispute about pay, says UNISON today (Thursday). More than 5,000 staff belonging to the union from the 20 universities could take […]
Health workers from Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust will march on a meeting of their employer’s board of directors and hand over a petition demanding fair pay tomorrow (Thursday) morning. More than 2,500 people have added their names to the petition, calling for better pay to reflect the responsibilities of the staff. Many healthcare […]
Senior figures from Sheffield City Council have again committed to rooting out racism at the authority, at an event organised by UNISON today (Tuesday). The Race Equality Commission assessed the council to be “institutionally racist” and introduced a three-year improvement plan to change culture, structures, processes, policies and systems. UNISON City of Sheffield branch arranged […]
Almost 100 workers at the National Coal Mining Museum for England (NCMME) in Wakefield have secured a pay rise, UNISON says today (Monday). They include ex-miners who make the history of the coal industry accessible by giving talks and tours of the underground tunnels at the former Caphouse Colliery. The increase means staff currently paid […]
A team from UNISON Rotherham enjoyed the sunshine at Rotherham Show at Clifton Park over the weekend, and used the opportunity to drum up support for Rotherham gravediggers. The cemetery maintenance staff are in an ongoing dispute over their pay – you can read more about it here. A number of local politicians, including Rotherham […]
As you may have heard in the news, the Department for Education has suddenly ordered over 100 schools, colleges and nurseries in England to close buildings just before the start of the new Autumn term. Are you affected? Please take part in our short survey to help us support members who work in buildings found […]
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