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Once again we see a government wanting to brick up the state education system and to make it private and selective. UNISON is at the forefront of the campaign to oppose the establishment of academies. School and community campaigns must be supported like those in Cumbria, Lancashire and Manchester so far. Working closely with Teacher [...]
UNISON is becoming increasingly concerned that there are hidden cuts and school support services are suffering. School budgets are not protected and the imminent spending cuts are about to hit schools. This will hit support staff and frontline education provision. We need to defend our Schools from these vicious attacks.
UNISON has produced advice on this subject for school support staff. We believe the demand has increased and as demand has grown, so has the pressure on support staff. There is a wide range of medicine in school, administrated in different ways, as well as help required, for example, with peg-feeding, breathing, restricted mobility and [...]
Since the project started over 2 years ago we’ve seen a surge in UNISON membership. Over 2,000 new members have been recruited as part of the project and this is in addition to the numbers that would have ordinarily joined. If you are reading this newsletter and you are not already a member of UNISON [...]
Over the last 2 years UNISON North West has invested a lot of time and effort visiting schools to explain to support staff the work of the SSSNB. The project was made possible by a number of front line school support staff volunteers who were seconded from their jobs to visit schools in their area. [...]
The SSSNB has been abolished by the Con-Dem government. Although this decision was expected, it will still be a huge disappointment for many UNISON members. The decision to abolish it was in a leaked document from the Cabinet Office in August and it was only after this was made public that Michael Gove decided to [...]
Like you I am extremely angry at the abolition of the School Support Staff Negotiating Body (SSSNB). For years we have been lobbying successive governments over the need to introduce a national framework for support staff, which would have introduced core contracts and fair pay, no matter what job, or school you worked in throughout [...]
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Download Managing Medicines and Providing Medical Support Branch Advice
Please click on the following link to download a copy of the UNISON branch advice which was mentioned in the previous website article Administration of Medicines here.