🌱 Join us for the official launch of UNISON’s Year of Green Activity! 📅 : Tuesday 13 January, 12.30-1.30pm 📍 Online Find out what’s happening throughout the year and how you can take part 💚 ✅ Free to attend. Register now ⬇️ unsn.uk/4aP03tM

Your UNISON Wrapped 2025 📊💜 Thank you to all our members, activists, branches and staff for a fantastic year. Here's to a successful 2026.

 Christmas Rewards! 🎄🛍️ As a UNISON member you can save £££’s on discounted gift vouchers and shopping cards and get cashback from top retailers such as Argos, Currys, M&S, IKEA, Boots, and more. unsn.uk/4f9DKgL

School support staff are the backbone of education – but a @unisoninschools.bsky.social survey reveals a workforce under strain: unpaid hours, shrinking teams, low pay... Joanna Parry explains why this is a risk for every pupil & every school: buff.ly/zM969Xc #teaching #edusky #education

School support staff are the backbone of education – but a @unisoninschools.bsky.social survey reveals a workforce under strain: unpaid hours, shrinking teams, low pay... Joanna Parry explains why this is a risk for every pupil & every school: buff.ly/zM969Xc #teaching #edusky #education

This Thurs, the UKCIS (UK Council for Internet Safety) is presenting a session for UNISON members working in schools on the role that schools have in keeping children safe online and will look at the statutory requirements that must be followed. Sign up Now! learning.unison.org.uk/events/suppo...

Join the national conversation on SEND! School support staff are invited to join Schools Minister Georgia Gould online tomorrow for a discussion on early SEND reform: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/conversati...

School support staff are the backbone of education – but a @unisoninschools.bsky.social survey reveals a workforce under strain: unpaid hours, shrinking teams, low pay... Joanna Parry explains why this is a risk for every pupil & every school: buff.ly/zM969Xc #teaching #edusky #education

This International Day for the Abolition of Slavery we focus on modern slavery and migrant workers. Migrant workers are especially vulnerable to exploitation. The health and care visa ties workers to their employers and and cases of modern day slavery are on the rise. unsn.uk/40fbIvx

#starsinourschools and #earlyyearsstars day is here 🥳! The work you do in our schools and early years settings is essential, keeping children safe and healthy in a supportive environment where they learn and flourish. Without you, schools and early years settings would not function. ⭐THANK YOU⭐

🗓️ One day to go! We would love to see how you’ll be celebrating Stars in Our Schools and Early Years Stars tomorrow, share your pics and don’t forget to use #starsinourschools #earlyyearsstars in your posts ➡️ unsn.uk/3NNeEc9 @UNISONinSchools

Join 100s of educators and activists from across the education spectrum for a day of critical discussion exploring the role of educators in organising for a just transition. At Regents High School, London on Saturday 14 March 2026. Claim your free ticket here: buytickets.at/ministryofec...

School support staff help keep schools clean, safe and fed. They are superstars who deserve to be celebrated so nominate a star for our prize draw today - www.starsinourschools.uk/nominate-a-s... @UNISONinSchools

Well said, TUC! 💜 Education workers across Wales gave everything to keep children safe and learning during the pandemic. They deserve recognition and respect. Read the full TUC statement: www.tuc.org.uk/news/wales/s...

The three recognised school support staff unions have agreed a joint statement on school support staff, concerning the TUC Disputes Committee's decision to uphold our complaint regarding the NEU. Find out more and read the statement here: unsn.uk/sssunion

As part of #starsinourschools and #earlyyearsstars – we’ve just opened nominate a star. This prize draw is all about recognising the wonderful contribution of support staff in schools and early years settings. Find out more - unsn.uk/3SJsH6e

Too many support staff in #schools are asked to take on significant healthcare roles, often having to manage complex conditions despite not being health professionals. Joanna Parry – @unison.org.uk – says something has to change: buff.ly/5TfDEEq #teaching #education

The joint union guidance on ventilation in schools and colleges has been updated. Good ventilation and measures to clean the air will help reduce sickness absence and therefore help maximise attendance. Download the guidance: www.unison.org.uk/content/uplo...

This is an incredibly moving testimony from Angharad, a UNISON Cymru school support worker, about working through the Covid-19 pandemic. Thank you to Angharad for sharing her story.

We can’t keep losing committed teaching assistants to supermarkets, warns union leader Read: www.twinkl.co.uk/l/1jzb1r

💜 There for You – UNISON’s charity – is opening its Seasonal Food Fund 2025 tomorrow! Get ready to apply. www.unison.org.uk/.../there...... 🗓️ Opens 12 noon, Tue 30 Sept – 24hrs only 💷 £30 voucher per eligible household member 👨‍👩‍👧 For those on low income/in financial difficulty

UNISON North West young member Zaihera Chaudhry asks Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson about the new School Support Staff Negotiating Body (SSSNB) and if she will ensure consistency in how school staff are paid and evaluated #TUC25 @unisoninschools.bsky.social

Good luck to all those awaiting results today! 🍀 Thank you to all the other stars in our schools - the staff who have helped everyone throughout the school years and continue to support them as they step into their future! 💫

"Without school support staff, schools would collapse.” Read the latest article from UNISON about why the School Support Staff Negotiating Body is so important. new.express.adobe.com/webpage/n95v...

What have the trade unions ever done for us? Join former national radio host turned UNISON East Midlands communications guy Chris Birks as we answer that question and many more in this light-hearted journey through the world of trade unions. sites.libsyn.com/509048

Members in England, Cymru and Northern Ireland: an agreement has now been reached on pay. Our priority is to make sure members receive this pay rise as soon as possible.

School support staff in England, today is your last chance to take part in the Department for Education's consultation about the School Support Staff Negotiating Body. If you've not yet taken part please take a few minutes to do so now. consult.education.gov.uk/school-suppo...

School support staff in England - there are only a few days left to take part in the Department for Education's consultation about the School Support Staff Negotiating Body. If you've not yet taken part please take a few minutes to do so now. consult.education.gov.uk/school-suppo...

There are only a few more days to get involved in the DfE's SSSNB consultation It closes on 18th July 2025 at 11:59pm Read: www.twinkl.co.uk/l/1e0asv

Is it too hot to work? 🥵 Sign the TUC petition for a maximum working temperature www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/we... UNISON guidance: www.unison.org.uk/health-and-s... Join the TUC week of action: mass workplace inspection www.tuc.org.uk/news/workpla...

School workers - have your say about school food!

The Department for Education has launched a consultation on restoring the School Support Staff Negotiating Body - we need as many school support staff in England as possible to take part and have their say: consult.education.gov.uk/school-suppo...

School support staff: Have your say now www.unison.org.uk/news/2025/07...

@unison.org.uk Extreme heat at work is a critical health & safety issue - check out our guidance www.unison.org.uk/health-and-safety/health-safety-key-issues/health-and-weather-warnings-for-extreme-heat/

Great news for staff at Outwood Grange Academies Trust! UNISON's learning agreement will ensure staff who are UNISON members can engage with training and education opportunities provided by the union wherever possible. yorks.unison.org.uk/2025/06/26/o...

School support staff in England, please take a few minutes to complete the consultation.

OK computer? UNISON’s AI expert Kate Jones takes questions about the impact of Artificial Intelligence on work in public services. magazine.unison.org.uk/2025/04/10/a...

This week the UK is experiencing a heatwave! 🌡️ What are the rules around working in the heat? www.unison.org.uk/health-and-s...

Today is Clean Air Day. View the recording of our joint union webinar on improving air quality in schools to find out more about the effects of ventilation as well as practical solutions to put in place to clean the air we breathe. youtube.com/playlist?lis...

And we've reached the final debate on education motions at Local Government Conference this afternoon, calling for a new negotiating body for Early Years workers. #ULGC25

We're now debating motion 13, supporting the campaign for classroom assistants in Northern Ireland #ULGC25

This afternoon's debate at Local Government Conference is begins with a motion on the School Support Staff Negotiating Body. #ULGC25

UNISON's latest research into the provision of healthcare in schools is featured in an important @schoolsweek.bsky.social investigation today: schoolsweek.co.uk/an-accident-...

What teaching assistants need to know from the 2025 Spending Review Read: www.twinkl.co.uk/l/favia

Congratulations to the #ChampionsinOurColleges winners!

“It's time you received a proper pay rise that reflects the work you do.” UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea urges all members working in councils and schools to vote now on pay. ❌ Vote reject ❓Find out more: www.unison.org.uk/NJC2025

🚨 Attention council and school workers 🚨  Have your say now on the pay offer of 3.2%.  💻 Check your emails and vote ❌ Vote reject ❓ Find out more www.unison.org.uk/our-campaign...

Union member and long-time school inspector Andy Hewston was sacked by Ofsted for gross misconduct. Over six years, UNISON helped him fight back – and win. magazine.unison.org.uk/2025/06/04/u...

Ahead of the SLA Conference beginning tomorrow, our CEO Victoria Dilly has launched a tour of member #schools across the UK! Victoria will meet #SLAmembers, hear more about their challenges and successes, and discuss the support offered by the SLA: bit.ly/43sh60u 🗞️ #edusky #leadership #charitynews

June is Pride month! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Throughout this month, we’ll be sharing events and stories from our regions and our members 💜