School support staff from across Wales have the chance to speak directly with the Welsh Government’s Cabinet secretary for Education at UNISON seminar.
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UNISON Cymru is holding a one-day event, free to UNISON members in schools in Wales.
School support workers have been awarded compensation after it was discovered they were not given their full leave entitlement, says UNISON.
Over a quarter of school support workers would quit their jobs if Welsh government plans to shake-up the school year go ahead, says UNISON today (Friday).
School support staff across Wales are using their own money to help pay for pupils’ food and clothing says UNISON today (Friday).
‘Worn out’ teaching assistant quits after more than a decade as wages fall and responsibilities rise
A teaching assistant who joined the profession after the loss of her own child is leaving in the face of low wages and rising responsibilities.
45% of teaching assistants, caretakers, cleaners and other school support staff actively looking for better paid jobs
All school support staff in Wales are being offered the opportunity to watch a special virtual performance from one of Britain’s best-loved poets, John Agard, this Saturday (27 March)
School support staff want Welsh schools to remain closed to face-to-face teaching for the whole of January and UNISON urges Welsh government to urgently consider, as in England, staying closed until after the February half-term because public safety is at risk with spiralling infection rates.
School support staff will be central to the success of the full return to schools in September and Welsh Government’s operation guidance must reflect this, says UNISON.
Thousands of schools support staff across Wales believe schools should remain closed until September
Over 70% of school support staff across Wales believe opening schools June 29th is too soon, says the results of a UNISON survey
UNISON Cymru Wales urged the Minister not to overlook the views of the thousands of support staff in planning for schools to re-open to all students
Staff have told UNISON they are fed up at being targeted each year when schools need to make cuts and morale could not be lower.
Each year, predominantly female low paid teaching assistants, cooks, cleaners, receptionists and more, are told by their school they must reduce their working hours or help make other savings if they wish to keep their jobs
For the first time in Wales, school support staff in Swansea will benefit from new guidelines on the administration of medicines to children in their care. Their union, UNISON has said more children than ever in mainstream education require specific health care, yet support staff receive little or no training in this area and many […]