Schools urgently need more funding. Email your MP to highlight these issues: action.unison.org.uk/page/130424/ac…

#InternationalWorkersDay emerged out of the struggle for an 8-hour day.

The rights we enjoy, from weekends to health and safety, we owe to the labour movement.

#MayDay reminds us of the power workers have when they’re united. Join UNISON - UK's largest union today and get organised

This May Day, we honour the resilience, dedication, and solidarity of workers everywhere.

Fighting for fair wages and safe working conditions in the workplace.

#MayDay #InternationalWorkersDay

It's International Workers' Day 2024 #IWD2024

UNISON stands in solidarity with all workers and their trade unions at home and around the world.

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Branches - Stars in Our Schools and Early Years Stars items are now available to order!

Get ahead and start planning how you will celebrate: buff.ly/4aWFnNm

INTERNATIONAL WORKERS DAY 2024

Standing in solidarity with workers and trade unionists around the world today, and every day✊💜
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Teaching assistants are 'increasingly being chucked in at the deep end' due to the crisis in teacher recruitment & retention says gabyhinsliff, referring to our latest research on cover theguardian.com/commentisfree/… The Guardian #edchat

Delighted to launch the #SchoolMealsToolkit in the UK Parliament today hosted by Sharon Hodgson MP.

The case for school meals globally is clear. This new resource provides actionable advice & guidance to those who can make the biggest difference.

Toolkit👉ipned.org/schoolmeals

2.8 million children live in households struggling with costs of school, including uniforms & food @ParentKind.

The next The Labour Party Govt will limit branded items to three - so uniforms make children smarter not families poorer - & provide free breakfast clubs in every primary.

Only 1% of school leaders say they get enough funding to fully meet pupils' needs, with most having to go ‘cap in hand’ to communities to plug funding gaps, NAHT research warns
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🚨Schools in disrepair crisis due to Government cuts

New survey by NAHT reveals:

➡️83% of school leaders lack the funds needed to maintain their buildings
➡️Over a third (37%) had to raise funds to cover estate management and buildings

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‘Not enough teachers’: 51% of secondary and 25% of primary TAs now cover classes

#Reshare ICYMI

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UNISON's Service Group Executive elections are open.

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Our SGEs decide what campaigns we run on pay, public services and can take decisions on strike ballots and strike days. Make your voice heard!

A ‘brewing’ teaching assistant workload, recruitment and retention crisis is ‘connected to the crisis facing teachers’ and there is now a ‘clear cut case for a national strategy for TAs', says UNISON - UK's largest union
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More than 1 in 4 teaching assistants say they are having to cover classes because of teacher shortages at their school UNISON - UK's largest union survey finds

81% TAs are concerned that this cover work negatively impacts provision for pupils with SEND

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Two in five teaching assistants are now covering classes for the equivalent of at least a day a week, warns UNISON - UK's largest union
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Teaching assistants go above and beyond to cover lessons.

It’s Tory government cuts to schools that have piled extra work on to TAs, and UNISON’s research shows that children with special educational needs are among the worst-affected by the crisis.

theguardian.com/education/2024…

Teaching assistants forced to lead lessons amid teacher shortage, study finds
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“Parents will rightly assume their children are being taught by teachers, not teaching assistants. The government must ensure all schools have the budget and staff to provide the education they’re meant to deliver.'

theguardian.com/education/2024…