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Time to value school support staff report

School support staff face low pay, insecure contracts and rising workloads, with many struggling to meet living costs or leaving the sector for better-paid roles elsewhere.

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Time to value school support staff

Development of a Social Care Negotiating Body for Wales

Only workers and employers should negotiate a Fair Pay Agreement

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Better public services for a fairer Wales

Nearly 100,000 UNISON members are speaking as one in the 2026 Senedd election. This is about the future of our NHS, our schools, our care services and our communities.

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The future of local government services in Wales

A new report reveals how decades of underinvestment in council preventative services have driven up demand for far more expensive emergency interventions in the NHS and criminal justice system

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Budget Briefing – Scottish Government Budget 2021/22

  Budget Briefing – Scottish Government Budget 2021/22 The Scottish Government a…

1 February 2021
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Scottish Government Climate Change Plan update

We welcome the opportunity to respond to the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee’s Call for Views[1]. We are

19 January 2021
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Evidence: Disabled Children and Young People (Transitions to Adulthood) (Scotland) Bill January 2021

UNISON welcomes the aims of this Bill and the recognition of the challenges that many disabled young people face as

11 January 2021
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The impact of COVID-19 on homelessness and the private rented sector

A written submission by UNISON to the relaunched Housing, Communities and Local …

1 November 2020
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Key findings of UNISON housing survey

A paper highlighting the key findings from our housing survey of UNISON members,…

1 November 2020
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Let's be reasonable report (2019)

A UNISON report on disability equality in the workplace

30 March 2020
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Workers’ and human rights in Turkey

A 2018 UNISON report, providing background on the situation in Turkey and highli…

1 December 2018
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The Living Wage: I want to live not just exist

A briefing and plan for implementation in Church of England schools, 2014

1 January 2014
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