Welcome to UNISON Barnsley

UNISON represents around 5000 workers employed by Barnsley Council, Berneslai Homes, Barnsley College, Bull TCL and in private care and community organisations across the Borough.

We negotiate for better pay and conditions, help individuals in trouble and campaign for a safer, fairer society. UNISON is Britain's biggest public service union, representing almost 1.3 million people across the UK's public services.

 

Latest News from UNISON

23 January 2012
UNISON share concerns with other unions about the break up of the state education system driven by the right wing Conservative led coalition government.  Michael...
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30 November 2011
From Barnsley to Southampton, nurses, social workers, PCSOs, librarians, dinner ladies, teaching assistants, bin men and paramedics - among many other public sector workers -...
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9 January 2012
UNISON learnt recently of Council plans for John Laing Integrated Services (JLIS) to carry out a review of all community buildings and the services we provide from...
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25 November 2011
Exemptions - The Joint Trades Unions met yesterday with BMBC management to consider exemptions from strike action on the 30th November for posts to provide ‘...
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21 December 2011
The government and the LGA have accepted that the LGPS is different from the other public sector pension schemes because it is a funded scheme and has assets of around £...
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21 November 2011
Barnsley Trades Union Council have organised a rally on the 30th November to demonstrate that public sector workers from all sectors will not give...
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