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

3 February 2012
UNISON activists have voted to give the union's negotiators the green light to continue discussions with government ministers on changes to public sector pensions...
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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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3 February 2012
A Report went to Cabinet earlier this week on “Changing the Relationship between the Citizen and the State”. It’s wrapped up in high-level...
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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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23 January 2012
UNISON shares concerns with other unions about the break up of the state education system driven by the right wing Conservative led coalition government.  ...
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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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