Barnet Unison branch

Barnet Unison branch Barnet UNISON is the biggest trade union representing around 3000 members in Barnet Council, Barnet & Southgate College, schools and contractors.

We are an active and successful branch who negotiate to protect and improve our members rights at work and fight for equality in the workplace.Whether you are directly employed by the Council or a company providing services for the Council, Barnet UNISON is the union for you!UNISON is the only trade union within the Council that has a branch office staffed full time.The Branch Office is usually ve

ry busy. The Branch Administrator, Branch Support Officer, full time Branch Officers and many other Branch Officers work from this office or one of our satellite offices.Our branch office is used by our Branch Officers and local representatives to meet with individual members to discuss how UNISON can help with their problems at work. If you are unable to get in contact with your local representative, please contact the branch at UNISON Office, Room 1.9, 2 Brisrol Avenue, Colindale, NW9 4EW. Telephone 020 8359 2088

14/06/2026

Proud of our delegates all of whom were first time speakers ✊

Barnet UNISON team in Brighton ✊
14/06/2026

Barnet UNISON team in Brighton ✊

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14/06/2026

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INSOURCING. INSOURCING. INSOURCING.Low-paid outsourced workers have heard enough promises.Cleaners. Care workers. Housin...
13/06/2026

INSOURCING. INSOURCING. INSOURCING.

Low-paid outsourced workers have heard enough promises.

Cleaners. Care workers. Housing workers. Catering workers. Parking staff. Security workers.

Workers in Norse Group, Your Choice Barnet, Barnet Homes, BELS, APCOA, ISS and Blue Nine are still waiting.

In a cost of living crisis, outsourcing means low pay, worse pensions, insecurity and profits before people.

It’s time for the greatest wave of insourcing.

The Labour government must deliver.

Barnet’s cleaners do the work. They should not have to wait 12 days after the end of the pay period to receive wages the...
12/06/2026

Barnet’s cleaners do the work. They should not have to wait 12 days after the end of the pay period to receive wages they have already earned.

That is the issue at the heart of our campaign.

Norse Group runs the cleaning contract for Barnet Council. Norse is wholly owned by Norfolk County Council. Clive Lewis MP has now written to Norfolk County Council asking it to use its ownership role to tell Norse to change this pay arrangement.

These are London Living Wage workers in one of the most expensive cities in the country. They should not be expected to cover rent, travel, food and bills while wages they have already earned are still sitting with the contractor.

This is not about complicated payroll language. It is about basic fairness.

Barnet UNISON is calling for:

✅ Norse to pay cleaners promptly
✅ Norfolk County Council to act as the owner of Norse
✅ Barnet Council to intervene as the public body commissioning the service
✅ Cleaning to be brought back in-house when the contract expires in 2027

Please read and share the article.

https://www.barnetunison.me.uk/wp/2026/06/04/clive-lewis-mp-backs-barnets-cleaners-in-fight-against-norfolk-owned-contractor/

Barnet UNISON has escalated a dispute over the Passenger Es**rt service to a meeting with Barnet Council's Chief Executi...
11/06/2026

Barnet UNISON has escalated a dispute over the Passenger Es**rt service to a meeting with Barnet Council's Chief Executive.

Here's what's been happening. Barnet Council has been allowing Passenger Assistant posts to fall vacant — and rather than recruiting directly, the Council has been using agency and externally commissioned workers to fill the gap. No formal announcement. No proper consultation with UNISON. Just council jobs quietly disappearing post by post.

Passenger Es**rts do vital, responsible work every day, supporting children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities. They should be employed directly by the Council — with NJC pay rates, access to a pension, proper training, and the job security that comes with being a council worker.

What's happening instead is back-door privatisation. The outcome is the same as an outsourcing decision, without any of the scrutiny or accountability that a formal decision would have required.
Barnet UNISON has formally registered a failure to agree and referred the matter to the Joint Negotiation and Consultation Group. We are demanding a full workforce breakdown, an immediate halt to further erosion of directly employed posts, and a commitment to recruit directly.

We have had enough outsourcing in Barnet. Low-paid workers — predominantly women — should not be made to carry the burden of yet more austerity through the back door.
Read the full press release here 👉 https://www.barnetunison.me.uk/wp/2026/05/20/barnet-unison-condemns-back-door-privatisation-of-passenger-escort-service-and-escalates-dispute-to-meeting-with-chief-executive/

Barnet UNISON's equal pay fight: we are not going away.Hundreds of women workers in Barnet — school staff, care workers,...
09/06/2026

Barnet UNISON's equal pay fight: we are not going away.

Hundreds of women workers in Barnet — school staff, care workers, early years workers, administrators — have for years been paid less than male colleagues in the waste and recycling service who regularly finish their rounds hours early and go home, paid in full for a full day.

On 29 May, UNISON's barrister took our case to the Employment Tribunal. A preliminary hearing has been set for 9 September 2026. Our claims against The Barnet Group and Barnet Education and Learning Skills are already moving forward now.

Over 700 members have already joined the claim. Southampton, Birmingham and Glasgow have all settled on exactly this basis. Barnet Council is choosing delay — and every month of delay adds to the bill.

As General Secretary Andrea Egan said: "Equal pay is not a negotiating position. It is a legal right. The women of Barnet have waited long enough."

If you work for Barnet Council, The Barnet Group or BELS and haven't yet completed your case form — the time is now. Back pay runs from the date you join, not the date UNISON first raised this.
Don't wait.
📧 [email protected]
🔗 Full press release: https://www.barnetunison.me.uk/wp/2026/06/08/for-immediate-release-june-2026-barnet-unisons-equal-pay-fight-we-are-not-going-away/

Barnet’s cleaners are some of the lowest-paid workers delivering services connected to Barnet Council.These workers are ...
05/06/2026

Barnet’s cleaners are some of the lowest-paid workers delivering services connected to Barnet Council.

These workers are doing essential work, often invisible to the public, but they are being treated unfairly.

In a cost of living crisis, low-paid workers should not have to wait for wages they have already earned. They deserve respect, dignity and to be paid on time.

Barnet UNISON is calling on Norse Group to pay workers on time and for the cleaning service to be brought back in-house in 2027.

This is a simple act of solidarity.

Please sign the petition and share it with your friends, family, workmates and community networks.

Sign here:
https://www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/pay-barnet-s-cleaners-on-time-and-bring-cleaning-back-in-house?source=rawlink&utm_source=rawlink&share=67ca7052-c387-43a8-bd8f-201c05771705

Barnet UNISON sends solidarity to our comrades in Lambeth UNISON taking strike action in defence of workers and public s...
27/05/2026

Barnet UNISON sends solidarity to our comrades in Lambeth UNISON taking strike action in defence of workers and public services.

We know exactly how difficult it is to take strike action. Barnet UNISON has led many strikes over the years and we understand the importance of solidarity from across the trade union movement when members are standing together and fighting back.

At the heart of this dispute are austerity measures, cuts to vital public services relied upon by communities, and attacks on low-paid care workers during the worst cost of living crisis in living memory. Once again, workers and residents are being asked to pay the price.

We reject the idea that low-paid workers, carers and local communities should continue to carry the burden while inequality deepens and public services are stretched to breaking point.

Standing up and fighting is what we need to see more of across our movement.

Helen Davies, Barnet UNISON Branch Chair and UNISON SGE representative for London Region, said:

“Barnet UNISON sends our full solidarity to Lambeth UNISON members taking strike action. We know from our own experience that strike action is never taken lightly, but sometimes workers are left with no alternative when cuts, austerity and attacks on services continue year after year.

“These are workers defending services their communities rely on and standing up for low-paid care workers during an ongoing cost of living crisis that is pushing many families to the edge.

“We wish Lambeth UNISON members strength and success in their fight. Barnet UNISON will be sending a donation to support the strike and we ask comrades to keep us updated on the dispute. Solidarity matters. Workers standing together and fighting back is exactly what our movement needs more of.”

Solidarity to all Lambeth UNISON members on strike.

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