Unison St Helens

24/07/2026

Don't forget to send back your ballot to make sure your voice is heard.

If you have not received your ballot envelope, call 08000 857 857 before 30 July.

Have you posted back your ballot paper yet?📮

Join thousands of council and school workers voting on this year’s pay offer.

Vote YES to strike for better pay!

09/07/2026

09/07/2026

Look out for your ballot paper to make sure you can add your voice to the pay ballot!

UNISON is recommending that you reject the pay offer as we beleive you are worth more!

17/06/2026

‘Organise, organise, and when you’ve finished organising, organise.’

Glen Williams opens UNISON local government conference by calling on conference activists to sign the NJC pledge
https://unison.org.uk/news/2026/06/unstoppable-force-andrea-egan-calls-members-get-strike-ready

16/06/2026

On Saturday Alex (Convener & branch treasurer) and Rebecca (Unison St Helens Chair) travelled to Brighton to represent Unison St Helens at Unison's local government and national conferences, they have heard from speakers including Andrea Egan (unison general secretary), Didier Leiton Valverde, General Secretary, Union of agricultural plantation workers & Labour MP Angela Rayner.
They have listened to debates and passed motions on a wide range of subjects including low paid workers in schools, providing safe working environments, pensions, pay, responding to the far right and much much more.
In the coming weeks members will be asked to vote on pay, Unison is campaigning for a £15 p/h minimum wage and better holiday allocation. Please look out for further information both on here and in your emails!
If anyone is interested in helping out with the campaign we have added a link below with more information on how to get involved, or please feel free to reach out to one of us on here!
We will keep you updated on news from conference over the coming days 😊

Activity Pledge - Council and Schools Pay | UNISON - the public service union https://share.google/tgu6CqAPbq7qrvRyR

25/05/2026

⏳🎒 The UNISON School Uniform Grant opens at 12 noon on Wednesday 27 May for 24 hours only.

Be ready and check your eligibility here ⬇️
https://buff.ly/QKmavKz

17/04/2026

Support our campaign for better pay for council and school staff: https://www.unison.org.uk/LGPayJoin UNISON https://join.unison.org.uk

16/04/2026

🚨 Council and school staff pay update: UNISON’s Committee have met and decided to reject the employers’ pay offer of 3.3% - visit the campaign website for the latest updates and access to resources to support our campaign for a better pay offer 👉️ unsn.uk/4l3jq3W