Barnet UNISON
@barnetunison.bsky.social
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✊
The cost-of-living crisis continues, but workers cannot keep being asked to carry the burden of austerity. Barnet UNISON bin and street cleansing workers are being asked to vote in a consultative strike ballot. Oakleigh Depot Wednesday 5 August, from 5.45am. Your vote. Your voice. Use it.
Barnet care workers simple message: "Are you listening, Andy Burnham?" Worked throughout COVID supporting vulnerable people. Now they're being balloted for strike action because they believe Enough is Enough. 🎥 Watch the video. Then tell us: Do care workers deserve better? #CareWorkers
The Employment Rights Act 2025 brings important improvements, including Statutory Sick Pay from day one and stronger holiday-pay record keeping. But many changes are still to come—and no law enforces itself. Barnet UNISON blog: www.barnetunison.me.uk/wp/2026/07/2... #WorkersRights #BarnetUNISON
Twelve years underpaid. Six months offered. Not good enough. The strike ballot for Barnet’s depot, bin and street cleansing workers opens on 5 August. When your ballot paper arrives: open it, vote YES and return it immediately. www.barnetunison.me.uk/wp/wp-conten... #BarnetUNISON #VoteYes
Tell Andy: no more second-class workers. Barnet Homes and Your Choice Barnet members: the strike ballot is coming. Open it. Vote YES. Return it straight away. Read and share the ballot newsletter: www.barnetunison.me.uk/wp/wp-conten... #BarnetUNISON #VoteYes
Extreme weather is here to stay. Telling staff to “take care” is not a plan. Employers need proper arrangements agreed before working conditions become dangerous. Tell Barnet UNISON what happened in your workplace. Read the blog: www.barnetunison.me.uk/wp/2026/07/2... #UNISON #HealthAndSafety
Depot workers have told us they want a ballot. We will be listening to all of our members and acting on what they tell us. Ballot opens 5 August. Watch this space. #BarnetUNISON #HolidayPay #WorkersRights
#BarnetUNISON relentlessly campaigning to bring our outsourced members in-house Say hi to our fabulous team at #uLGC26 ✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊
A 12-day pay lag may look like payroll admin on paper. For low-paid workers, it can mean rent pressure, travel costs, bills and borrowing. That is why Barnet UNISON is campaigning. www.barnetunison.me.uk/wp/2026/06/0...
Barnet Council stops filling Passenger Escort vacancies. Uses external workers instead Calls it "vacancy management." #BarnetUNISON calls it what it is: back-door privatisation of jobs supporting children with special needs. Council jobs should stay council jobs. #UNISON #PublicServices #Outsourcing
Support Barnet Cleaners by signing and sharing this Petition ✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊ www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/pa...
While Westminster obsesses over its own bubble, working people are still being squeezed by the cost of living crisis. Bills are up. Food is up. Rent is up. Travel is up. Barnet UNISON is campaigning to put money back in members’ pockets and stand up for fair pay and decent public services.
Solidarity to UNISON members at Primrose Hill school in Camden taking strike action for fair pay. If staff are doing higher-grade work, they should be paid at the higher grade. Barnet UNISON stands with you. #Solidarity #UNISON #FairPay #SchoolSupportStaff #Camden #TradeUnion
TBG has rejected our pay, terms & LGPS claims. 2 consultative ballots open for Barnet Homes,Your Choice Barnet workers. Use your vote. Make your voice heard. Press release: www.barnetunison.me.uk/wp/2026/04/2...
Solidarity needed ✊ Barnet’s outsourced cleaners are paid 4-weekly, but pay can land 10–12 days after the period ends. Sign + share our petition: www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/pa... #PayCleanersOnTime
No time to rest during this relentless #CostOfLivingCrisis #BarnetUNISON is running 10 #CostOfLivingCrisis campaigns ✊
UNISON general secretary sends message of support to union’s equal pay campaign in Barnet: ‘I want every member to know they have the union’s full backing’ www.unison.org.uk/news/article... @barnetunison.bsky.social
Andrea Egan supports equal pay fight in Barnet - UNISON National
General secretary sends message of support to union's equal pay campaign: 'I want every member to know they have the union's full backing'
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Barnet UNISON: Pay outsourced cleaners on time + LLW from announcement date (October), not 1 April. Wage delays of 10–12 days after period end are causing hardship. #PayCleanersOnTime #Solidarity
Baby Santa has a message: If you’re holding it together over Christmas… you deserve backup all year. Join UNISON. 🎅🪪 #BarnetUNISON #JoinUNISON #ChristmasWorking
👶🚧 Baby’s verdict: “Health & safety disaster.” If a baby can see the hazards, the employer definitely can. What’s the most ridiculous risk you’ve had to work around?
Cost of living is biting. That’s why we keep pushing — year in, year out. Agency Street Scene back pay due end-Nov 2025. ✅ If it’s missing, contact Barnet UNISON.
#BarnetUNISON filed three collective grievances triggering a borough-wide Equal Pay claim across Barnet Council, The Barnet Group and BELS.‘EasyCouncil’ outsourcing now faces a London Equal Pay test case – building on the Glasgow precedent that LATCs are not a shield from Equal Pay law. #EqualPay
📢 Barnet UNISON is demanding the £14.80 London Living Wage now—not in 6 months. Our members can’t wait. Full release 👇 www.barnetunison.me.uk/wp/2025/10/3... #LondonLivingWage #Barnet #UNISON #PayRiseNow
Barnet UNISON urges The Barnet Group to implement the £14.80 London Living Wage now—not April. Frontline staff can’t wait. Full press release: www.barnetunison.me.uk/wp/2025/10/3... #LondonLivingWage #UNISON #Barnet
“She’s on the frontline every day. Now we’re on the frontline for her. Equal Pay for all school & care staff.” #EqualPay #FairPayNow #UNISON
📢 SCHOOL SUPPORT STAFF – THIS IS FOR YOU! ✅ It doesn’t matter what your grade is — if you work in a school, this could affect you. ✅ You don’t have to decide if you have a case — our lawyers will. 🚫 No form = No claim. Equal Pay — Fill it in! ✊💜 #EqualPay #UNISON #SchoolSupportStaff #FairPay
