Important advice for clinically extremely vulnerable and clinically vulnerable
Important advice for clinically extremely vulnerable and clinically vulnerable
Please click on UNISON link to the advice here Vulnerable-members-advice-Jan-2021
Category: Austerity
Shocking COVID infection rates in Early Years and Nursery sector
These figures provided by the Government fly in the face of their propaganda that “schools are safe” as our branch is only too aware Nursery Schools and Early Years settings were not included in the latest lockdown plans.
The Government made a political decision at the time to ignore the science and force the settings to reopen fully.
Last week they continued their bullying approach to this sector by threatening to cuT their funding unless they all fully reopened.
Does the Secretary of State for Education Gavin Williamson even read his own Departments reports???
Clearly not looking at their own latest figures
“Reported coronavirus (COVID-19) notifications by registered early years and childcare settings. Updated 25 January 2021.”
Barnet UNISON members working in Nursery Schools and Early Years settings need our help. Petition
Dear Members
Barnet UNISON members working in Nursery Schools and Early Years settings need our help.
Today 1820 people sadly died from COVID, yesterday it was 1600 and until today that shocking statistic was the highest COVID death rate since the pandemic.
Whilst all schools have closed to all but pupils of key workers and vulnerable children Nursery Schools and Early Years have been bullied into remaining fully open.
This was not a decision based on the science but on politics and the consequences are that more and more people are being admitted to hospital which in turn puts an intolerable pressure on our NHS workers.
As a Barnet UNISON member I am asking you to sign this petition and also to share it widely in solidarity with all our members working in Nursery Schools and Early Years Settings
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSco9gGrDAS-iDqWONtAcY81-2vjTiaPy4E28fLVHPFlE8czwA/viewform
Barnet Joint Trade Union Public meeting on Nursery and Early Years settings
Thursday Jan 21, 2021 7 pm
You need to register in advance for this meeting:
https://neu-org-uk.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIvdeCgqjosH9PpA-LE3kbWv7WbBTF6W72P
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Independent Sage meeting Friday 15 January 2021
Breaking News: Early Years/ Nursery Schools zoom meeting Sunday 17 at 11am
Sunday Jan 17, 2021 11:00 AM
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82065448996?pwd=M0pkRExzc0o5OVFNRUtPM2xFN0U1UT09
Meeting ID: 820 6544 8996
Passcode: 121124
Please click on this link to our website with reasons behind this being called.
Breaking News: Government threat of funding cut to Heads of Nursery Schools and Early Years
Breaking News: Government threat of funding cut to Heads of Nursery Schools and Early Years
URGENT: Please read the document issued by the Department of Education yesterday evening.
You can read the full report by clicking on the link below.
Coronavirus-related support for submitting an Early Years Census 2021 return
This report is an attempt to:
- Defy the science by forcing all Nursery Schools and Early Years to re-open
- Bully the Nursery Schools and Early Years with threats of serious funding cuts if they don’t fully reopen immediately
- Pick a fight with the Trade Unions.
Summary of the report as follows:
This report changes things seriously for Nursery Schools and Early Years setting because it states that unless they fully reopen they will not get the funding they have had for the previous terms.
As we all know thee above settings are opening for pupils of key workers and vulnerable children.
The Government in this report are saying that is not good enough and that they need to fully reopen.
Nursery Schools and Early Years settings need all of our help. Most parents and members of the public will not be aware of this latest attack.
Please help share this post.
NSL members meeting Tuesday 19 January 6- 7 pm
To join our Zoom Meeting click on link below
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81966470217?pwd=Y2wrOFFUbkIxU1czOTJ6Y2NQMy9Udz09
Passenger Escorts and Drivers meeting Monday 18 January 6- 7pm
To join the meeting click on the link to our Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85394643984?pwd=MjUzOGRWNTlNeVdvY1hUdVYxbC8wUT09
Barnet UNISON asking for the NSL Parking Service to be suspended during lockdown.
Barnet UNISON statement:
When lockdown was first instigated in March last year the Parking Service was temporarily suspended not just in Barnet but across a number of London Councils.
We are now in a more critical situation in that this latest COVID strain is clearly more transmissible with 1 in 30 Londoners testing positive for COVID.
The London Mayor has stated “We are declaring a major incident because the threat this virus poses to our city is at crisis point. If we do not take immediate action now, our NHS could be overwhelmed and more people will die.”
Our members are genuinely fearful that there is a very real and present risk to themselves and a risk to their families. There is increased risk of contracting COVID when travelling to and from work on public transport and it is widely accepted that there is an increased risk for members of the BAME community. Please note a high proportion of the NSL workforce are from the BAME community
Our members working for NSL are at a loss to understand why the Parking Service which is not an emergency service is carrying on as business as usual.
The spirit of the lockdown appears to be trying to limit the mixing and movement of people to only those services which are critical.
Parking Enforcement is not am essential/critical service.
Barnet UNISON will be organising a zoom meeting for our NSL members and will be reporting back to them as to what I have been doing on their behalf.
We are asking that in light of the mounting pressure on our London Hospitals and NHS staff can the decision to keep Parking Services be reviewed as a matter of urgency?
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