{"id":6906,"date":"2019-11-04T07:30:36","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T07:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.barnetunison.me.uk\/wp\/?p=6906"},"modified":"2019-11-04T07:30:36","modified_gmt":"2019-11-04T07:30:36","slug":"already-over-worked-and-underpaid-would-you-work-for-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.barnetunison.me.uk\/wp\/2019\/11\/04\/already-over-worked-and-underpaid-would-you-work-for-free\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cAlready over worked and underpaid, would you work for free?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"It\u2019s hard to believe but Barnet UNISON has discovered that in some cases some of our members working in Barnet Academies are losing<\/strong> as much as 2, 3, or 4 weeks\u2019 pay a year.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Barnet UNISON opposed the formation of Academies as we understood this was a backdoor privatisation of schools. At the time the branch was waging a long term campaign against the mass outsourcing One Barnet Programme which, amongst other things, brought #Capita<\/strong> to Barnet.<\/p>\n

As secondary schools converted to academies they were very careful to present the privatisation of their School as different to that of other Council services. Familiar statements were made to staff that nothing would change, no one would notice any changes\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n

Unfortunately it appears that things have changed and not<\/strong> for the good.<\/p>\n

Our schools staff members are often on part time and term time contracts. They often work a lot more hours than they get paid for. Goodwill<\/strong> is given because our members are committed to helping the pupils experience a good education.<\/p>\n

However:<\/p>\n