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Emma Roberts

@EmmaRobertsNN

All opinions my own. A Mum, working hard, Regional Head of Local Government for UNISON East Midlands

Joined December 2011
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📢✊ Migrant workers must not be made scapegoats for decades of failure to invest in public services. At #Lab26, @AndreaEganGS called on the government to drop plans that could force migrant workers to wait 15 years for settlement. #FairVisasNow ⬇️ buff.ly/kN5likA
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"We care for your families. Ours need security too." Today in Liverpool, care workers marched to Labour conference with @AndreaEganGS As politicians discuss the future of social care, the workers already providing that care are calling for a better system and #FairVisasNow 🩵
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Today, migrant care workers are taking their message directly to Labour conference - keep your promise to the workers who came to the UK to care for our communities. They'll be joined by @AndreaEganGS and others. Invest in social care 🩵 Support #FairVisasNow #LabConf26
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We show up so every child is supported 💙 Now it's the government's turn to show up for us. After years of underfunding, cuts and privatisation, public services need urgent investment to recover. Sign the petition: 🔗 buff.ly/ettTyDo #WeShowUp
We show up. So every child is supported. Photo of teaching assistant.

ALT We show up. So every child is supported. Photo of teaching assistant.

Backing our school system and support staff means more children can flourish. Demand the government invest in our public service workers. Sign the petition unsn.uk/we-show-up-petition

ALT Backing our school system and support staff means more children can flourish. Demand the government invest in our public service workers. Sign the petition unsn.uk/we-show-up-petition

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📢 Starting a career in social work? UNISON and Community Care have teamed up to produce a brand-new digital guide packed with practical advice. Take a look and share with students, apprentices and newly qualified colleagues: cci.mydigitalpublication.co.…
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📢 New resource for social work students & newly qualified social workers. UNISON and @CommunityCare have launched an interactive guide to help build your career, with: 📝 CV tips 💬 Interview advice 👥 Practitioner insights and more 👉️ Access the guide: buff.ly/l5inSyQ
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"There is modern slavery happening right now." Migrant care workers are told to stay silent, accept poor treatment and endure exploitation because they are tied to a single employer. It's a system that traps workers with abusive employers. We need a better way. #FairVisasNow
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Every day, public service workers show up for us. Now it's the government's turn to show up for public services. ✅ Invest more
✅ Insource now
✅ Pay fair Add your name to our petition: 🔗 unsn.uk/we-show-up-petition #WeShowUp #InsourceNow #FairPay
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Support staff are showing up for pupils every day, but can't be expected to solve teacher shortages. In the @DailyMirror today, UNISON research shows staff moved from vital roles to cover classes, often with no extra pay. Children deserve better. Schools need proper investment.
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Sign the petition calling on the government to show up for public services in the budget #WeShowUp action.unison.org.uk/page/20…
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'Teaching assistants, cleaners and all other school support staff are long overdue a better deal,’ says UNISON general secretary Andrea Egan on reports the government will let schools use money saved from support staff pension funds to pay for the teachers’ pay award.
Andrea Egan: School support staff overdue a better deal "Setting worker against worker is never the answer. "Teaching assistants, cleaners and all other support staff are long overdue a better deal. Any money saved from the local government pension scheme must go towards improving their pay and conditions. "”This plan also raises practical concerns about how any redistribution of pensions will work. Schools don’t pay the same pension contributions across the country. "Some could be left without any budget savings because their employer contributions won’t actually fall."

ALT Andrea Egan: School support staff overdue a better deal "Setting worker against worker is never the answer. "Teaching assistants, cleaners and all other support staff are long overdue a better deal. Any money saved from the local government pension scheme must go towards improving their pay and conditions. "”This plan also raises practical concerns about how any redistribution of pensions will work. Schools don’t pay the same pension contributions across the country. "Some could be left without any budget savings because their employer contributions won’t actually fall."

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📢✊ Sign our petition and tell the government: show up for the people who show up for us. Public service workers deserve fair pay and properly funded services after years of cuts and underinvestment. Sign now ⬇️ buff.ly/MKqPmgp #WeShowUp
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Do you want better public services? Better healthcare. Better schools. Better social care. Better local services? 💙 Add your name to our petition and help make the case for properly funded public services ⬇️ 🔗 buff.ly/MKqPmgp #WeShowUp
Image of care worker hugging older person. Demand the government invest in our public service workers. Sign the petition.

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UNISON calls for stability following the government's announcement of a pause to local government reorganisation. Ministers must also take this opportunity to tackle the long-running funding crisis facing local councils and the communities they serve.@UNISONEastMids
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📢 Care workers: your chance to shape the first ever Fair Pay Agreement. UNISON will lead negotiations on the Fair Pay Agreement in care in England in 2027. We want to hear what matters most to you. Complete this short survey 🔗 unsn.uk/CareFPA
Care worker at the door of elderly person showing ID. Help share fair pay in social care.

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UNISON is consulting members on vital proposals affecting school support staff - make sure you vote when you receive your email on 15 September to have your say! #sssnb
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Join the campaign against public service profiteering. It’s time to Insource Now. ↘️↖️ insourcenow.co.uk/
INSOURCE NOW!

INSOURCE NOW!

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Insource now: It’s time to get private profit out of our public services. Join the campaign to Insource Now! ↘️↖️ insourcenow.co.uk
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📢 Care workers: your chance to shape the first ever Fair Pay Agreement. UNISON will lead negotiations in 2027, and we want to hear from you. Complete our short survey and help the fight for better pay, conditions and recognition across social care. 🔗 unsn.uk/CareFPA
Care worker at the door of elderly person showing ID. Help share fair pay in social care.

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On International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition, UNISON honours the millions of lives stolen by the transatlantic slave trade. Our history shapes our present. Today we stand united in the fight against racial injustice and modern day slavery.
Illustration of hands breaking chains. International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition 23 August 2026

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💜 Public service workers show up for us every day. Now we need the government to show up for them. Hear from Micaela Tracey-Ramos on why ministers must recognise and support the people who keep our public services running. #WeShowUp unison.org.uk/we-show-up
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