Government urged to protect school meals workers

UNISON has joined with a group of councillors from across England to call on the government to protect the jobs of school meals workers.
Like so many other public service workers, these staff have risen to the challenges of the pandemic. During lockdowns they have been on site, preparing meals for vulnerable children and the children of key workers, and preparing – and even delivering – food parcels for children who receive free school meals.
When schools reopened to all childre