Unions call on schools and colleges to retain masks

As further easing of lockdown happens in England today (Monday), UNISON has joined with other education unions to call on English schools and colleges to continue the policy of staff and pupils wearing masks after the government at Westminster scrapped it.
Together with NASUWT, GMB, NEU and UNITE, the union says that there is a “strong case” for continuing with the current arrangements, and recommends that schools and colleges use the flexibility in the new guidance from the Departme