Scotland’s biggest and liveliest public service trade union, representing workers delivering public and related services across Scotland.

Huge rise in private ambulance costs across NHS Scotland is ...

Cash-strapped Scottish health boards are paying increasing amounts of their overstretched budgets to private ambulance firms, ... Read More

Local government workers vote overwhelmingly to support indu...

Scotland’s largest local government union UNISON has announced today (Friday) that council workers have voted in their ... Read More

Recruitment for Administrative Assistant – Lothian Health Br...

Administrative Assistant Vacancy UNISON Lothian Health is the largest trade union in NHS Lothian, representing almost ... Read More

Mass walkout at Scottish Water as staff take action over pay...

Scottish Water workers are to go on strike for 24 hours from the early hours of ... Read More

Public services in Scotland are crying out for investment

Commenting on the UK Chancellor’s spring statement today (Wednesday), UNISON Scottish secretary Lilian Macer said: “We ... Read More

Dundee University workers overwhelmingly support strike acti...

UNISON members at Dundee University have voted overwhelmingly in favour of taking industrial action in response ... Read More

Care strike ballot makes history as staff in charitable sect...

UNISON Scotland, the largest union for care workers, has announced today (Tuesday) that staff at Enable ... Read More

Dundee University needs a management team staff can trust, s...

Staff have lost all confidence in Dundee University management over the cash crisis that is likely ... Read More

Standing with our social work members on World Social Work D...

Greetings to all our social work members on World Social Work Day, today, 18 March 2025 ... Read More

Council workers in Scotland asked to back strike ballot move...

More than 70,000 local government workers in Scotland are being consulted over potential pay strikes, says ... Read More