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

Red Book, local government terms and conditions 2025
This is the latest (April 2025) edition of the Single Status Agreement (commonly referred to as ... Read More

Council staff vote to accept two-year pay offer
Local government staff in Scotland have voted to accept Cosla’s two-year pay offer, says UNISON today ... Read More

Moving to monthly pay will cause hundreds of low-paid NHS st...
Around 600 NHS staff could be forced to take out loans to make ends meet if ... Read More

University of West of Scotland support staff balloted on str...
Support staff at the University of the West of Scotland (UWS) are to be balloted for ... Read More

Staff furious at being made to pay for Dundee University’s l...
Commenting on Pamela Gillies’ report into serious failings and financial mismanagement by leaders at Dundee University, ... Read More
Scotland Demands Better, 25 October, put it in your diary.
UNISON supports Scotland Demands Better campaign with Poverty Alliance which brings together trade unions and civic society ... Read More

Local government staff to be balloted on new two-year pay of...
Council staff are to be balloted after unions received a two-year pay offer from local government ... Read More

Care workers take pay dispute to the Scottish Parliament, sa...
Hundreds of care workers employed by Enable Scotland are to take their protest to the Scottish ... Read More

Enable workers in Lanarkshire to walk out over pay, says UNI...
Care workers employed by Enable Scotland are to take strike action in Lanarkshire tomorrow (Tuesday) in ... Read More

Police staff consulted over strike after cuts to redundancy ...
Forensic specialists, custody staff, emergency control room workers and other staff at Police Scotland are to ... Read More
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