Damage – voices from the front line

AusterityEconomics_Oct2014_The damage to our public services

A series of UNISON Scotland reports on how austerity is hitting public services and how we can protect them.

Save from harm – UNISON Scotland survey of social work teams

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This is a survey of staff working in social work teams. As well as social workers and social work assistants/support ...

An Emergency But No Accident

An Emergency But No Accident
This survey is part of UNISON Scotland’s Damage series: a programme of surveys looking at the impact of the age ...

Scotland’s environmental health services reach ‘tipping point’

Tipping Point
This report – Tipping Point – is the latest in UNISON’s damage series of reports which looks at the impact ...

Trading Safety – a survey of trading standards officers

Trading safety
Damage series This survey is part of UNISON Scotland’s Damage series: a programme of surveys looking at the impact of ...

Giving shelter: cuts to sheltered housing

Giving Shelter
This is a survey of housing wardens sheltered housing officers, care support workers with a small number of people in ...

Scotland’s road network is deteriorating because of cuts, says UNISON report

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Road budgets have been cut by 21% since 2012 and is having a serious detrimental effect on Scotland’s road network ...

Building Stress: a survey of building control staff

Building Stress Damage Report
This survey is the latest in our Damage series of reports which looks at the impact of austerity cuts on ...

Hard Lessons: Support staff struggling to maintain standards for pupils because of cuts

Hard Lessons
This is a large scale survey of support staff working in schools across Scotland. It is a wide ranging report ...