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.

Combating Austerity: Signposting the ways Scotland could limit some of the damage

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The Conservative Government’s austerity programme will result in around a further £2 billion of cuts to Scotland’s public services. There is ...

Read it and Weep: Scotland’s library staff speak out – September 2015

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We asked our members to outline their experiences in a sector that has experienced huge change in service delivery as well ...

While we work you play – leisure staff survey

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Staff in Scotland’s Leisure Trusts speak out “...a local authority shall ensure that there is adequate provision of facilities for ...

Caring and learning and worried about money – student nurses survey – June 2015

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Caring and learning and worried about money Survey of student nurses about work, money and learning - June 2015 Extract ...

Poorer workers poorer services: Life in Con Dem Inverness May 2015

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Over the last two years UNISON Scotland has compiled a number of reports into the living standards and working lives ...

Fair Work Decent Childhoods

Fair work decent childhoods
All political parties say work is the key driver for tackling poverty and we at UNISON Scotland and CPAG in ...

Counting the Cost – Transactional staff

Counting the Cost
UNISON Scotland has surveyed our members working in transactional jobs across Scotland’s public services. They are the staff who take ...

See us – Scotland’s mental health staff speak out

Mental health staff speak out
Mental health is one of our greatest public health challenges. This report aims to give a voice to those delivering ...