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Category: Local Government

Local Government News

Local Government Pay Claim 2023

27 January 2023 Danny Phillips

Our joint TU pay claim for 2023 has now been submitted to COSLA. The full version which contains our detailed

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Staff Pensions and the National Care Service

10 January 2023 Susan Galloway

The creation of a National Care Service could mean around 75,000 council employed social care and social work staff transferring

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Fund third sector organisations properly or risk a new wave of strikes, warns UNISON

28 October 2022 Danny Phillips

UNISON Scotland has written to the Scottish government today (Friday) calling for an urgent funding injection for the third sector

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Council strikes could return within weeks, says UNISON

20 October 2022 Danny Phillips

UNISON, and sister trade unions Unite and GMB, are threatening pull out local government school staff and refuse workers on

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Scotland’s largest trade union accepts local government pay offer

29 September 2022 Danny Phillips

UNISON members, the largest local government union, have voted to accept COSLA’s pay offer in a ballot of all local

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UNISON recommends council workers accept pay deal as it launches consultative ballot

8 September 2022 Stephen Low

UNISON Scotland media release   9 September 2022 UNISON has today (Friday) launched its consultative ballot on local government pay

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National Care Service (Scotland) Bill Stage 1 Scrutiny: UNISON evidence

6 September 2022 Susan Galloway

UNISON has submitted its Evidence to the Scottish Parliament’s call for views on The National Care Service (Scotland) Bill. UNISON

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Radical Social Work perspectives lunchtime webinar series: National Care Service Bill

19 August 2022 Danny Phillips

Sign up to webinar  here Wed, 7 September 2022 1-2pm All welcome! At present, the legislation lacks detail but what

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Response to Sturgeon’s statement on council pay

18 August 2022 Danny Phillips

Responding to Nicola Sturgeon’s statement that council leaders should make a ‘decent 5% pay offer’ to staff to avert forthcoming

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Strike dates for waste workers confirmed

12 August 2022 Danny Phillips

UNISON, the largest trade union in local government, have today served notice of strike action in eight local authorities. The

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