COSLA are missing in action in pay talks and have clearly had no discussions with the Scottish Government about resolving
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Latest press releases from UNISON Scotland
UNISON call for urgent COSLA meeting to discuss pay
UNISON, with Unite and the GMB, has written to COSLA to warn that between the three trade unions “we have
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Local government workers vote for strikes across Scotland
Thousands of council workers across Scotland have voted to take industrial action which will disrupt schools, early years centres, nurseries
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NHS strike ballot launched in first step towards industrial action
In the first steps towards taking industrial action Scotland’s health union UNISON will ballot 35000 NHS staff across Scotland to
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‘Take profit out of care – not carers out of councils’ and defend local democracy, says UNISON
Tracey Dalling, head of UNISON Scotland, the largest union in Scottish local government has called on councillors to defend local
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UNISON to recommend NHS Scotland staff reject Scottish Government 5% pay offer in consultative ballot
Scotland largest health union to recommend NHS Scotland staff reject Scottish government 5% pay offer UNISON Scotland’s Health Committee –
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Profit has no place in care, says UNISON in response to National Care Service (Scotland) Bill
UNISON, Scotland’s largest union and the union for care workers, has today (Tuesday) lambasted the Scottish Government for failing Scotland’s
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Scottish government must ‘rule out involvement of private investment of companies in the future provision of care in Scotland
In a letter to Kevin Stewart Minister for Mental Wellbeing and Social Care, Audrey McCabe Chair of UNISON Scotland’s Social
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Scotland’s largest health union UNISON to consult members on below-inflation pay offer
UNISON, the union for NHS staff, has said it will consult its health members on a ‘disappointing’ pay offer of
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UNISON to ballot 25,000 school staff and waste and recycling workers for strike over pay tomorrow, after Kate Forbes refuses offer of last-ditch talks
UNISON will start an industrial action ballot tomorrow (Friday 10 June) for 25,000 local government workers in schools, early years,
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