UNISON Scotland is calling on the Scottish Government to provide student paramedics with a bursary equal to nurses and midwives
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Latest press releases from UNISON Scotland
Schools could be forced to close after summer break if local government pay talks fail, says UNISON
UNISON, Scotland’s largest trade union, has written to the Finance Secretary and local government leaders to warn of looming industrial
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Strathclyde Pension Fund: Climate justice delayed is climate justice denied
UNISON is disappointed that Strathclyde Pension Fund Committee has deferred a decision about their major investments in fossil fuels. Instead,
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Scottish government skills development body refuses to pilot four-day week, says UNISON
UNISON, the union for Skills Development Scotland workers, has lambasted the skills body for refusing to pilot a four-day week
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NHS pay rise to be paid as soon as possible, says UNISON
UNISON welcome Scottish government announcement to pay NHS uplift ‘as soon as possible’. UNISON welcome that Scottish government has said:
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Health workers at Scotland’s largest NHS union vote to accept NHS pay offer, says UNISON Scotland
UNISON members have voted overwhelmingly to accept the NHS pay offer, which will see the majority of NHS workers receive
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Nurses in Scotland are exhausted after pandemic, reveals UNISON survey
Three in four nurses and nursing assistants who responded to UNISON’s latest survey say they are tired or exhausted after
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Council workers union begins industrial ballot preparation saying staff won’t be “used as a political football”
Council workers union begins industrial ballot preparation saying staff won’t be “used as a political football” UNISON, the largest trade
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UNISON members willing to take industrial action on local government pay
UNISON, the largest trade union in local government representing 80,000 local government workers across Scotland, has voted overwhelmingly to reject
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UNISON joins minute’s silence to mark International Workers’ Memorial Day
UNISON will be observing a minute’s silence today (Wednesday) as it remembers all the health, care and other key workers
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