Promises of personal protective equipment (PPE) alone won’t keep NHS, care, police and other essential workers safe, says UNISON today
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Category: Press release
Latest press releases from UNISON Scotland
Workers must not be forced to choose between public health or paying the bills, UNISON Scotland
Speaking in response to the Health Secretary’s Coronavirus statement today (Tuesday) to the Scottish Government, Lilian Macer, UNISON Scotland Convenor,
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Time for the Scottish government to value the work of early years workers, says Scotland’s education union UNISON
UNISON has today (Tuesday) said that the risks outlined in Audit Scotland’s report into the Scottish Government’s childcare expansion plans
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UNISON Scotland comment on Scottish Budget 2020-21
Mike Kirby UNISON Scotland’s regional secretary, commenting on the Scottish Budget 2020-21, said: “The Scottish budget agreement brings some certainty
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Briefing 113 Draft Budget 2020-21
The Scottish Government draft budget for 2020/21 has been published. The spending total amounts to a real terms increase of
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UNISON Scotland supports the call for a second independence referendum
Scotland’s largest union, UNISON, voted overwhelmingly today (Saturday) to support the call for a second independence referendum, at a time
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Too much of Scotland’s FOI law is not fit for purpose, say campaigners
Campaigners will say that too much of Scottish Freedom of Information law is not fit for purpose as they present
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IBM workers gear up for industrial action as job losses loom, says UNISON
Information technology (IT) workers – who provide IBM’s client, Scottish Power, with IT services – have voted overwhelmingly in favour
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West Dunbartonshire social work staff in another huge vote for action
Social work staff in West Dunbartonshire have, for a second time this year, voted overwhelmingly in favour of taking strike
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Scottish Government should enforce the Scottish Living Wage in charity care sector, says UNISON
UNISON is calling on the Scottish government to step in to enforce payment of the Scottish Living Wage to all
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