UNISON Scotland launched it’s manifesto Public services: the heart of a fairer Scotland at our Scottish council meeting this weekend (28 March).
It is grounded in what staff across services are telling us: services stretched to their limits, workforces under strain, and a widening gap between political rhetoric and everyday reality.
Read more on our Scotland parliament election campaign page
As Scotland’s biggest public service union, representing 160,000 public service workers, we bring a vital voice to this election.
UNISON members see first-hand services under pressure and know how they can be im-proved.
Too often, the debate about public services is reduced to slogans and false choices.
We are told there is ‘no money’, that technology can replace people, or that cuts can be made without consequences.
Scotland needs an honest, national conversation about the future of public services – what we expect from them, how we pay for them – and who pays – and how they should change.
Public services– delivered by skilled, committed public service workers – underpin a fairer Scotland
However you decide to vote, vote for public services and talk to friends and colleagues about doing the same.
Louise Noble, UNISON Scotland deputy convener