Latest UNISON Scotland Briefings from the Bargaining and Campaigns Team. UNISON Scotland Briefings include Bargaining and Policy Briefings for branches on a wide range of policy and employment issues, e-briefings and Legal Updates and briefings for MSPs and MPs and others to represent UNISON policy where decisions are being made.
Briefing 62: Policy – Scottish Government Legislative Programme 2014-15
KEY POINTS: There will be a new commission on alternatives to the council tax but the freeze remains in place until the end of this parliament There was a further ... Read More
Briefing 61: Policy – Bargaining – NHS Finances
KEY POINTS: Audit Scotland highlight significant financial pressures on health boards Spending per head decreased since 2009/10 Capital funding cut by 21%. £409m PPP programme. While resources fall, demand is ... Read More
Under pressure – Scotland’s occupational therapists speak out
UNISON Scotland has surveyed our members working in occupational therapy across Scotland to assess their view of the current state, and future prospects for their service, how they are coping ... Read More
e-briefing: Draft Scottish Budget 2015-16
While the headlines in the budget are around the fiscally neutral new taxes, it is the budget allocations that matter more to UNISON members. Branches should also remember that these ... Read More
e-briefing: Health and social care integration regulations
The principles of health and care integration are set out in the Public Bodies (Joint Working) Act 2014. However, the detailed arrangements for implementation are set out in regulations. The ... Read More
The price of everything and the value of wages
“I just get by. Normally I am really struggling by week three. If my bills and rent go up any more I would not be able to live. Family holidays ... Read More
Open the door – the homes we need
Housing staff on the homes we have and the homes we need Scotland has a housing crisis. We have a crisis with the availability, the cost and the quality of ... Read More
Voices from the sharp end – Health and social care integration
The Public Bodies (Joint Working) Act and associated regulations set out the Scottish Government’s plans for health and care integration in Scotland. While there are two broad models in the ... Read More
Austerity economics don’t add up
A UNISON Scotland report on public services and the economy UNISON Scotland launches this report as the process gets under way for scrutinising the Scottish Government draft budget for 2015-16 ... Read More
Dishing the dirt – Cleaners in Scotland’s public services speak out
Long before most of us get to work – or after most of us have left our job a vital yet poorly paid and often overlooked section of the workforce ... Read More
