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Lack of rest breaks for ambulance staff putting patient safety at risk
Paramedics and other ambulance staff are being asked if they are willing to take strike action in a dispute over rest periods, says UNISON today (Monday). The union says ambulance ... Read More
Strike threat at University of Edinburgh as support staff vote over job cuts, says UNISON
Support staff at the University of Edinburgh will vote on strike action in a row over job cuts, says UNISON University workers, including cleaners, student welfare officers and IT staff, ... Read More
Scottish Water staff to go on two-day strike over pay
Staff at Scottish Water are to start a two-day strike from midnight tonight in a continuing row over pay, says UNISON today (Monday). Strike action will take place across Scotland ... Read More
UNISON recommends NHS staff vote to accept pay offer
Thousands of NHS staff are being urged to vote to accept the Scottish government’s two-year pay offer in a ballot being issued today, says UNISON (Tuesday). The offer, which is ... Read More
Council staff to be issued with strike ballots in dispute over pay, says UNISON
Scotland’s largest union is balloting council staff across Scotland, in the largest vote of its kind in recent years, says UNISON today (Tuesday). The 3% pay offer made recently by ... Read More
Two-day strike at Scottish Water in pay row, says UNISON
Workers at Scottish Water will be on strike for two days later this month in a dispute over pay Staff will take strike action on Tuesday 22 and Wednesday 23 ... Read More
NHS Scotland staff to be balloted on pay offer, says UNISON
NHS staff in Scotland are to be consulted on an above-inflation two-year pay offer, says UNISON today (Tuesday). The union says that cabinet secretary for health Neil Gray has offered ... Read More
Huge rise in private ambulance costs across NHS Scotland is the ‘tip of the iceberg’, says UNISON
Cash-strapped Scottish health boards are paying increasing amounts of their overstretched budgets to private ambulance firms, new figures published by UNISON show today (Wednesday). The union is so concerned about the ... Read More
Local government workers vote overwhelmingly to support industrial action
Scotland’s largest local government union UNISON has announced today (Friday) that council workers have voted in their tens of thousands to back industrial action in a dispute over pay. The union ... Read More
Mass walkout at Scottish Water as staff take action over pay dispute
Scottish Water workers are to go on strike for 24 hours from the early hours of tomorrow morning (Friday) after staff voted overwhelmingly for action, says UNISON today (Thursday) Scotland’s ... Read More
