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Police staff in Scotland recommended to reject latest pay offer in a ballot
Police workers across Scotland are to be consulted over pay offer, with a recommendation it should be rejected, says UNISON today (Monday). The Scottish Police Authority’s offer of 4.75% on ... Read More
Strikes will close schools for two weeks in first minister’s constituency from today, says UNISON
Schools and early-years centres will close in John Swinney’s constituency of Perth and Kinross for two weeks from today (Monday) after employers failed to deliver a fair wage offer for ... Read More
More than 65,000 assaults on public service workers in the last 12 months, says UNISON
Thousands of public services workers were assaulted as they went about their jobs in the space of a year, according to new research published by UNISON Scotland today (Monday). The ... Read More
Scottish Greens must stop the national care service bill, says UNISON
The Scottish Green Party must ‘call time’ on the national care service bill in Scotland and end this ‘confused and damaging legislation’, says UNISON today (Thursday). The union, alongside organisations ... Read More
Strikes will close schools for two weeks in first minister John Swinney’s constituency,
UNISON, the largest local government union, has notified Perth and Kinross Council that schools and early years centres will close for two weeks from 21 October, in a pay dispute ... Read More
Staff at social care charity Enable Scotland to be consulted on new pay offer, says UNISON
Hundreds of staff working for Enable Scotland are to be consulted on a new pay offer which puts an additional £900,000 into staff pay, says UNISON today (Friday). A strike ... Read More
Biggest NHS union in Scotland votes to accept pay offer
NHS staff have voted to accept the Scottish government’s pay offer, says UNISON today (Friday). Scotland’s biggest health union has been consulting workers over the proposed 5.5% wage uplift across ... Read More
Local government strike ballot could be extended to more workers
Scotland’s largest local government union is considering widening its strike ballot to more than 90,000 staff in councils and associated services over pay. The move comes after all council workers ... Read More
Strike ballots to be issued to staff working in social care charity
Hundreds of staff working for Enable, one of Scotland’s largest charitable social care providers, are to be asked if they're prepared to strike over pay, UNISON says today (Friday). UNISON ... Read More
Council workers vote overwhelmingly to reject latest pay offer
Council staff in Scotland belonging to UNISON have voted overwhelmingly to reject the latest pay offer from local government employers, says the union today (Tuesday). Thousands of staff employed by ... Read More
