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Police staff consulted over strike after cuts to redundancy and retirement rights announced,

Forensic specialists, custody staff, emergency control room workers and other staff at Police Scotland are to be consulted over potential strike action following huge cuts to voluntary redundancy and retirement ... Read More
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Enable workers in Aberdeenshire and Moray to walk out over pay, says UNISON

Care workers employed by Enable Scotland in Aberdeenshire and Moray will walk out tomorrow (Tuesday) in a dispute over pay, says UNISON today (Monday). Five days of strikes are being ... Read More
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Scottish Water workers to protest at company’s Glasgow offices

Striking Scottish Water staff will demand bosses stop playing games and start talking about pay at a protest outside the company’s Shieldhall offices in Glasgow tomorrow (Wednesday), says UNISON. Members ... Read More
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Scottish Water staff to walk out after rejecting latest pay offer, says UNISON.

Scottish Water staff to walk out after rejecting latest pay offer, says UNISON. Staff at Scottish Water are to strike for another seven days after rejecting the firm's latest pay ... Read More
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Enable Scotland workers to walk out over pay

Care workers employed by Enable Scotland will walk out tomorrow (Thursday) in a dispute over pay, says UNISON today (Wednesday). The strike will roll out across five days in different ... Read More
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Double whammy for local government workers

Commenting on Audit Scotland’s Local Government Budgets 2025/6 report and latest inflation figures, UNISON Scotland’s regional manager Kay Sillars said today (Thursday): “Council workers in Scotland have been hit with a double whammy ... Read More
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Strikes at Scottish Water to resume, say unions

Scottish Water staff will resume strikes after unions representing the workers today (Friday) accused management at the company of 'playing games'. UNISON, Unite and GMB said negotiations at arbitration body ... Read More
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NHS staff vote to accept two-year pay offer, says UNISON

NHS staff have voted to accept the Scottish government’s two-year pay offer, says UNISON today (Thursday). Members of Scotland’s biggest health union have voted overwhelmingly (86%) to accept a deal ... Read More
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Enable Scotland workers announce strike dates

Care staff working at Enable Scotland are to go on strike in a dispute over pay, their union UNISON has announced today (Wednesday). The action, which begins later this month, ... Read More
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Local government workers’ strike ballot begins in dispute over pay, says UNISON

Tens of thousands of council staff in Scotland will receive formal ballot papers from today (Thursday) as they choose whether to vote for strike action over pay, says UNISON. The ... Read More