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Scottish children cannot wait another 15 years for high quality childcare, says UNISON 

Scottish children cannot wait another 15 years for high quality childcare, says UNISON 

Date: Monday 01 June 2015 Responding to another Independent Review of the Scottish Early Learning and Childcare Workforce, UNISON has called time on the Scottish Government, demanding they now act ... Read More
UNISON demands pay uplift for further education staff

UNISON demands pay uplift for further education staff

Date: Sunday 24 May 2015 UNISON today calls for Angela Constance, Cabinet Secretary for Education, to intervene in national pay negotiations for further education staff, which have all but broken ... Read More
UNISON warning over public services in Stirling and Clacks

UNISON warning over public services in Stirling and Clacks

Date: Friday 22 May 2015  Council staff have grave concerns about the future of public services in Stirling and Clackmannanshire, says UNISON. UNISON will present a report to senior managers ... Read More
Statement by UNISON Scotland Labour Link on Scottish Labour Leader Jim Murphy 

Statement by UNISON Scotland Labour Link on Scottish Labour Leader Jim Murphy 

Tuesday 12 May 2015 "The scale of Scottish Labour’s defeat in the General Election result last Thursday indicates the need for a radical change in approach. The problems of Scottish ... Read More
Poorer workers, poorer services: life in ConDem Inverness - UNISON report 

Poorer workers, poorer services: life in ConDem Inverness – UNISON report 

Wednesday 6 May 2015 Poorer workers and poorer public services is the reality of life in ConDem Inverness - that is the damning conclusion of a survey by UNISON Scotland ... Read More
UNISON react angrily to Scottish Government claims that they have maintained 1000 extra police officers

UNISON react angrily to Scottish Government claims that they have maintained 1000 extra police officers

Tuesday 5 May 2015 UNISON Scotland condemn, in the strongest possible terms, the Scottish Government putting out a press release celebrating that they have maintained 17,234 police officers, just hours ... Read More
Make work fair for parents and give children decent childhoods, say UNISON and Child Poverty Action Group

Make work fair for parents and give children decent childhoods, say UNISON and Child Poverty Action Group

Friday 1 May 2015 CPAG, Scotland’s most high profile child poverty charity, and UNISON, Scotland’s biggest trade union have joined together to call on political parties to lay out policies ... Read More
UNISON slams charity for not paying minimum wage back pay

UNISON slams charity for not paying minimum wage back pay

Friday 1 May 2015 UNISON is furious that The Richmond Fellowship Scotland is refusing to pay hundreds of pounds in back pay to staff who have not been paid the national ... Read More
Civil society groups demand ethical public procurement

Civil society groups demand ethical public procurement

Thursday 30 April 2015 Press Release on updated 10 Asks for public procurement on behalf of: NIDOS, the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations, the Scottish Fair Trade Forum, the STUC, ... Read More
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UNISON Scotland launches public services manifesto

UNISON, Scotland’s largest trade union, today launched its manifesto promoting public services for the General Election 2016. The UNISON Public Services Manifesto was launched at UNISON’s General Council at Glasgow ... Read More