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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
Dundee University workers overwhelmingly support strike action, says UNISON
UNISON members at Dundee University have voted overwhelmingly in favour of taking industrial action in response to the threat of more than 600 job losses, says UNISON. The union announced ... Read More
Care strike ballot makes history as staff in charitable sector vote to take action for first time in over a decade, says UNISON
UNISON Scotland, the largest union for care workers, has announced today (Tuesday) that staff at Enable Scotland have voted to take strike action in a dispute over pay. This marks ... Read More
Dundee University needs a management team staff can trust, says UNISON
Staff have lost all confidence in Dundee University management over the cash crisis that is likely to lead to hundreds of redundancies, UNISON Scotland will tell politicians at Holyrood today ... Read More
Council workers in Scotland asked to back strike ballot move, says UNISON
More than 70,000 local government workers in Scotland are being consulted over potential pay strikes, says UNISON today (Thursday). Council staff have been asked whether they want to move towards a ... Read More
Anger grows as NHS staff are left high and dry on pay
Scottish health secretary Neil Gray must start NHS pay talks before April, says the country's biggest health union, UNISON today (Tuesday). The union has made the ultimatum in a letter ... Read More
Police Scotland recruitment review threatens jobs and pay, says UNISON
Police staff are at risk of job and pay cuts after Police Scotland’s decision to review its recruitment plan ahead of the National Insurance increase, UNISON warns today (Friday). The ... Read More
Enable Scotland workers urged to vote for strike action over pay, says UNISON
Care workers employed by Enable Scotland are being balloted for strike action after rejecting a "miserly" pay offer worth just a few pence per hour to hard-working staff, says UNISON ... Read More
