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‘This not a win for government – it is a warning’ says UNISON as health members vote to ACCEPT pay offer

UNISON, Scotland's largest NHS union, has announced today (Monday) that its members have voted to accept the Scottish government's pay offer. UNISON has announced that 57% of NHS members balloted ... Read More
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UNISON recommends health workers vote ‘ACCEPT’ as pay ballot launches 

More than 50,000 health workers will today (Monday) begin to vote on the Scottish government’s final pay offer – with UNISON recommending its members accept the offer.  UNISON, Scotland’s largest ... Read More
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UNISON to recommend NHS staff vote to accept latest Scottish government pay offer

UNISON, the largest NHS union, is to ballot members on the Scottish government's latest pay offer, which was made during talks late on Tuesday night. UNISON Scotland’s health committee has ... Read More
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Glasgow Caledonian University Support Staff Strike For Pay Justice, says UNISON

UNISON members at Glasgow Caledonian University will strike today (Monday) and tomorrow (Tuesday), to protest another imposed, below-inflation national pay award in the university sector. Security staff kicked off the ... Read More
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UNISON members vote to reject NHS pay offer

Scotland’s largest health union, UNISON, has announced today (Tuesday) that its NHS members have rejected the Scottish government’s final offer on pay. The announcement comes following a two-week consultative ballot ... Read More
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‘Scotland’s national care service bill must be withdrawn’, UNISON’s Scottish Secretary to tell Parliament

UNISON’s Scottish Secretary, Tracey Dalling, will be giving evidence to the Scottish Parliament today (Tuesday) and calling for the National Care Service (Scotland) Bill to be withdrawn. UNISON, Scotland’s largest ... Read More
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Breakthrough pay deal agreed by University of Glasgow UNISON

UNISON members at the University of Glasgow have voted to accept a breakthrough pay deal that will see overall pay rises of between 6% and 12.9% this pay year. UNISON ... Read More
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More than 18,000 assaults on NHS staff last year, says UNISON

Thousands of NHS workers were assaulted at their work last year. The figures are revealed in a UNISON report Violent assaults: NHS staff in Scotland launched today (Thursday). UNISON surveyed ... Read More
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UNISON launches consultative ballot of NHS workers over pay

UNISON Scotland has today (Monday) launched a consultative ballot of NHS workers asking them to vote on the Scottish government’s flat rate pay offer of £2,205. The offer is to ... Read More
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Fund third sector organisations properly or risk a new wave of strikes, warns UNISON

UNISON Scotland has written to the Scottish government today (Friday) calling for an urgent funding injection for the third sector to allow workers to receive pay increases equal to their ... Read More