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Catch up with the latest updates at Fighting for Scottish Council Workers
Catch up with the latest updates at Fighting for Scottish Council WorkersLatest updates
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 ... 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, ... Read More
School and bin strikes planned for First Minister’s constituency of Perth and Kinross
The largest union in local government is planning to close schools and waste services in the Perth and Kinross constituency ... Read More
Don’t blame public service staff for government cuts’ says UNISON
The Scottish government must find the money to fund pay increases for workers in essential public sector roles without cutting ... Read More
Bin strikes in Scotland suspended
Waste, recycling and street cleansing strikes that were due to be staged later this week have been put on hold, ... Read More
Briefing 146 – Local Government Benchmarking report
The Improvement Service have published their twelfth annual "Local Government Benchmarking Framework Report" The report is compiled for CoSLA & ... Read More
Union confirms strike dates for waste recycling and street cleaning staff
UNISON, the largest local government union, has notified 13 councils that strikes will take place over nine days between 14 ... Read More
School, early years and family centre staff in Scotland begin strike vote over pay, says UNISON
Tens of thousands of staff in schools, early years education and family centres in Scotland are being balloted for strike ... Read More
Local government strikes to go ahead despite Cosla talks, say UNISON
The largest union in local government says strikes are set to go ahead after they rejected a revised pay offer ... Read More
Strike ballots to be issued to staff working in schools, early years and family centres, says UNISON
UNISON has written to all councils in Scotland to inform them strike ballots will be issued to more than 38,000 ... Read More
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Latest local government briefings
Briefing 146 – Local Government Benchmarking report
The Improvement Service have published their twelfth annual "Local Government Benchmarking Framework Report" The report is compiled for CoSLA & ...
Briefing 143 National Care Service Bill: Reform of Integrated Joint Boards
This briefing gives an overview of the IJB reforms set out in the government’s Stage 2 amendments to the NCS ...
Investing in Planning – seeking input from members in planning departments
Scottish Government consultation on resourcing Scotland’s planning system - feedback invited to inform UNISON response The Scottish Government is consulting ...
Briefing 142 Local Government Funding Settlement 2024-25
This briefing is on the Local Government Funding Settlement for 2024-25. It includes details of every council's financial allocation. Local ...
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Latest responses and submissions
Housing (Scotland) Bill response
The Housing (Scotland) Bill was introduced to Parliament on 26 March 2024. The bill has six main parts which include ...
Delivering net zero for Scotland’s buildings: Heat in Buildings Bill
This is UNISON Scotland's response to the Scottish Government consultation on its proposed Heat in Buildings Bill. We are members ...
Democracy Matters: Local governance Phase 2 consultation
This is UNISON's response to the Scottish Government and COSLA ‘Democracy Matters: Local governance Phase 2 consultation’. The consultation is ...
Additional Support for Learning (ASL)
This is our response to the Education, Children and Young People Committee’s call for views on Additional Support for Learning ...
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