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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 staff to be balloted on new two-year pay offer, says UNISON
Council staff are to be balloted after unions received a two-year pay offer from local government employers Cosla, says UNISON ... Read More
Briefing 157 – Care Management: Fit for purpose?
Care Management is the process for assessing individuals’ needs for social care services. It is integral to the social care ... Read More
Falling local government pay
Local government real terms pay loss examples These real examples show how much local government pay has fallen since the ... Read More
Briefing 154 – Consultation on rent control exemptions
The Housing (Scotland) Bill will introduce a system of long-term rent controls. This briefing gives an overview of the Government ... Read More
e brief Local Government Budgets 2025/26
Audit Scotland has published its assessment of local authority budgets for 2025/26. This e brief presents the headlines. The Audit ... Read More
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 ... Read More
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 ... Read More
Council staff to be issued with strike ballots in dispute over pay, says UNISON
Scotland’s largest union is balloting council staff across Scotland, in the largest vote of its kind in recent years, says ... Read More
Briefing 153 – COSLA’s pay offer: the facts
This bargaining briefing gives the facts about COSLA's pay offer of 17 February. COSLA’s 3% pay offer is a real ... 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 ... Read More
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Latest local government briefings
Briefing 157 – Care Management: Fit for purpose?
Care Management is the process for assessing individuals’ needs for social care services. It is integral to the social care ...
Briefing 154 – Consultation on rent control exemptions
The Housing (Scotland) Bill will introduce a system of long-term rent controls. This briefing gives an overview of the Government ...
e brief Local Government Budgets 2025/26
Audit Scotland has published its assessment of local authority budgets for 2025/26. This e brief presents the headlines. The Audit ...
Briefing 153 – COSLA’s pay offer: the facts
This bargaining briefing gives the facts about COSLA's pay offer of 17 February. COSLA’s 3% pay offer is a real ...
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Latest responses and submissions
Future of Foster Care Response
The Government is consulting on its plans for the Future of Foster Care. This is part of the implementation of ...
National Care Service Bill (Stage 2) Draft Amendments: Call for Views
On 24 June the Scottish Government belatedly published its draft amendments to the National Care Service (Scotland) bill. This is ...
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 ...
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