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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
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
Return your ballot, a message for waste, recycling and street cleaners
Lilian Macer, UNISON's Scottish Secretary sends a message to waste, recycling and street cleaners who are UNISON members. "Your industrial ... Read More
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Latest local government briefings
Bargaining Briefing 102 – Early Learning & Childcare Delivery Model for 2020
The Scottish government has made a commitment to offer all three and four year olds (and some 2 year olds) ...
Briefing 99 Scottish Local Government Pension Scheme Review
There is a consultation going on about a possible restructuring of Scottish Local Government Pensions schemes. The aim is to ...
Local Governance Review: Democracy Matters
In December 2017, the Scottish government and COSLA jointly launched a Local Governance Review. The aim is to make sure ...
Fairer Scotland Duty
The Fairer Scotland Duty came into force in April this year. The Scottish government has published interim guidance for public ...
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Latest responses and submissions
Consultation on the Children and Young People Bill
UNISON Scotland has supported the principles of Getting it Right for Every Child (GIRFEC) since its inception and we believe ...
Looked after children response
UNISON is Scotland’s largest trade union representing approximately 160,000 members working in the public sector. UNISON Scotland represents over 30,000 ...
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