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• ‘Now keep your promises’ UNISON tells COSLA & Scottish Gov as council staff accept pay deal

  27 November 2023
  The long running pay dispute which closed schools across Scotland has been brought to an end as UNISON members vote to accept the improved pay ...

• School staff on strike: UNISON members on the picket lines

  26 September 2023
  UNISON members in schools across Scotland begin strike action today (Tuesday) in a dispute over pay. Up to 21,000 members working in over 1,800 ...

• Scottish government £100m funding boost for councils ‘won’t touch the sides’, says UNISON

  21 February 2023
  Commenting on the Scottish government’s announcement today (Tuesday) of a £100 million cash injection to help settle local government pay disputes, Johanna Baxter, UNISON Scotland’s ...

• Recognise, respect and reward council workers

  27 April 2022
  #STUC22 Congress condemned COSLA’s derisory pay offer to council staff which does not address the issue of low pay despite over half of council workers ...

• Community wealth building – not tax dodging freeports

  25 April 2022
  #STUC 22 Congress affirmed that council services are vital to our society and should be at the heart of economic recovery from COVID, through community ...

• Action on equal pay essential for women’s lives

  25 April 2022
  #STUC22 Glasgow’s equal pay campaign was spotlighted at STUC Congress in a motion from Glasgow Trades Union Council that congratulated the women involved in the ...

• Glasgow branch overwhelmingly votes to back new strike action

  7 March 2022
  The long running dispute around equal pay has continued even after the members were awarded a £500m settlement in 2019. UNISON members at Glasgow City Council ...

• UNISON Week 328 – Local Govt pay claim, Ovo threats, HE Ballot & more

  25 January 2022
    UNISON Week 328 – Local Govt pay claim, Ovo threats, HE Ballot & more. Read full newsletter here.

• Local government unions call for a ‘fair and decent’ pay increase as they submit joint pay claim

  18 January 2022
  Local government trade unions have today (Tuesday) submitted a joint pay claim to COSLA calling for a ‘fair and decent’ pay increase to make up ...

• Social work staff call on Scottish Government to ‘keep the promise’ to children, says UNISON

  23 November 2021
  Social work staff are struggling to deliver the services that children and families need due to understaffing, underfunding and a lack of resources, according to ...