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Scottish Water in Crisis – MSP briefing

8 November 2023 Stephen Low

Scottish Water is in crisis, with staff about to go out on strike. On Tuesday Scottish Water staff from UNISON

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Conference

UNISON will organise for the participation of low paid women

19 June 2018 Editor

Women make up 75% of our UNISON membership with many of them working in low paid jobs, yet the percentage

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Low-paid women will welcome MSPs equality plan, says UNISON

26 June 2017 Trisha Hamilton

UNISON Scotland has welcomed the Scottish Government’s report on pay equality and says it gives hope to low-paid women. The

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UNISON welcomes introduction of Scottish Living Wage for social care

30 September 2016 Danny Phillips

UNISON welcomes the Scottish Government commitment to introduce the Scottish Living Wage across the social care sector in Scotland, from

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Briefings

Briefing 076 Bargaining – Pay – May 2016

20 May 2016 UNISON Scotland

KEY POINTS: Pay in Scotland has fallen 12% in real terms since 2011 If it has risen in line with

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Pay all care workers living wage, says UNISON

2 May 2016 Danny Phillips

UNISON is calling on all employers to pay the living wage to care workers and all councils to adopt UNISON’s

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Young workers worth ‘better than zero’

19 April 2016 Editor

#STUC16 Young members were joined by other STUC delegates and TUC president Liz Snape in demonstrating for ‘Better than Zero’ workers’

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Early Learning and Childcare 1140 Hours expansion

17 March 2016 Kay Sillars

Response to the Scottish Government Consultation on its programme of trials regarding its commitment to expand childcare to 1140 hours

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UNISON secures end of low pay deal for NHS staff in Lanarkshire

5 March 2016 Ronald Torrance

UNISON, the largest union in NHS Lanarkshire, is working with NHS Board to raise the wages of its lowest paid

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Argyll and Bute UNISON achieve end to ‘zero hours’ contracts

29 January 2016 UNISON Scotland

Date: Friday 29 January 2016 Against a background of budget cuts and job losses UNISON, the union for council workers

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