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Twenty-eight schools in West Dunbartonshire to close today (Wednesday) as dozens of learning assistants take strike action, says UNISON 

20 May 2026 Trisha Hamilton

The staff, who support pupils with profound needs, are walking out in a dispute over how their jobs are graded.

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Care workers ‘won’t be taken for fools’ as strike action takes place across Scotland, says UNISON

1 April 2026 Trisha Hamilton

Social care and housing support workers at Blue Triangle Housing Association are taking strike action across Scotland today (Wednesday) in

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University of West of Scotland support staff balloted on strike action over redundancy threats, says UNISON

24 June 2025 Trisha Hamilton

Support staff at the University of the West of Scotland (UWS) are to be balloted for strike action over the

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Scottish Water workers gear up for third round of strike action, says UNISON

1 May 2025 Trisha Hamilton

Staff at Scottish Water are taking strike action for a third time in weeks, as UNISON announces a further two

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Huge rise in private ambulance costs across NHS Scotland is the ‘tip of the iceberg’, says UNISON

2 April 2025 Trisha Hamilton

Cash-strapped Scottish health boards are paying increasing amounts of their overstretched budgets to private ambulance firms, new figures published by

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Dundee University workers overwhelmingly support strike action, says UNISON

18 March 2025 Trisha Hamilton

UNISON members at Dundee University have voted overwhelmingly in favour of taking industrial action in response to the threat of

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Care strike ballot makes history as staff in charitable sector vote to take action for first time in over a decade, says UNISON

18 March 2025 Trisha Hamilton

UNISON Scotland, the largest union for care workers, has announced today (Tuesday) that staff at Enable Scotland have voted to

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Dundee University needs a management team staff can trust, says UNISON

18 March 2025 Trisha Hamilton

Staff have lost all confidence in Dundee University management over the cash crisis that is likely to lead to hundreds

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Social care employment conditions were a ‘disaster waiting to happen’, says UNISON Scotland

30 April 2024 Trisha Hamilton

  That’s the message UNISON regional manager Peter Hunter will be taking to the Scottish Covid Inquiry when he gives

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First Minister Humza Yousaf resignation – UNISON Scotland response

29 April 2024 Trisha Hamilton

Commenting on the resignation of First Minister Humza Yousaf, UNISON’s Scottish Secretary Lilian Macer said: “I would like to wish

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