PublicServiceFutures11_Winter2015 Public Service FUTURES Issue 11 – Winter 2015: Cuts and more cuts: Analysis of Osborne’s Autumn Statement Fatter cats: The bosses’
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Dumped on – working in Scotland’s waste management services
Waste management is one of the least considered but most essential of public services. Most of us take for granted
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Council Connections 10 – Jan 2015
The Budget Bill The Budget Bill offers little relief to hard pressed councils who are bearing the brunt of austerity
Read moreBreaking point: overworked and underpaid
Scotland’s hospital porters speak out UNISON Scotland has undertaken a survey of NHS porters to find out how current austerity
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TTIP – Implications forScotland
As a public sector trade union, UNISON is opposed to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership as we believe it
Read morePublic Service FUTURES Issue 10 – Autumn 2014
PublicServiceFutures10_Autumn2014 Public Service FUTURES Issue 10 – Autumn 2014: Delivering Equality: COSLA Commission on Strengthening Local Democracy final report Re-inventing
Read moreUnder pressure – Scotland’s occupational therapists speak out
UNISON Scotland has surveyed our members working in occupational therapy across Scotland to assess their view of the current state,
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Violence at Work: A Survey of UNISON employers and Staff in Scotland 2014
Since 2006, UNISON Scotland has carried out an annual survey of assaults to public sector workers by issuing a Freedom
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Scottish Government Draft Budget 2015-16 response
In this brief response we provide some key background context and concentrate on spending relating to the three National Performance
Read moreThe price of everything and the value of wages
“I just get by. Normally I am really struggling by week three. If my bills and rent go up any
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