Thursday 26 March 2015 West Dunbartonshire Council have proposed the closure of their staff nursery at the same time as
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Tag: public services
Borders Council reverses decision to cut 100 local jobs after UNISON campaign
Thursday 26 March 2015 UNISON, Scotland’s biggest public services union, has welcomed the decision by Scottish Borders Council to rethink
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Opinion Poll: Scottish voters election priorities are public services
Thursday 19 March 2015 UNISON Scotland today commented on a new opinion poll which shows that public services are the
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UNISON Scotland launches Childcare Charter
Monday 16 March 2015 UNISON Scotland today (16 March) launched a Childcare Charter. The charter calls for an expansion of
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UNISON report says that ‘mental health staff are working under increasing stress’
Date: Wednesday 04 March 2015 More than 8 in 10 (84%) of mental health staff say that their workload has increased, more
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Stop dumping on waste management staff’ says UNISON Scotland
Date: Friday 23 January 2015 UNISON Scotland conducted surveys amongst staff working in waste management across Scotland’s local authorities. The
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UNISON Scotland urges MSPs to do more on Protecting Public Services
Date: Monday 12 January 2015 UNISON, Scotland’s public service union tells MSPs that Scotland’s public services are living through a
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Christmas message from Mike Kirby, UNISON Scottish secretary
Date: 19 December 2014 2014 was a significant year and we should be rightly proud of the role UNISON played
Read moree-briefing: Autumn Statement 2014
There is a lot of analysis and comment on yesterday’s UK Autumn Statement, but from a UNISON Scotland perspective there
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NHS porters’ workloads and stress go up as their wages go down – new UNISON Scotland report
Date: Wed 17 December 2014 NHS Porters are under pressure and their workloads are going up while the value of
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