Monday 16 March 2015 UNISON Scotland today (16 March) launched a Childcare Charter. The charter calls for an expansion of
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Tag: public services
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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UNISON lambasts council ‘bully-boy’ tactics as councillors threaten closure of mental health charity
Date: Thurs 11 December 2014 UNISON has issued an urgent call to councillors to cease plans to cut a charity’s
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UNISON Scotland statement on First Minister’s programme for Government
Date: Wed 26 November 2014 Mike Kirby, Scottish secretary of UNISON, said “UNISON is Scotland’s largest trade union and we
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Cuts cost lives’ says UNISON – campaigners lobby Glasgow City Council over savage cuts to mental health charity
Date: Tue 11 November 2014 PHOTO/MEDIA OPPORTUNITY: Wednesday, 12 November at 12.45pm, George Square Staff, service users, community groups and
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