Date: 19 December 2014 2014 was a significant year and we should be rightly proud of the role UNISON played
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Tag: public services
e-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
Read moree-briefing: Draft Scottish Budget 2015-16
While the headlines in the budget are around the fiscally neutral new taxes, it is the budget allocations that matter
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Violence against public service staff has nearly doubled – UNISON Scotland
Date: Fri 24 October 2014 Violence against public service workers in Scotland has increased yet again last year and has
Read moree-briefing: Health and social care integration regulations
The principles of health and care integration are set out in the Public Bodies (Joint Working) Act 2014. However, the
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Public sector living through ‘lost decade’ – UNISON Scotland
Date: Thu 16 October 2014 In a damning report ‘Austerity economics don’t add up’, released today, UNISON say public sector
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