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Local Government Conference 2016

Conference reports from a Scotland perspective and where Scotland delegates are particularly involved on 19-20 June 2016. For other reports see

#ulgc16 UNISON will press councils across the UK to oppose TTIP amidst serious and growing anger about the impact of

#ulgc16 Conference supported a campaign to protect vital youth work services which have been devastated in recent years and are

#ulgc16 Local Government Conference slammed the Tory Government’s ideological austerity policies which are having such a devastating effect on local

#ulgc16 Aberdeen City’s Deirdre Macdonald, in her maiden speech to conference, pledged to go back to her branch and work

#ulgc16 In a moving debate, local government delegates made it clear that UNISON welcomes refugees and UNISON will take steps

#ulgc16 Delegates called on the union leadership to continue the campaign against the Tory government’s housing strategy, to press for

#ulgc16 Conference condemned the growing use of Incapability Procedures to sack staff on the grounds of ill-health or performance, as

#ulgc16 “Our members are experiencing intolerable increases in workloads, staffing levels are cut to the bone and morale is at

#ulgc16 South Lanarkshire branch highlighted the increased workload pressures faced by local government workers as a result of the cuts