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Date: Tuesday 12 January 2016
UNISON local branches across Scotland are calling on Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland, to meet UNISON members to hear about the damage Government policies are having on local government and to discuss the future of local services.UNISON is the biggest trade union in local government and branch secretaries from across Scotland have written to the FirstRead more…
Dismissing the Centre for Policy Studies report on the local government pensions scheme (LGPS) published today (Sunday), UNISON head of pensions Glyn Jenkins said: “UNISON fundamentally disagrees…Read more…
Council services, including elderly care, children’s centres, parks and libraries, among other vital services, have suffered desperately under the weight of the previous government’s spending cuts,…Read more…
Still time to sign petition which will be handed in to Neath and Port Talbot county borough on Monday 11 January
The article Thousands say no to Neath / Port Talbot library closures first appeared…Read more…
UNISON local government members to be consulted in new year on employer’s final offer
The article Local government pay offer consultation to begin in January first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Date: Monday 21 December 2015UNISON Scotland has called on councils and Scottish Government to do more to protect school librarians. UNISON says the evidence is that local councils are seeing school library services as a soft target to meet budget cuts and are cutting school library services across Scotland. UNISON has made a submission in support of School Libraries Petition PE 1581 to theRead more…
Many UNISON members will be keeping the country going over Christmas and the new year
The article ‘Our members support our communities every day of the year’ first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
UNISON members are helping workplaces, their families and communities to warm up for the festive season
The article Christmas cheer and charity first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Employers offer two-year deal of 1%, with more for lower paid staff to match national living wage
The article Local government members to be consulted on pay offer first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
‘Our aim is to make sure this legislation is not carried’, NEC meeting hears
The article Trade Union Bill campaign will be the priority, says executive first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
As wind and rain batters the north of England I want to pay tribute to our members
The article UNISON members are working flat out first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Council services, including elderly care, children’s centres, parks and libraries, among other vital services, have suffered desperately under the weight of the previous government’s spending cuts,…Read more…
The People’s Assembly Scotland is calling for a widespread campaign to back councillors who abandon ‘austerity denial’, urging them to show ‘political leadership’ in defending local services from Scottish and UK government cuts.
The campaign group, to which UNISON Scotland is affiliated, has issued a pack for unions and community groups with a statement of principles, advice on street stallsRead more…
Date: Monday 30 November
2015
A UNISON Scotland report Disconnected,
published today, 30 November 2015, claims that ICT services should focus
on better services. The report highlights that ICT systems are all too
often seen as a way of providing cheaper rather than improved public
services.
This UNISON report is qualitative research ofRead more…
UNISON and War on Want have launch a new film highlighting the threat to our food posed by the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
The article TTIP: A threat to the food on your plate…Read more…
Cuts to local government grant and extra spending commitments for local authorities add up to a £3bn hit on councils, says UNISON today (Wednesday). UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis said: “Today…Read more…
Unite – which represents staff in Oxfordshire county council’s early intervention hubs – will join hundreds of concerned residents on the streets of Oxford tomorrow (Saturday 14 November…Read more…
UNISON campaign highlights closure of over 600 children’s centres since 2010
The article Save our children’s centres first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
My name is Graeme Matheson and I work as a building services engineer
The article The Trade Union Bill: Graeme’s story first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Cymru/Wales local government employers defend facility time, check-off and union rights for council workers
The article Welsh councils and unions unite to oppose Trade Union Bill first appeared on…Read more…