Around 8,000 school staff, nursery workers, care workers, caterers and cleaners – the majority of them UNISON members – will walk out on 23 and 24 October in the largest equal pay strike since the…Read more…
RBS closures ‘rubber-stamped’
Unite today (September 28) has criticised the announcement by Johnston Carmichael and RBS that only two branches survive the stay of execution in Scotland. The review, which has been under way…Read more…
Scottish NHS members vote for three-year pay deal
94% vote for deal offering at least a 9% rise over three years, in four-week online ballot
The article Scottish NHS members vote for three-year pay deal first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
‘Significant victory’
Unite today (August 10) has confirmed that members working at Total’s Shetland Gas plant have accepted an improved pay offer. Following a consultative ballot, 65 per cent of Unite members on a 94 per…Read more…
‘You don’t achieve anything in the movement by yourself’
UNISON’s new president Gordon McKay talks about his ambitions for his year in office
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Getting hot, hot, hot – July at UNISON
Whilst UNISON enjoyed the sun and the World Cup as much as the next union, we also didn’t let them stop us working as hard as ever on behalf of our members. Here are just some of our highlights from…Read more…
‘Beggars belief’
Unite the union has today (July 20) reacted to an asbestos exposure incident at the Bridge of Don Academy, Aberdeen by highlighting previous health and safety concerns raised by union…Read more…
Strike action called off in East Dunbartonshire
Talks between unions and the council due to continue this week
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‘First class deal’
Trade union representatives at Rosyth Dockyard working for Babcock have negotiated an excellent pay deal meaning a guaranteed pay increase of £2000 plus a £1000 lump sum for over 700 workers. …Read more…
‘Find your moral compass’
Unite’s condemnation of a swathe of planned Royal Bank of Scotland branch closures was heard loud and clear by the bank’s top brass today (May 30), after members spoke out at the bank’s annual…Read more…
2 Sisters plant to close
Unite has slammed 2 Sisters Food Group for announcing it would shut down a poultry plant in Cambuslang, Scotland, in August, which would see the loss of 450 jobs. 2 Sisters confirmed the…Read more…
‘Very disappointing news’
North Sea oil giant Total has announced that 250 workers in Scotland will lose their jobs following its multi-billion pound takeover of another firm. The losses come despite claims that the…Read more…
There for You needs you!
UNISON’s welfare charity is holding an election to find six trustees to direct its work
The article There for You needs you! first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
‘They did it all for us’
In the second of our ‘Nae Pasaran!’ stories tortured Chilean trade unionist Sergio Requena-Rueda tells of how news of the East Kilbride boycott gave him the will to live Sergio…Read more…
Nae Pasaran!
In the first of two stories we meet the incredible Scottish trade unionists who stood up to brutal Chilean dictator, Pinochet It’s often said that the past has a habit of catching up with you….Read more…
UNISON launches new mobile face-to-face advice service for workers in Edinburgh and the Lothians
UNISON is today (Friday) launching a new face-to-face advice service for employees working in care homes, GP practices or out in the community. The mobile advice unit – a custom-made vehicle with an…Read more…
End RBS branch closures call
Unite Scotland held RBS branch protests today (February 23) as the bank announced top line profits before tax of £2.2bn even amid a mass branch closure programme. Even after tax, set aside for…Read more…
Moray activists fight possible Valentine’s massacre
Branch members take anti-cuts campaign to the streets as they count down to council meeting that could slash services
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Glasgow women to march in their fight for equal pay
Suffragettes will lead Scottish demonstration in continuing struggle over grading system and equal pay
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BiFab ‘work-in’
Workers at BiFab are to stage a ‘work-in’ to save 1400 jobs, as unions say the main Dutch contractor, Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL), is guilty of holding the Scottish yards to ransom in a…Read more…