Unite has criticised a ‘paltry’ fine imposed on a company for health and safety breaches that led to the permanent impairment of a worker. At Dundee Sheriff Court yesterday (May 11), Wallace…Read more…
‘Reckless and destabilising’
Unite the union says controversial energy firm Ineos is being ‘reckless and ‘destabilising’ over pay talks for workers at its plants in Grangemouth. The company – owned by billionaire…Read more…
‘Desperate’ NHS funding plea
There’s no doubt that the NHS is under pressure as it faces rising demand and chronic government underfunding. But seemingly every week new figures reveal just how massive the scale of the…Read more…
‘Attack on democratic rights’
Unite the union has expressed outrage over plans to use members of the armed forces to undermine a strike at the Coulport and Faslane naval bases. Yesterday (April 5) the union was informed…Read more…
Safety bypass?
A major infrastructure project is being built on the backs of injured workers, as the Press and Journal revealed today (April 3) that one construction worker is hurt each week working on the £745m…Read more…
Stand up for national interest
Unite today (April 3) called for the Scottish and Westminster parliaments to carry out urgent inquiries into the sale of the Forties Pipeline System from BP to Ineos. Unite was involved in two…Read more…
Blog: Work in local government in Scotland? Vote to reject this pay deal
If you work in local government in Scotland, have your say and vote to reject this pay deal via unison.org.uk/lgscot17. And stand up for better wages for vital public services.
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Battle of Grangemouth
The author of a new book on the Grangemouth refinery says it’s wrong that such an important national asset is in the hands of just one billionaire. In The Battle of Grangemouth, former…Read more…
Sweet deal
Unite, the foremost experts on negotiating pay in Scotland have launched a blueprint for boosting workers’ pay amid rising inflation and slow pay growth in 2017. Unite negotiated an 8.7 per…Read more…
‘Stitched up’
Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson announced yesterday (March 9) proposals that would threaten 400 jobs, as the firm put forward plans to shut a surgical suture manufacturing plant in…Read more…
Fairness call
Unite members at the Faslane and Coulport naval bases on the Clyde have voted in favour of industrial action, in a dispute over worker rights. Unite says that Babcock Marine is carrying out a…Read more…
‘Give hope for the future’
Unite says it is disappointed that the Scottish Government has failed to agree to invest in offshore infrastructure. The union was reacting following a Members Debate today (February 23)…Read more…
Welcome committment
Unite Scotland has welcomed a commitment by the First Minister to look at bringing fair pay to the union’s members at Marine Scotland. Highland and Islands Labour MSP Rhoda Grant raised the…Read more…
Bus journeys plummet
Unite the union says new figures show that Scotland’s free-for-all privatised bus services are in chaos – with passengers getting a worse service despite increased public subsidy. New Scottish…Read more…
Undermining workers’ rights
Members of Unite at the Faslane and Coulport naval bases on the Clyde are to vote on industrial action, accusing their employer of attacking worker rights. Unite says that Babcock Marine is…Read more…
Buy a stake in our future
Unite is calling on the Scottish government to back a Holyrood motion calling for public investment in the oil and gas industry. A motion from North East Scotland Labour MSP Lewis Macdonald is…Read more…
‘Sort this now’
Communities in the Highlands are being left at high risk in emergencies as ambulance services are stretched to breaking point, with staff working long shifts leaving them dangerously exhausted….Read more…
Scottish council signs care charter
North Ayrshire becomes latest local authority to commit itself to union’s Ethical Care Charter, committing itself to standards for home care services and working conditions
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Glasgow IT workers win job protection
Members vote in favour of package which keeps employment status after outsourcing battle that saw membership increase by 40%
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Cap top bosses pay call
For years there has been an increasing level of anger about ‘fat cat’ pay. The wages of top bosses keep increasing while those of workers are at best stagnating. Twenty years ago the average…Read more…