Workers at drinks giant Diageo have voted to take industrial action over plans to slash their pensions at a time when the company is making massive profits. Members of Unite voted by an…Read more…
When Sir Alex Ferguson met UNISON’s Tom Hart
Union steward and football legend feature in Scottish government lung cancer awareness film
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Welcome announcement
Caving in to pressure from all sides, including lobbying and campaigning from Unite, the UK government has finally announced today (November 4) that work on the long-awaited Type-26 frigates would…Read more…
Fuel poverty rising
Unite says politicians need to support public ownership of energy companies if they are serious about tackling the country’s fuel poverty crisis. Yesterday (November 3) Scottish Housing…Read more…
North Ayrshire – a living wage employer
UNISON welcomes accreditation for latest Scottish council
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Inverclyde signs up to UNISON’s Ethical Care Charter
Health and social care partnership commits to achieving fair work, better pay and improved quality of care on eve of Living Wage Week
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UNISON and Scottish FE employers to talk at Acas
Further education committee agrees to talks, but further strikes remain a possibility
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Undercover cop inquiry call
A review into undercover policing in Scotland is too narrow and needs to be broadened into an inquiry that will include the use of police spies during the historic 1980s print workers strike, Unite’s…Read more…
Protect North Sea jobs
Scotland’s biggest union has called for urgent government action to protect jobs in the North Sea. Unite the union was commenting after a new report from the industry body Oil & Gas UK…Read more…
Work with the Board
Less than a year ago, the Scottish government did the right thing and decided to retain its Agricultural Wages Board (SAWB) which sets minimum wages and terms and conditions for farm workers. …Read more…
Keep health visitor promises
Scotland’s leading health visitors’ union says the Scottish government has to keep its promises on fair funding and extra staff if it wants the named person scheme to be a success. The…Read more…
Strong and determined
Security staff at Community Safety Glasgow say they are standing firm against cuts of up to £4,000 in their take-home pay. Around 30 Unite members started strike action today (September 7)…Read more…
A matter of life and death
The NHS is continually criticised by its government regulator for being in the red – but it’s the beleaguered services that really matter
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Finding a way through Brexit
As the UK wonders what happens next in a post-Brexit world, UNISON is acting now
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Defend our bus service
Unite has urged Edinburgh citizens to tell their councillors not to go ahead with controversial plans for Lothian Buses. Yesterday (August 30), members of Edinburgh’s transport committee…Read more…
When Chris met Jeremy
Unite Community member Chris Trestrail from Aberdeen got the chance to put some questions to Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn, as part of Jeremy’s recent campaign visit to Scotland. They talked…Read more…
Scotland’s FE workers to strike on Tuesday 6 September
First national strike will take place in support of fair pay and parity with lecturer colleagues
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Public buses before profit
Banton is a small village in North Lanarkshire. Like many places in Scotland, people there rely on local buses to get to work, to school, to college, to see friends and family, and to get to…Read more…
An attempt to split the United Left
The United Left is the dominant faction within UNITE, including both General Secretary Len McCluskey and a majority of the union’s Executive Council. It appears from the letter below that there is an attempt to split the United Left in Scotland, a m…Read more…
Unite Scotland house build call
And from the south east of England to Scotland – Unite is out to defeat the UK’s housing misery crisis. Unite Scotland announced (August 19) it is backing calls for a national strategy to…Read more…