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Date: Thursday 11 June 2015
UNISON Scotland welcomes the report from Reform Scotland The Thinning Blue Line released today (Thursday 11 June 2015).
This report mirrors much of what UNISON said at the time Police Scotland was being proposed. UNISON agrees with Reform Scotland that we should: give local authorities more say in local policing; reform the Police Scotland board to make policeRead more…
Wednesday 3 June 2015
UNISON is calling on First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, to uphold the Scottish Government promise that there would be no compulsory redundancies in Further Education sector because of the College Regionalisation programme.
Thirteen catering staff at Glasgow Kelvin College are under threat of compulsory redundancy.
Mandy McDowall, UNISON regional organiser for furtherRead more…
Tuesday 2 June 2015
UNISON is calling on the Scottish Government to urgently increase bursary rates for Student Nurses and Midwives in the next academic year. This recommendation is part of the UNISON’s report Caring, Learning and Worried about Money which was published today (Tuesday 2 June 2015).
The survey of student nurses across Scotland found that 85% of student nurses relied onRead more…
Sun 24 May 2015
UNISON today calls for Angela Constance, Cabinet
Secretary for Education, to intervene in national pay negotiations for
further education staff, which have all but broken down.
UNISON leaders are astonished at the responses they have recovered from further education employers.
UNISON lodged its pay claim on 3 February 2015. The
union is looking to agree a newRead more…
Stop Climate Chaos Scotland is holding a Rally for the Climate on Wednesday May 27 at the Scottish Parliament as part of its ‘For the Love of’ campaign.
UNISON members are urged to take part, even if you can’t attend on the day, by telling First Minister Nicola Sturgeon what you love that is at risk from climate change, and that the Scottish Government needs to do more to cut emissions.Read more…
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Civil society groups demand ethical public procurement
New public procurement rules in Scotland should help tackle
tax dodging, blacklisting and climate change, according to a coalition of civil
society coalitions.
International development charities,Read more…
Wed 15 April 2015
UNISON Scotland are highlighting an independent survey showing that Scots want slaughterhouses to be independently inspected by government meat safety inspectors.
This polling is released when there is continued pressure from Europe to de-regulate meat inspectors, and when meat inspectors have been brought into a new Scottish Government Agency, Food Standards Scotland.Read more…
Earth Hour 2015
takes place next Saturday, 28 March, and is a reminder of the importance of a
global climate deal in Paris in December.
UNISON Scotland
is a strong supporter of WWF’s Earth Hour campaign.
Each year Earth
Hour sees the lights go out on countless famous buildings and in
ordinary homes around the world to raise awareness of the need for action on
climate change.
Friday 6 March 2015
UNISON welcomes interim report from the Scottish Government’s Taskforce for Sustainability and Seven Day Services. This taskforce is considering how we provide round the clock care for patients who need it the most, with a genuinely seven day service for acutely ill patients.
The taskforce met for the first time in April 2014 and this interim report (released today) providesRead more…
Love is in the air this week…love for everything that climate change threatens.
And Stop Climate Chaos Scotland (SCCS) is asking us all to tell First Minister Nicola Sturgeon that we believe a new global climate deal must be agreed at United Nations talks in Paris in December this year.
In the new Show the Love campaign, members and supporters of SCCS members across Scotland, includingRead more…
Tuesday 13 January 2015
UNISON Scotland, the public services union with many members working in Criminal Justice services has urged the Scottish Government to scrap their plans to build a new Women’s prison.
The union has written to Justice Secretary Michael Matheson saying that a tendering exercise for the construction of a new jail near Greenock should be halted.
The plans go against expertRead more…
Wed 26 Nov 2014
Mike Kirby, Scottish secretary of UNISON, said ‘UNISON is Scotland’s largest trade union and we welcome the First Minister’s programme for government. There was much in Nicola Sturgeon’s statement to commend.
We welcome her commitment to protect public services and to increase NHS funding; her commitment to the living wage and to mitigate the problems of welfare reform; andRead more…