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Unite construction members are making final preparations this weekend, before starting a five day hike along the iconic West Highland Way on Monday (4 May) to raise money for a Scottish Hospice. The four Glaswegian construction workers have been training hard over the last few months in preparation for the 96-mile trail, where they are […]
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The sun shone down on Unite members as they started a 24-hour strike at three universities across Scotland today (10 April) over an imposed real terms pay cut. Staff joined pickets and rallies at the gates of some of the country’s biggest education institutions, with strike action involving 1,000 Unite members at Glasgow, Strathclyde and […]
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Workers at one of the world’s leading manufacturers of authentic tartan has secured an inflation-busting pay rise thanks to the hard work of the union and reps. Around 70 workers at Lochcarron Mill in Selkirk will see they pay increase rising by up to 6.7 per cent, and with inflation currently at around 3 per […]
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Unite Construction members are swapping safety shoes for walking boots and tackling the West Highland Way to raise money for a Scottish Hospice. Four members of the Joint Trade Union Committee, including Unite’s Darren Burrows and Brian Sutherland, have set an ambitious goal, raising £20,000 for The Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice (PPWH), by […]
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Unite Construction members are swapping safety shoes for walking boots and tackling the West Highland Way to raise money for a Scottish Hospice. Four members of the Joint Trade Union Committee, including Unite’s Darren Burrows and Brian Sutherland, have set an ambitious goal, raising £20,000 for The Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice (PPWH), by […]
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“Verbal abuse is a daily occurrence while driving a bus…It can range from basic insults of being told you are rubbish at your job to personal insults to racial insults to threats to your personal safety.” This is just one anonymous experience from a Scottish bus driver who responded to a Unite survey of over […]
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