• 27 Aug: CoSLA imposing 3 year pay deal is kick in teeth to local government workers
• 27 Aug: UNISON – Police staff cuts 'great news for criminals'
• 16 Aug: UNISON welcomes call for end to council tax freeze
• 11 Aug: UNISON plans public services conference – ‘There is an alternative’
• 11 Aug: UNISON Scottish Secretary pays tribute to Jimmy Reid
• 3 Aug: Pension-cutting private companies rob workers of a decent future
• 2 Aug: Overwhelming rejection of local government pay offer

• 29 July: UNISON comprehensively rejects the Independent Budget Review proposals
• 29 July: 'Not in the public interest': UNISON calls on government to reject privatisation of Scottish Water by stealth
• 29 July: UNISON rejects unwise prescription for assault on public services - response to Independent Budget Review
• 28 July: ‘Three wise men’ – UNISON warns cuts and privatisation will damage the economy
• 27 July: UNISON working to deliver equal pay in the college sector
• 23 July: Lights could go out if ScottishPower jobs are cut - UNISON
• 23 July: Removal of Scottish Water from democratic control would be unwise
• 15 July: Unions step up action at culture and sports body over Glasgow Fair weekend
• 14 July: Frontline police officers in Strathclyde doing staff jobs - UNISON
• 13 July: UNISON seeks meeting with Strathclyde Police over staff jobs freeze
• 7 July: UNISON rejects fat cat attack on public sector pensions
• 2 July: Glasgow culture services strike will hit city centre venues this weekend
• 1 July: UNISON urges Scottish Power and Accenture to reconsider 200 jobs cut

• 30 June: UNISON warns budget cuts put over 130,000 Scottish jobs at risk in public and private sectors
• 29 June: Glasgow UNISON warns employers over 'desperate' action to break solid strikes
• 21 June: UNISON consults members over "unacceptable" council pay offer
• 18 June: Glasgow council worker elected as union president
• 18 June: Unions call in Health & Safety Executive in Glasgow pay strike
• 17 June: UNISON's no-cut alternative budget to save 725,000 jobs (blog - UK release)
• 17 June: UNISON urges social work leaders to speak out on service cuts
• 17 June: Unions target weekend swimming event in Glasgow pay strike
• 15 June: Government double speak and myths about public sector pensions (UK release)
• '15 June: 'Lobby at lunchtime to stop pay cut' - Aberdeen Council UNISON
• 15 June: UNISON rejects attack on Scottish public services by CBI - 'the people who brought you the recession'
• 14 June: The homecare companies that couldn't care less
  (blog: UK release with Scottish example of bad practice)
• 11 June: UNISON welcomes health board elections results
• 10 June: UNISON response to CPPR health spending report
• 3 June: UNISON concerned over deep job cuts in NHS Scotland
• 1 June: UNISON and Stow students plan protest over funding threats to college

• 27 May: Fun day on Sunday marks Welfare Fund centenary
• 26 May: UNISON members to strike against pay cuts at Culture Sport Glasgow
• 24 May: Cuts announcement signals worse to come - everyone will suffer
• 20 May: UNISON wins landmark equal pay ruling in Edinburgh
• 14 May: Glasgow culture and leisure staff step up action
• 4 May: Parliament lobby over Scottish Education Funding Council threats to Glasgow college

• 29 April: Attacks on staff pay and conditions spark strike action in Culture and Sport Glasgow
• 27 April: UNISON calls for action to end work-related deaths and injuries
• 19 April: Pensions – private sector cutbacks threaten burden on the state
• 10 April: UNISON demo urges - stop to 'cradle to grave' cuts
• 9 April: Main healthcare union to quiz candidates and Cabinet Secretary
• 8 April: Water sell-off report is ideological dogma - UNISON
• 6 April: CBI pensions black hole myth - UNISON response

• 31 March: UNISON’s green workplace project wins Climate Challenge funding
• 30 March: Sharks circling Scottish Water - UNISON
• 26 March: Save Britain's waterways by creating the first truly national park says UNISON
• 25 March: Streamlined pay bargaining should be added to Public Service Reform Bill - UNISON
• 24 March: Campaign against sell-off starts in Edinburgh
• 23 March: Private consultants cost Scots councils £42m in a year
• 15 March: MSPs urged to ‘love their libraries’
• 11 March: Public service cuts threaten safety and care standards
• 8 March: Executives and CoSLA have undermined bargaining machinery - UNISON
• 4 March: Taxpayers' Alliance gets its sums wrong on local government pensions again
• 3 March: Troubled city college merger faces further challenge

• 26 Feb: UNISON calls on SPT to recognize staff work
• 25 Feb: Union fury at slap in face for low paid
• 24 Feb: New guidelines to tackle violence at work
• 18 Feb: Accounts Commission report 'misses the point'
• 12 Feb: 98% of city childcare workers threatened and abused
• 8 Feb: Home Carers kicked in teeth by private care company
• 6 Feb: UNISON General Secretary launches Scottish 'Public Works' campaign
• 5 Feb: UNISON General Secretary to launch Scottish campaign with attack on £300m local service cuts
• 3 Feb: 2010 Budget will fail to deliver for Scotland
• 1 Feb: UNISON signs recognition deal with Police Service Authority

• 28 Jan: Relying on Shared Services won’t work - UNISON comments on Local Government Committee finance report
• 21 Jan: UNISON reaches out to community in campaign against cuts
• 20 Jan: UNISON rejects report on 'crude productivity' in NHS
• 16 Jan: UNISON condemns redundancy and reduced hours plan as Edinburgh faces biggest cuts ever
• 13 Jan: Sackings threat as leisure charity hires private contractor
• 7 Jan: UNISON challenges 'very old-fashioned view of the deployment of police staffs'
• 7 Jan: Quango reorganisation fails to simplify pay negotiations - UNISON

• 30 Dec: Disabled Trade Unionists to lobby to support Bus Bill
• 22 Dec: Competition 'efficiencies' cost consumer £11 per parcel!
• 18 Dec: Enjoy the office party, but don't attack paramedics
• 9 Dec: Angry reaction from UNISON on attempts to curb public service pay
• 2 Dec: The Jags Show Racism the Red Card
• 2 Dec: UNISON Scottish Water Branch launches new website

• 26 Nov: welcome for stronger climate change focus for water industry
• 25 Nov: Local Government workers submit pay claim for next year
• 24 Nov: Climate change is a health and safety issue for the planet – trade unions call for strong Copenhagen deal
• 23 Nov: Warning that shared services are not a panacea for savings
• 19 Nov: Staff cuts threat will damage policing - UNISON
• 17 Nov: Paisley stock transfer rejection highlights need for fourth option for council housing
• 12 Nov: Time to tear down wall of secrecy surrounding social work
• 9 Nov: Lobby of college graduation ceremony in campaign against nursery closure

• 30 Oct: UNISON says - education support staff need investment, not cuts
• 19 Oct: Cuts will damage hygiene at Stirling University - UNISON
• 17 Oct: Privatisation, outsourcing and cuts cause problems in care for elderly
• 14 Oct: Glasgow college nursery closure back on as management break promises
• 8 Oct: UNISON calls for action to reduce violent assaults on staff at work
• 8 Oct: Voluntary work with children threatened as government cuts disclosure agency

• 25 Sept: Plinther praises public services during tribute to mother
• 24 Sept: UNISON car parking campaign gains huge public support
• 24 Sept: Public service cuts will increase costs for ordinary families and delay recovery
• 22 Sept: Water industry must prioritise new climate obligations, says SCCS
• 17 Sept: Budget - Government must support public services in crisis caused by market madness
• 17 Sept: Britain’s unions commit to a mass boycott movement of Israeli goods
• 9 Sept: Information Commissioner orders release of key data from PFI prison contract
• 2 Sept: UNISON Scotland slams privatising panic

• 6 Aug: New Children’s Hearing system will increase risk to vulnerable children – UNISON
• 3 Aug: Union 90% vote approves Single Status deal

• 28 July: Nursery closure attempt at Glasgow College prompts strike action ballot
• 20 July: UNISON condemns Quarriers threat to sack 2,000 staff
• 14 July: Surveys point to concerns re social work cover, warns UNISON
• 9 July: Extra cash for Forth Valley College highlights job cuts by diktat
• 8 July: Glasgow council worker elected senior vice president of UNISON
• 3 July: UNISON in Day of Action at Forth Valley College over job cuts by diktat

• 26 June: UNISON welcomes government acceptance of union concerns on community nursing
• 25 June: Scottish social care workers come together to issue ten-point plan to rescue social work
• 24 June: Scotland leads the world in fight against climate change, says SCCS
• 24 June: No bed of roses: UNISON care workers demand minimum wage for sleepovers
• 23 June: Scots climate bill on verge of leading the world, says SCCS
• 22 June: UNISON calls for action following public sector agency pay report
• 17 June: Schools PPP will cost taxpayers dear, UNISON warns
  
• 17 June: Social Work vacancies hit danger point, warns UNISON
• 10 June: UNISON demands Scottish Government action for pay equality in councils
• 9 June: Stop Climate Chaos Scotland - Climate campaigners welcome energy efficiency measures in Climate Change Bill
• 8 June: Action4Equality Scotland issues apology to UNISON member

• 15 May: Shetland's biggest union backs pay offer
• 14 May: International Development Secretary to launch World Justice Festival
• 12 May: Which Way to Equal Pay? – UNISON launches campaign
• 11 May: Kerelaw Report - initial response from UNISON
• 10 May: Glasgow's pay freeze call 'ill-informed or malicious'
• 5 May: Employers urged to ‘Grasp the Thistle’ on living wage

• 27 Apr: Big uptake in Memorial Day activity prompts recognition call
• 22 Apr: Euro candidates must restore working people’s rights
• 21 Apr: Cuts and tendering threaten social care - social workers warn
• 21 Apr: Glasgow outsourcing tax scam removes democratic control, and attacks fair pay
• 20 Apr: Budget must tax the greedy, not cut public services - UNISON
• 20 Apr: Health contractors pocket staff pay increase
• 16 Apr: Glasgow Council refuses UNISON attempt to resolve Community Service strike
• 4 Apr: UNISON urges public service investment and anti-racism in European campaign
• 3 Apr: Hartley decision - UNISON reaction

• 27 Mar: Resource lesson needs to be learned from child protection inspections
• 26 Mar: UNISON welcomes investigation into Glasgow job evaluation
• 22 Mar: UNISON Scotland calls on Euro candidates to make pledge for World Water Day
• 19 Mar: Striking UNISON community service supervisors lobby Glasgow City Council
• 16 Mar: ‘Funeral’ for lost jobs and services in Scotland’s voluntary sector
• 8 Mar: Economic crisis is no time to cut local services
• 7 Mar: Parking demo hits Ninewells
• 6 Mar: PFI car parking contractors in line for £170,000 windfall
• 4 Mar: Councils key to solving housing crisis

• 27 Feb: Enable staff in pay action ballot
• 27 Feb: Real pension divide is between bosses and staff
• 26 Feb: Accounts Commission misses the point on local government
• 18 Feb: 50 frontline jobs at risk in Stirling as budget overspend looms
• 11 Feb: UNISON welcomes decision on Local Income Tax but warns of imminent cuts in local services
• 4 Feb: Community Service strikers to lobby Parliament
• 4 Feb: Tories could deal with social worker crisis themselves
• 3 Feb: Coalition calling on Parliament to deliver strong climate legislation

• 30 Jan: Public money should not subsidise private education
• 28 Jan: Community Service staff action to escalate
• 26 Jan: Shocking Social Work Survey Shows Child Protection is 'Ticking Time Bomb"
• 23 Jan: 170 jobs to go in Stirling as budget overspend looms
• 19 Jan: UNISON comment on CBI 's 'double whammy' for the Scottish taxpayer
• 14 Jan: UNISON urges backing for Health Board Bill
• 12 Jan: UNISON pledges support for Paul Martin's bill to abolish hospital parking charges
• 10 Jan: Glasgow Community Service Workers Strike
• 5 Jan: Scotland's public sector key to reversing economic downturn
• 4 Jan: A warning from Jane Carolan as politicians and press attack our pensions

• 23 Dec: Scottish Water - industrial action likely
• 23 Dec: Glasgow Community Service Supervisors to strike from 6 January 2009
• 19 Dec: UNISON member wins case against lawyer
• 19 Dec: Glasgow NHS ‘twists the knife’ over car parking charges - UNISON
• 15 Dec: UNISON welcomes Committee backing for Health Board Elections
• 10 Dec: Government should accept public view and extend FoI to private contractors
• 5 Dec: Stop Climate Chaos Scotland welcomes Scottish Climate Change Bill

• 26 Nov: Scottish Water pay strike going ahead
• 21 Nov: Meat inspectors vote 2-1 for strike action in run-up to Christmas
• 21 Nov: UNISON Scotland uncovers problems in management of workplace stress
• 19 Nov: Health Boards Bill will Promote Openness and Transparency in NHS
• 17 Nov: Freedom of Information legislation should cover companies delivering PPP/PFI contracts
• 12 Nov: Scottish local government members accept a two year pay deal
• 12 Nov: Scottish Water workers vote to strike for fair pay
• 12 Nov: Action needed on rising violence against public service staff
• 11 Nov: Home help takes equal pay lawyer to court
• 06 Nov: UNISON Scotland response to John Swinney's statement on improving scrutiny of public services
• 03 Nov: Strike threat to meat inspections warns UNISON

• 31 Oct: Concern over loss of maintenance contract
• 22 Oct: Extend in-house pledges to community health centres - UNISON comments on private GP surgery ban
• 22 Oct: Ballot on new offer starts for 100,000 Scottish Council staff
• 21 Oct: Bring back in-house hospital services across UK, says UNISON
• 20 Oct: Industrial action ballot starts in Scottish Water
• 13 Oct: Voluntary Sector unites to demand Fair Funding
• 10 Oct: UNISON to recommend rejection of new pay offer
• 9 Oct: Comment from UNISON on today's announcement in the Scottish Parliament of a review into Scotland's secure accommodation
• 6 Oct: Ofgem probe confirms UNISON prediction of 'golden hole' in flawed energy market
• 2 Oct: Statement from UNISON on the local government pay dispute and suspension of next week's strike
• 2 Oct: Free school meals welcome, but councils need funds to provide the service

• 26 Sept: Industrial action campaign starts in Scottish Water
• 25 Sept: UNISON calls on Council Leaders to resolve pay dispute
• 24 Sept: Council services grind to a halt across Scotland
• 22 Sept: Last month's council service disruption to be repeated on Wednesday
• 22 Sept: UNISON stages 'Cost of Living' race in CoSLA chief's backyard
• 22 Sept: Councils put schoolchildren at risk in desperate attempt to undermine staff strike
• 17 Sept: Further strikes planned in local government dispute
• 10 Sept: UNISON condemns Scottish Futures Trust quango to promote PPP
• 9 Sept: SFT is a costly and unnecessary new quango with staff on six figure salaries
• 5 Sept: UNISON Scotland set to step up strike action as councils fail to improve pay offer
• 2 Sept: UNISON angry at failure to tackle car parking charges
• 1 Sept: Further action "inevitable” over council pay following CoSLA failure to improve offer

• 22 Aug: Successful strike action brings reopening of talks
• 20 Aug: Scottish Councils hit by strike action
• 19 Aug: UNISON General Secretary supports 100,000 members on strike on 20 Aug
• 15 Aug: Scotland's local service providers to strike on 20 Aug
• 15 Aug: Glasgow's nurses warn of staffing crisis on the wards Glasgow & Clyde health union
• 14 Aug: De-recognition threat after East Ayrshire awards care contract to cheapest bidder
• 13 Aug: UNISON's Scottish LabourLink nominates Cathy Jamieson MSP and Bill Butler MSP
• 1 Aug: Scotland's local service providers vote 'Yes' to strike in pay row

• 31 July: Main local government union likely to announce vote for pay strike tomorrow
• 28 July: 'Open' Scottish Government hides PFI information from public - UNISON
• 28 July: Edinburgh Children's Social Work risks meltdown (UNISON Edinburgh Branch site)
• 25 July: Glasgow East - UNISON reaction
• 21 July: UNISON welcomes report findings on value of trade unions to migrant workers
• 16 July: Local council strikes - resolve the dispute before they happen in Scotland
• 4 July: NHS founder's statue to sit beside Mick McGahey
• 1 July: Strike ballot starts for 100,000 Scottish Council staff

• 23 June: Scottish council staff gear up to follow colleagues in ballot for action
• 17 June: UNISON launches migrant workers' charter to challenge rogue employers
• 12 June: Governments must cut poverty to tackle Scotland's health problems - UNISON
• 6 June: NHS pay offer accepted

• 29 May: Scottish local government strike action moves a step closer
• 22 May: UNISON slams threat to Edinburgh school meals
• 20 May: Scottish Futures Trust looks like simply 'PFI-Lite', says UNISON
• 13 May: Abandon PFI, don't tinker with it, says UNISON
• 7 May: UNISON urges wider investigation into Western Isles Health Board
• 6 May: SEPA ballot delivers thumping majority for action
• 1 May: Source school (and hospital) dinners locally, like East Ayrshire

• 28 April: UNISON calls for cuts in violence at work on International Workers Memorial Day
• 24 April: Unions consult on possible industrial action at Carstairs Hospital
• 23 April: 10p tax rate - Labour must look after low paid workers
• 22 April: Equality Award win for UNISON activists
• 21 April: Scottish public services at risk and key to constitution debate
• 16 April: Staff should be given wider role to properly resource police service
• 9 April: Scotland's local government unions reject three-year pay offer
• 8 April: UNISON welcomes NHS pay funding - but no agreement yet
• 8 April: UNISON welcomes rejection of police custody privatisation
• 5 April: UNISON members vote 25 to 1 for new pension scheme
• 4 April: SEPA staff ballot on action over dismissal threat

• 27 March: UNISON urges boost for Scottish Climate Change Bill
• 11 Mar: 'Local' income tax will hit working people and services
• 3 Mar: SEPA staff discuss challenge to dismissal notices
• 3 Mar: UNISON proposes greater democratic control of Scotland's water
• 3 Mar: Staff from first Scottish Health PFI make welcome return to NHS

• 21 Feb:UNISON welcomes rejection of Tory water privatisation plan
• 21 Feb: Water 'mutualisation' would mean higher charges
• 20 Feb: UNISON slams East Lothian sacking threat
• UNISON slams Edinburgh 'Stealth Cuts' and warns of crisis for front line services
• 18 Feb: Scotland's local government unions reject three-year pay offer
• 9 Feb: UNISON UK president calls for increased anti-racist campaigning
• 6 Feb: UNISON condemns privatisation threat to Glasgow's occupational health service
• 5 Feb: Council allows discussions to fail - strike going ahead in Argyll and Bute
• 1 Feb: UNISON members will decide on Aberdeen Single Status

• 31 Jan: Main Argyll & Bute union moves to three days strike
• 29 Jan: Stop Climate Chaos Scotland Say Scotland Can Demonstrate Leadership On Tackling Climate Change
• Scots Climate Change Bill Should Back Workplace Action - UNISON
• 25 Jan: Minister 'worse than Forsyth' in failure to protect staff pensions
• 22 Jan: UNISON anger as botched contract costs staff thousands of pounds in pension rights
• 18 Jan: Hospital car parking charge guidance step forward - UNISON comment
• 17 Jan: PFI companies abusing their position and ripping off the public
• 17 Jan: Fair pay essential to delivery of local council services - UNISON leader
• 15 Jan: Sharing Services won't deliver savings to meet Government targets
• 15 Jan: Law must avoid two-tier protection for public service workers
• 03 Jan: UNISON urges councils - Re-evaluate classroom assistant jobs
• 02 Jan: 'Sicko' screening launches union's campaign to back 60 year-old NHS

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Further Information:

Chris Bartter, Communications Officer (Scotland),
UNISON House
14 West Campbell Street Glasgow
G2 6RX
0141 342 2877
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