http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk Latest news from Scotlands public service union en-us (c) Copyright 2008-2012, UNISON Scotland webmanager@unison-edinburgh.org.uk (webmanager) mirabyte Feed Writer http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/pics/unishadow2.gif http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/index.html 138 85 That was the message from UNISON, the police staff union, speaking ahead of today’s stage one debate on the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Bill at the Scottish Parliament. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2012/mayjune/1005.htm That was the message from UNISON Scotland today ahead of a meeting of the Scottish Parliament’s education committee in Edinburgh http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2012/mayjune/0805a.htm That was the message from Scotland’s local government unions today as they lodged their annual pay claim on behalf of council workers in a bid to end the continued pay freeze http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2012/mayjune/0805.htm UNISON response to stage 1 report on Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Bill - plans to maintain the Scottish Government’s target of 1,000 extra police officers will lead to large scale civilian cuts and turn the policing clock back decades. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2012/mayjune/0205.htm UNISON response to Lothian Health Statement over failings by PFI contractor Consort http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2012/marapr/2004.htm Launch of UNISON Scotland social care manifesto for local government elections http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2012/marapr/1804.htm MSPs urged to stop pensions 'tax' on health workers http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2012/marapr/1704.htm Use your vote for public services on 3 May. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/publicworks/questions12.html Aberdeen City UNISON branch is celebrating after its campaigning to stop the privitisation of of corporate governance services proved sucessful. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2012/marapr/0504.htm UNISON Scotland has today (Thursday) launched a guide to raise awareness of the discrimination faced by Gypsy Travellers and to offer advice to its members on effectively engaging with these communities. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2012/marapr/2903.htm Nearly half of public sector workers polled in a recent UNISON Scotland survey said sickness absence policies encourage staff to turn up ill or injured at work. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2012/marapr/2803.htm Health workers will be lobbying the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday (March 27), calling on MSPs to seek a Scottish solution to the proposed changes to NHS pensions. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2012/marapr/2603.htm UNISON Scotland has condemned today's budget as tax cuts for the rich few while a whole generation is consigned to mass unemployment because of crazy austerity economics. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2012/marapr/2103.htm New UNISON study argues for proper service redesign instead of back office cuts through flawed 'shared service' models. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2012/marapr/2003.htm Dave Prentis on UNISON's alternative budget. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2012/marapr/1903.htm Scottish taxpayers face millions in VAT for the new single tier police and fire authorities - plus huge job losses. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2012/marapr/1403.htm Aberdeen councillors must keep vital public services in house and abandon flawed privatisation plans. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2012/marapr/1403a.htm UNISON has called on Justice Secretary Kenny McAskill to start planning a modern, balanced police team – with the right people doing the right jobs – rather than cutting thousands of vital police staff posts to meet police officer targets and budget savings. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2012/marapr/1203a.htm Selective strikes against pensions tax on health workers increases pressure for Scottish solution. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2012/marapr/1203.htm UNISON’s police staff members have won a victory in their campaign against massive cuts in terms and conditions - including wage cuts of up to 35% - as these proposals have now been withdrawn. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2012/marapr/0903.htm People are concerned and angry about Glasgow Council using personalisation of care services as cover for budget cuts - rather than empowering users and carers, according to Scotland’s main public services union UNISON. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2012/marapr/0803.htm UNISON Scotland will on Monday 5 March launch a further round of industrial action on changed proposed to NHS pensions. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2012/marapr/0203.htm Police staff union UNISON has warned the Scottish Parliament that plans for a new unified force could result in 2,000 police officers taken off front line crime fighting. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2012/janfeb/0228.htm UNISON Scotland has called for direct Scottish Government intervention to stop over 100 jobs being cut at careers agency Skills Development Scotland (SDS) in the face of a mounting youth unemployment crisis. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2012/janfeb/0227.htm UNISON seeks 'reality and sanity' in energy debate, devolution of energy powers to Scotland, more action on climate change and an end to fuel poverty. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2012/janfeb/0224.htm Fears over plan to end voluntary severance scheme three months before start of new Scottish police force. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2012/janfeb/0222.htm Police staff union UNISON has voiced concerns in the Parliament over plans for a new Scottish police force – especially a direct threat to 2,000 vital support staff. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2012/janfeb/0221.htm UNISON has called on Education Secretary Mike Russell to set up an independent investigation into allegations of a “culture of bullying and harassment” by some senior staff at Adam Smith College in Fife. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2012/janfeb/0220.htm UNISON Scotland has called for a review of local government funding to prevent further loss of vital local services and job following news of local council budgets approved across Scotland. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2012/janfeb/0209.htm You can’t cut your way to better public services - launch of UNISON Scotland manifesto for 2012 local government elections http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2012/janfeb/0204.htm As part of National Libraries Day, 4 February 2012, UNISON Scotland has called on councils to defend their local library services - not cut them. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2012/janfeb/0203.htm Cutting 2000 police staff jobs would take Scottish policing back to the 1970s - like Life on Mars but in fact, not fiction - says UNISON. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2012/janfeb/0126.htm Branch calls on Alex Neil to apologise for 'completely unacceptable' attack on union members by SNP Minister - who is partly responsible for cuts in jobs and services. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2012/janfeb/0123.htm UNISON Scotland has called on the Scottish Government to do the right thing by public services and the people who provide them following the publication of the Budget Bill today (Friday 20 January 2012). http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2012/janfeb/0120.htm UNISON Scotland has welcomed the decision by Edinburgh City Council to support in-house bids for vital city services instead of privatising them. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2012/janfeb/0119.htm A new Bill to create a single Scottish police force could have a damaging effect on law and order if it signals a fresh round of cuts to police staff, UNISON Scotland said today, Tuesday 17 January 2012. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2012/janfeb/0117.htm UNISON’s elected lay representatives vote overwhelmingly to sanction further negotiations over public service pension schemes http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2012/janfeb/0110.htm Edinburgh City Council decision to abandon Supreme Court appeal is another equal pay triumph for low paid women in UNISON http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2012/janfeb/0110a.htm Following a ballot, UNISON members in the ambulance service have rejected an offer of payment for working rest breaks. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2012/janfeb/0106.htm New Year message to members from Mike Kirby, Scottish Secretary http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2012/janfeb/newyearmessage.htm No decisions till service groups meet in January http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/pensions/index.html UNISON Scottish Secretary Mike Kirby's speech at pensions strike rally in Glasgow's Barrowland Ballroom http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/novdec/3011.htm “Cutting pensions to pay for bankers is neither fair nor justifiable “ says largest public services union http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/novdec/2711.htm Legal ruling in favour of female members taking equal pay claims against Edinburgh City Council means women can compare their pay with men employed in different workplaces. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/novdec/1511.htm UNISON Scotland has endorsed Johann Lamont and Ian Davidson in the election to be Leader and Deputy Leader of Scottish Labour, following a hustings meeting involving all candidates. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/novdec/0511.htm Public services union UNISON says the huge rise in directors' pay and rewards show that workers in public services are right to ballot for strike action to protect their pensions. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/septoct/2810.htm UNISON has condemned Edinburgh Council for gambling with jobs and services as it sets out plans to sell off the city’s essential cleansing, waste and award-winning parks services. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/septoct/2110.htm UNISON has accused Edinburgh City Council of behaving like “a bizarre cross between Dad’s Army and the KGB”, following a newspaper interview where leader Jenny Dawe revealed details of a survey that the council had been trying to keep secret, and also details of the confidential bidding process to run the city’s refuse collection. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/septoct/1910.htm Demand for consultation and scrutiny as council censors critical report revealing public attitudes to proposed £1 billion privatisation of Edinburgh's services. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/septoct/1510.htm UNISON, Scotland’s largest union in public services will launch its annual violence at work report at a health and safety conference at Stirling University tomorrow (14 October). http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/septoct/1310.htm As unemployment reaches its highest level in 17 years, UNISON, Scotland’s largest union in public services called on the Scottish Government to put people back to work doing the jobs that need to be done. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/septoct/1210.htm The UNISON members at Glasgow's Stow College are staging a rally on Wednesday 12 October in support of their campaign to win a Living Wage from their employers. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/septoct/1110.htm Vast majority of UNISON’s 165,000 members in Scotland will be asked, at the same time as the rest of the union's 1.1 million members throughout the UK – to vote YES for action to protect their pensions http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/septoct/0410.htm UNISON members at Stow College will embark on the first day of their strike campaign to achieve a Living Wage http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/septoct/2709.htm Scotland's ambulance workers have overwhelmingly rejected latest proposals by the Scottish Ambulance Service to resolve a protracted working time dispute. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/septoct/2309.htm Scottish Government must take responsibility for social care procurement and ensure the focus is on better care, not cheaper care. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/septoct/1509.htm The union, which is sponsoring the tour this year, will bring its public services message to the event today. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/septoct/1109.htm Hundreds of social care staff who are facing pay cuts of up to 23 per cent will go on strike tomorrow (Tuesday), says UNISON. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/septoct/0509.htm UNISON Scotland welcomes West Dunbartonshire decision against plan with 'Edinburgh trams' written all over it http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/julyaug/3108.htm UNISON members in Quarriers have set a date for strike action to oppose the imposition of pay cuts of up to 20% http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/julyaug/3008.htm A UNISON survey of the staff who will be responsible for Skills Development Scotland's new Careers Information and Guidance strategy shows that they do not believe it can deliver. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/julyaug/2908.htm UNISON members at Quarriers are determined to resist brutal pay cuts on staff which will see over 560 staff take a pay cut of 10% while others will lose as much as 23% http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/julyaug/2608.htm UNISON Scotland has welcomed a groundbreaking Freedom of Information (FOI) decision by Scottish Information Commissioner Kevin Dunion, but said it was 'scandalous' that it showed Scottish Water has no business cases for nine PFI contracts http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/julyaug/2208.htm Artists will paint a real picture of the damage caused by public sector cuts at UNISON's Mobilise Festival in Edinburgh, alongside musicians, comedians and special guests http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/julyaug/1108.htm This plan has 'Edinburgh Trams' written all over it. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/publicworks/sharedservices/briefing090811.html UNISON calls for pension fairness, as a study by the High Pay Commission revealed a huge inequality between the value of, and access to, pensions in the private sector http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/julyaug/0808.htm UNISON has condemned John Mason MSP's motion on equal marriage. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/julyaug/0508.htm UNISON says police boards are employing ‘bully boy tactics’ in a bid to force civilian staff to accept a severe cut in terms and conditions. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/julyaug/0208.htm Unions have warned that the fall-out from Edinburgh council's £1billion privatisation plans could be 'worse than the trams', as citizens take things into their own hands by organising public meetings across the city to demand answers from the council http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/julyaug/0108a.htm In an open letter to The Herald newspaper in Scotland, Mike Kirby, Scottish Secretary questions potential attacks on the human rights organisation, B'Tselem, which has been supported by UNISON. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/julyaug/2207.htm UNISON today reiterated its call for the government to take action to tackle fuel poverty, as Scottish and Southern Energy became the third major UK energy supplier to announce double digit price increases http://www.unison.org.uk/asppresspack/pressrelease_view.asp?id=2377 More than 200 senior activists and UNISON staff from across the UK, will gather in London today (19 July), to draw up a fighting strategy for the next stage in the union’s pension campaign http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/julyaug/1907.htm UNISON, Scotland’s largest union in public services, has joined together with communities across Glasgow to fight against service cuts. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/julyaug/1507.htm An Audit Scotland report today warns that cutting police staff will lead to a cut in frontline policing http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/julyaug/1407a.htm UK government figures released yesterday show the true cost of private finance initiatives, says Scotland’s largest public service union http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/julyaug/1407.htm Staff at Quarriers face losing almost a quarter of their pay if proposed cuts go ahead http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/julyaug/1107.htm UNISON the union representing ambulance workers in Scotland has rejected meal break proposals put forward by the Scottish Ambulance Service http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/julyaug/0807.htm UNISON Scotland marks NHS anniversary with ‘I am frontline’ campaign http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/julyaug/0407.htm UNISON Scotland will today make an urgent plea to the Scottish Government to put care before cost and to reconsider its decision to close St Philip’s secure unit http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/mayjune/3006.htm UNISON Scotland welcomes bottom-up approach to public service reform outlined in the report of the Christie Commission http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/mayjune/2906.htm UNISON, Scotland’s biggest union in the community and voluntary sectors, has urged Justice Minister Kenny MacAskill to urge a rethink about the closure of a secure unit for vulnerable boys in North Lanarkshire. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/mayjune/2306.htm Finance Secretary John Swinney agrees increased pension contributions will place unnecessary burden on public service workers already suffering pay restraint and rising living costs. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/mayjune/2206b.htm UNISON, the union representing ambulance workers in Scotland, has hit out at ill-informed criticism of paramedics’ meal breaks. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/mayjune/2206a.htm UNISON President Angela Lynes today called on delegates at the union’s national delegate conference to join together to fight the cuts http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/mayjune/2106.htm This ill-informed attack on public sector pensions has nothing to do with a pensions deficit and everything to do with making public sector workers pay to clean up the financial mess left by the city bankers. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/mayjune/1706.htm UNISON Scotland is urging the Government to think again about its plans to cut funding to the country’s secure units for children. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/mayjune/1606a.htm The shock findings of a UK-wide UNISON survey shows that almost one in three Scottish workers have been bullied, or witnessed bullying, over the past six months. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/mayjune/1606.htm UNISON today warned of the high cost of setting up public service factories in a bid to save councils cash http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/mayjune/1006.htm UNISON Scotland today welcomed concerns from MPs who warned that the Treasury has not carried out a proper assessment of the impact of changes to public service pensions http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/mayjune/2605.htm SCOTLAND’s most vulnerable young people are under attack by government cuts as thousands of staff in the community and voluntary sector face redundancy. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/marapr/2804a.htm UNISON, Scotland’s largest union representing police staff, has condemned plans to plug staffing gaps by taking police officers off the streets to perform civilian roles. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/marapr/2804b.htm Events around Scotland http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/safety/wmd.html Trade unionists, community groups and members of the public will gather in Glasgow today to lobby against service cuts for disabled people http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/marapr/2804.htm Workers should not be forced to pay a pension tax to compensate for the bankers’ greed, UNISON told the STUC Congress in Ayr on Wednesday. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/marapr/2004.htm Cuts to social care provision should not be disguised by words such as 'personalisation' and 'reform', says UNISON. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/marapr/1904.htm Contenders for the position of Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing in the next Scottish Government will lay out their stalls at a major UNISON Scotland Health Conference in Glasgow today http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/marapr/1504.htm UNISON Scotland has condemned planned cuts by Glasgow Caledonian University, claiming students will face a dark future if cuts go ahead. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/marapr/3103.htm Colleges throughout Scotland take part in a day of action to raise public awareness of the extent of Government’s cuts to further education. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/marapr/3003.htm UNISON, the union for power industry staff, is considering legal action over the proposed transfer this Friday of 300 vital IT staff who provide support to critical IT systems for ScottishPower. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/marapr/2903.htm UNISON Scotland has slammed Osborne’s decision to cut corporation tax for rich businesses, claiming the focus should be on collecting taxes not cutting them. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/marapr/2303.htm UNISON Scotland today launched a guide to help social workers stay safe in the workplace. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/marapr/2103.htm Prentis warns Government will use today’s Hutton report as a Trojan horse to raid the pensions of millions of public sector workers. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/pensions/index.html UNISON, Scotland’s largest union in public services, has criticised the submission by the CBI to the Christie Commission on the future delivery of public services, claiming the bosses' body is 'living in a Thatcherite wonderland'. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/janfeb/2102.htm UNISON says another costly PFI scheme would be bad value for money for taxpayer, after press reports that two Scottish police forces were in discussions with private security firm G4 Security to provide prison cells http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/janfeb/1502.htm UNISON Scotland says Government moves to dictate how council budgets are spent is effectively 'handcuffing' local authorities and sounds the death knell for democracy http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/janfeb/1002.htm UNISON, Scotland’s largest trade union in public services, has called for a bottom-up approach in the future delivery of public services. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/janfeb/0802.htm UNISON Scotland today launches its manifesto as part of its Public Works campaign to defend public services http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/janfeb/0502.htm Aberdeen City UNISON has welcomed the Scottish Government’s intervention over Aberdeen City Council’s proposal to make more than 900 people compulsorily redundant http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/janfeb/2801.htm The impact of the government's policies will be felt hardest by older people, disabled people, children at school who have additional support needs and poor families - this is the conclusion from a UNISON branch analysis of South Lanarkshire Council's budget cuts package. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/janfeb/2601.htm Aberdeen City UNISON has launched a campaign to defend threatened Pupil Support Assistants ahead of a crucial council budget meeting on 10th of February. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/janfeb/2401.htm Glasgow UNISON says the savage cuts being imposed across city’s colleges will have a devastating impact on employers, families and entire communities. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/janfeb/2101.htm Dave Prentis urges the Government to take urgent action and start building much needed affordable homes. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2011/janfeb/1001.htm UNISON Scotland has called on MSPs not to turn their backs on those who face violence at work and to support a Bill to protect them. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/novdec/2212.htm UNISON, Scotland’s largest local government trade union, today attacked the grant settlement for local government as bad for services, communities and democracy. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/novdec/0912.htm UNISON’s general secretary Dave Prentis says more must be done to protect our "Cinderella" services. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/novdec/0312a.htm UNISON Scotland has condemned the Government’s decision to cut 74 highly skilled forensic and fingerprint jobs in Scotland http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/novdec/0312.htm UNISON Scotland will issue a stark warning to MSPs today – cut police staff and you cut frontline services http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/novdec/3011.htm UNISON Scotland has warmly welcomed an announcement by West Dunbartonshire Council to introduce a Living Wage for its staff. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/novdec/2911.htm UNISON Scotland today responded angrily to the announcement by the Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee (EET) that they will recommend to the Parliament that the general principles of the Protection of Workers Bill are not agreed to http://www.unison.org.uk/asppresspack/pressrelease_view.asp?id=2064 UNISON members at City of Edinburgh Council, who have successfully prevented potential suicides at a social housing block, have been recognised at the Guardian Public Services Awards 2010 http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/novdec/2611.htm The Scottish Government's commitment to a Living Wage is welcome. But they show little understanding of the reality of life for those on modest incomes. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/novdec/1711.htm UNISON Scotland has called on the Scottish Government to issue a budget that protects public services and avoids the ideological cuts imposed by the UK Government. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/novdec/1611.htm UNISON Scotland today welcomed the announcement of a consultation over the proposed Scottish Water Bill. The aim of the Bill remains to keep Scottish Water in public ownership http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/novdec/1111.htm UNISON has today welcomed the announcement by Accenture of its withdrawal of redundancy proposals from employees working on its ScottishPower contract. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/novdec/0311.htm Aberdeen City UNISON pledges to defend public services as city councillors vote to approve ACAS-brokered deal which means that all council staff due a pay increment in April 2010 will now receive it. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/novdec/1102.htm A UNISON motion calling on Labour to focus on protecting public services and to build a nationwide campaign to defend vital services was passed unanimously at the party's Scottish conference in Oban http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/septoct/3010.htm An annual survey of violence at work by Public Services union UNISON has revealed an increase of over 3000 assaults when compared with last year. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/septoct/2510.htm over 20,000 people marched along iconic Princes Street with one clear message. There is a better way http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/publicworks/betterway.html George Osborne has condemned the country to decades of hardship and the people to unnecessary wholesale unemployment, with his “ideologically driven, no hope, no ideas, cuts CSR” warned UNISON http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/septoct/2010.htm "Members in local government are angry about pay and worried that the imposed pay cut will hit the low paid the hardest. However, their priority at this time is to protect and defend vital public services as councils up and down the country slash budgets, jobs and services http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/localgovt/pay2010/paycampaign2010.html "Fat cat" bankers should be forced to tighten their belts, not the public - that’s the message from UNISON Scotland. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/septoct/2909.htm After almost 40 years of service to the trade union movement, Matt Smith will be standing down as head of Scotland’s biggest public sector trade union later this year. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/septoct/2709.htm UNISON Scotland Convenor Mike Kirby has dismissed a call from the Chair of CBI Scotland to end the ‘war of words’ over public services, saying: 'It is hard to take such calls seriously when the rest of Linda Urquhart’s speech was an unrestrained attack on public service delivery.' http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/septoct/1209.htm UNISON Scotland is warning political leaders to ignore the recommendations in the Independent Budget Review (IBR) and instead to champion a better way forward for Scotland. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/septoct/0909.htm There is an alternative to savage cuts in public services is the message today from a strategy meeting of unions and community groups hosted by UNISON Scotland. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/publicworks/04sep/index.html UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis will today (Saturday) warn Scottish politicians to ignore the "ice cream van economics" of the recent Independent Budget Review report. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/septoct/0409.htm UNISON today reacted angrily to COSLA’s decision to impose a three year pay deal, calling it a kick in the teeth to local government workers. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/julyaug/2708b.htm UNISON has called for a halt to the proposed job cuts among police staff, arguing that the proposals made by various police forces were "great news for criminals" and that if implemented the sackings would make Scotland less safe. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/julyaug/2708a.htm UNISON has expressed its anger at the City of Edinburgh Council’s announcement today to cut a further 16 million with 300 jobs to go. It has called for an emergency meeting with the council today. http://www.unison-edinburgh.org.uk/news/2010/1808.html UNISON Scotland today welcomed the call from Glasgow city council leader Gordon Matheson for an end to the council tax freeze. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/julyaug/1608.htm UNISON Scotland today announced a major conference on 4 September to develop its public services campaign in the face of devastating cuts. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/julyaug/1108.htm UNISON, Matt Smith, Scottish Secretary of UNISON, today paid tribute to Jimmy Reid. Scottish trade unionists are today mourning the loss of one of our great leaders. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/julyaug/1108a.htm UNISON, the UK's largest public services union, today called on private companies to act responsibly and provide decent pensions for their workers, instead of leaving individuals struggling to make complex, often expensive, individual pensions arrangements http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/julyaug/0308.htm UNISON Scotland today announced the result of a consultative pay ballot of its local government members. A total of 80% voted to reject the council pay offer, which was for a 3 year deal of 1% in the first year, 0% in the second and 0.5% in the third http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/julyaug/0208.htm UNISON Scotland today comprehensively rejected the Independent Budget Review proposals as an assault on public services that will damage the economy. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/julyaug/2907c.htm UNISON has called on the Scottish Government to reject the proposal to effectively privatise Scottish Water contained in the Independent Budget Review. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/julyaug/2907b.htm UNISON today rejected the prescription of the Independent Budget Review for an assault on Scotland’s public services and privatising Scottish Water. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/julyaug/2907a.htm UNISON today warned that tomorrow’s Independent Budget Review report is set to respond to a cuts and privatisation agenda rather than looking at what services Scotland needs and can afford. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/julyaug/2807.htm In the 40th anniversary year of the Equal Pay Act, UNISON has joined with Scotland’s Colleges and the Close the Gap initiative to produce guidance to help colleges close the pay gap. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/julyaug/2707.htm Plans by ScottishPower and Accenture to cut 200 IT jobs - half of them from East Kilbride - and offshore the work to India could result in the lights going out in the UK, UNISON warned today. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/julyaug/2307b.htm UNISON today urged the Scottish Government to maintain Scottish Water in public control warning that recent calls for any form of privatisation or mutualisation are being promoted by vested interests. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/julyaug/2307a.htm Unions campaigning for fair pay and conditions at culture and sport body Glasgow Life will step up selective strike action over the weekend and build to an all out strike day on Glasgow Fair Monday http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/julyaug/1507.htm UNISON Scotland, the largest union for police staff, has revealed that police officers in the Strathclyde force are doing staff jobs, including call centre work - instead of frontline duties http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/julyaug/1407.htm UNISON Scotland, the largest union for police staff, has asked for a meeting with Strathclyde Police over the announcement today (Tue 13 July) of an immediate recruitment freeze. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/julyaug/0713.htm UNISON Scotland has rejected an attack on public sector pensions by the Institute of Directors as simply scaremongering by fat cats anxious to keep their own incomes bloated at the expense of cuts for ordinary workers in both public and private sectors. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/julyaug/0707.htm Glasgows Gallery of Modern Art and the Peoples Palace museum will be targeted for strike action this weekend as UNISON and other unions fight cuts in pay and terms of employment by Glasgow Life. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/julyaug/0207.htm UNISON has urged ScottishPower and IT systems company Accenture to reconsider their strategy of making 200 staff redundant in Scotland and the rest of the UK, and moving their work to India. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/julyaug/0107.htm Leaked Treasury figures suggest at least 50,000 jobs in the public sector and 60,000 in the private sector are at risk in Scotland by 2015 from planned public spending cuts in the Con-Dem budget. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/mayjune/3006.htm Solid trade union action over the weekend successfully shut down the high profile Glasgow Boys exhibition at Kelvingrove Art Gallery despite desperate attempts by the citys leisure agency to break the strike, the local UNISON branch has stated. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/mayjune/2906.htm UNISON has today (Monday 21 June) started to ballot all members that work for Scotlands councils on acceptance or rejection of the pay offer made by the employers. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/mayjune/2106.htm A Glasgow City Council admin worker has been elected as president of UNISON, the UKs largest public sector union today (18 June). http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/mayjune/1806b.htm Unions representing workers at Culture and Sport Glasgow today questioned health and safety arrangements at a major UK swimming event being targeted by strike action. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/mayjune/1806a.htm UNISON will today (Thursday) urge social work service leaders to speak out about the impact of spending cuts on the most vulnerable. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/mayjune/1706b.htm Public sector unions will target a major UK swimming event this weekend as industrial action escalates to defend pay and conditions in Culture and Sport Glasgow. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/mayjune/1706a.htm Aberdeen City Council UNISON members will protest during their lunch-hour on Thursday 17 June, to warn councillors of the expensive consequences if they decide to defer paying thousands of council workers increments. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/mayjune/1506b.htm Public sector union UNISON has rejected a CBI Manifesto which calls for the private sector to run Scottish public services as failed economics. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/mayjune/1506a.htm UNISON today welcomed the strong interest shown in two pilot elections to health boards. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/mayjune/1106.htm UNISON today warned that a report on health expenditure in Scotland makes crude comparisons to criticise so-called productivity in the Scottish NHS, and confuses health improvement with spending on the NHS. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/mayjune/1006.htm UNISON, the biggest Scottish health union, has expressed concern over deep job cuts planned by health boards across Scotland. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/mayjune/0306.htm Staff and students from Stow College will rally at the venue of the Scottish Funding Council meeting in Glasgow on Wednesday 2 June and then hold a balloon release in the city centre in protest against a decision which endangers jobs and student places. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/mayjune/0106.htm UNISON members, their families, friends - and anyone who wants to join in - will enjoy a day of fun and celebration in Pittencrieff Park, Dunfermline on Sunday 30 May to mark the centenary of the unions unique Welfare Fund. John Park MSP will open the event. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/mayjune/2705.htm UNISON workers in libraries, sports centres, museums and community centres across Glasgow will take strike action on Friday 28 and Monday 31 May in a dispute over wage cuts http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/mayjune/2605.htm Dave Prentis, UNISONs General Secretary, said that plans for £6 billion worth of public sector cuts set out today (24 May) were "the first cut of the axe" and warned of more to come from the emergency budget and the comprehensive spending review. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/mayjune/2405.htm Thousands of low paid council workers took a step closer to equal pay today thanks to a landmark decision of the Employment Appeal Tribunal. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/mayjune/2005.htm Two further days of strike action are planned this month (May 2010) at Culture and Sport Glasgow as staff step up their pay dispute. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/mayjune/1405.htm This briefing looks at this agreement and identifies the implications for UNISON members in Scotland, recognising that many of the provisions only apply to England. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/publicworks/coalitiondeal12may2010.html Staff from Glasgow’s Stow College will lobby the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday 4 May as part of their campaign to save the threatened college. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/mayjune/0405.htm Glasgow’s major cultural and leisure trust faces major disruption due to the first of a series of strikes by four separate unions that represent the Trust’s 1600 staff http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/marapr/2904.htm Further action must be taken to combat "unacceptable levels" of deaths at work, and of work-related injuries and illnesses: that’s the message from UNISON Scotland for International Workers Memorial Day on 28 April http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/marapr/2704.htm The action of private sector bosses in cutting staff’s pensions is likely to threaten the UK’s economy, a leading trade unionist will say today http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/marapr/1904.htm UNISON – Scotland’s largest public service union - is holding a major march and rally in Glasgow’s West End today (Saturday) where speakers representing thousands of UNISON members from different public services across Scotland will urge Scots to defend their services http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/marapr/1004.htm UNISON - Scotlands largest healthcare union, will hold its annual health conference today (Friday) in Glasgow, and will hear from the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing, Nicola Sturgeon MSP, who will give the keynote speech. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/marapr/0904.htm UNISON Scotland has condemned a report calling for private sector take over of Scottish Water as "bizarre". The union argues that Scotland’s water is a national asset - not a pool for multinationals to drain profits from. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/marapr/0804.htm Public service workers in Lanarkshire have won more than £60,000 for a trade union climate change project for greening the workplace which could lead the way for similar union work across the public sector http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/marapr/3103.htm The largest union in Scottish Water, UNISON, has accused government agencies of being part of a concerted campaign to use the financial crisis as cover for the privatisation of Scotland’s water http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/marapr/3003.htm UNISON has called on the UK and Scottish Governments and British Waterways to secure the future of Britains network of canals and waterways by agreeing to establish them as a cross-border national park http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/marapr/2603.htm UNISON is urging MSPs to support a series of amendments to the Public Service Reform Bill in todays debate in the Scottish Parliament. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/marapr/2503.htm Staff at the City of Edinburgh Council, who face wholesale privatisation, have just received a UK award for delivering efficiencies that are unrivalled across the UK. http://www.unison-edinburgh.org.uk/news/2010/2503.html UNISON has launched a campaign against reckless council plans to sell-off services and over 3,000 jobs http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/marapr/2403.htm UNISON says that savings of over £40m could be made from local council costs, by cutting back on the amount of use they make of private consultancy firms http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/marapr/2303.htm UNISON has joined forces with Highland MSP Peter Peacock to promote the great service public libraries provide, and to urge the Scottish Government and local councils to maintain public support for them http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/marapr/1503.htm Reports from public service workers throughout Scotland indicate that vacancy freezes and lack of absence cover are threatening safety, and reducing the levels of care to vulnerable said the public service union UNISON today http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/marapr/1103.htm UNISON, the union representing around 100,000 Scottish Council staff, today responded to the news that 32 high paid local council officials had agreed to waive their agreed pay rise http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/marapr/0803.htm UNISON has accused the Taxpayers Alliance of deliberately manipulating figures to suit their claims that local government pensions face a black hole http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/marapr/0403.htm One of the Colleges making up the new proposed super college in Glasgow is being referred to the Equalities and Human Rights Commission over their closure of a staff and student nursery, the education union, UNISON said today http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/marapr/0303.htm UNISON is calling for Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) to acknowledge the work put in by staff during the turmoil caused by the high profile resignations of senior board members and management http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/janfeb/2602.htm Unions representing around 150,000 Scottish Council staff today reacted with anger at what they said was CoSLA’s high-handed dismissal of their pay claim without any negotiations. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/janfeb/2502.htm Scottish Centre for Healthy Working Lives has issued new guidelines to tackle violence in the workplace. http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/news/2010/janfeb/2402.htm