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UNISON Scottish Water Branch
UNISON is the largest trade union in the Scottish Water Industry.
Our 1,100 members belonging to the Scottish Water Branch work
in Scottish Water offices and depots throughout Scotland. They
are represented in all the functions of the authority, including
water and sewage treatment, water and sewer networks, laboratories,
call centres and the design and construction of capital works.
The Scottish Water Branch is organised into sections representing
members in the main operational areas. The branch sends representatives
to the Scottish Water Service Group, which is responsible for
representing members within UNISON structures, agreeing policy
and managing external relations.
 In
September 2008 Scottish Water breached six years of partnership
working with its staff in order to impose a 15 month pay rise
of 3% (which equates to an annual offer of 2.4%). In November
2008 UNISON’s Scottish Water Branch members voted by 2-1
in a ballot to take strike action for fair pay. A 24 hour strike
began on Thursday 27 November 2008. Further strike action over
the Christmas period was averted when Scottish Water made an improved
offer. UNISON and the other unions involved suspended action and
balloted members in January 2009, when the new deal was accepted.
Click here for more on the successful
Water Pay Campaign
Scottish Water
Scottish Water is a publicly owned corporation established in
2002 and accountable to the Scottish Government. It provides water
services to 2.4 million households and thousands of business and
public sector customers in Scotland and employs around 3,700.
Scottish Water has an annual turnover of over £1 billion.
In 2007/8 Scottish Water delivered £625 million of Quality
and Standards (Q&S) investment to improve treatment works,
water mains, sewers and networks, and made a surplus of £195
million. Cost efficiencies totalling £1 billion in the corporation's
first four years were passed on to customers.
The water industry in Scotland has been administered Scottish
Water since 1 April 2002. At that time Scottish Water employed
nearly 6000 staff with a turnover in excess of £600m, on
an asset base valued at between £16-20bn.
The commercial and customer regulator is the Water Industry Commissioner
for Scotland. The Drinking Water Quality Regulator regulates drinking
water and environmental regulation is carried out by the Scottish
Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA).
Scotland's publicly owned water and sewerage services have been
continually threatened by a combination of competition, huge staff
cuts and creeping privatisation. These threats are explained in
UNISON Scotland publications and press releases available on this
site.
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and Secretary of Committee
Water News
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Scotland's
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