Happy birthday, website!
In November and December 2008 We are celebrating the
UNISONScotland website's 10th birthday!
On 19 November 1998, the UNISONScotland website went
online for the first time. The UNISON UK website www.unison.org.uk was the first UK national
trade union site and UNISONScotland was the first regional
website in UNISON. From a start of hits numbered in the
thousands, the site now gets almost 10 million hits a
year.
This page gives a number of links to significant events
and changes to the site over the years. It will be added
to over the next few weeks as we dig through the archives.
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Thanks to the Communications & Campaigns
Committee for the fantastic cake! |
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Official launch and manifesto first:
The website was officially launched on 4 December 1998
when UNISONScotland became the first union website to
launch a campaign and manifesto online. This was the 'Serving
Scotland' Manifesto for Public Services directed at the
then new Scottish Parliament. In an innovative campaign,
we went on to publish 'minifestos' on issues affecting
women, equalities, communities, culture etc.
Click here for the manifesto - and here
for the press release launching the site and the campaign.
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Scotland inUNISON
trial run:
Even before the full website was up and running, the Scotland
inUNISON activists' newspaper was already online.
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