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Stephanie Herd, chair of the union’s local government committee, said: "Members are angry about a miserly 1% offer, following two years of a pay freeze […]

UNISON also calls on the Scottish government to ensure its fair work standards are applied at the Edinburgh university

UNISON Scotland's local government committee will meet in Glasgow on Friday 3 October to discuss the way forward. A full update with […]

The union says that local government has taken the brunt of cuts in Scotland. Of the 50,000 job losses in devolved services, 40,000 […]

The UNISON Scotland local government committee will meet tomorrow (5 November). UNISON Scotland UNISON in local […]

"This is an important time for our members," says the union. "Cuts to services are a reality in all local authorities, jobs continue to be shed at an alarming rate, terms and conditions are under threat […]

But UNISON members are also making their feelings crystal clear to employers. Local government workers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have already started their programme of industrial […]

But the union’s local government secretary Heather Wakefield has warned employers that "enough is enough", and that the union will […]

"Our members in Scottish local government have seen the value of their pay fall by more than 10% in the last three years. "They have been […]

The message for Scottish councillors is simple: local government workers are due a decent pay rise. A draft letter to councillors, along with action points, has […]

The UNISON Scotland local government committee is urging members to vote for a full industrial action ballot, and calling on union […]

North Ayrshire becomes latest local authority to put its name to union’s Ethical Care Charter, committing itself to standards for home care services and working conditions

In its first report on the impact of the government’s spending review on health and social care, the committee said that the scale of the funding […]

Union steward and football legend feature in Scottish government lung cancer awareness film

  UNISON Scotland UNISON in local […]