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Strikes to continue as UNISON recommends council workers reject COSLA pay offer
August 31st, 2022UNISON Media release Immediate release 29 August 2022 Strikes to continue as UNISON recommends council workers reject COSLA pay offer UNISON, Scotland’s largest local government union, has today (Monday) confirmed that strikes will continue as they move to consult members on COSLA’s latest pay offer. UNISON will recommend its members vote to reject the offer […]
Read More...Statement ahead of council pay talks with Deputy First Minister and COSLA at 2.30, St Andrews House, today
August 26th, 202225 August 2022 Johanna Baxter, UNISON head of local government, said: “We welcome that the Scottish Government and COSLA will both be in the same room with us. Council workers are fed up of being used as a political football as each party blames the other for lack of funding for a better pay deal for […]
Read More...UNISON statement after leaving council pay talks with John Swinney, Deputy First Minister
August 25th, 202224 August 2022 Johanna Baxter, UNISON head of local government said: “We have held detailed constructive talks with Deputy First Minister this evening at St Andrews House. We welcome that he listened to UNISON concerns and was keen to explore how he could support getting council pay talks pay back on track. We were clear that […]
Read More...Jimmy Reid Foundation Annual Lecture – 6 October 2022
Please see below link to purchase tickets for the Jimmy Reid Foundation annual lecture which will be held on 6 October 2022. The lecture will be a physical event, staged in the Banqueting Hall at the City Chambers, George Square, Glasgow at 7pm. Christina McAnea, UNISON General Secretary, will deliver the lecture followed by a […]
Read More...No agreement reached in local government pay talks – UNISON calls for ‘urgent intervention’ from Deputy First Minister
August 24th, 202223 August 2022 Scotland’s largest local government union, UNISON, says no agreement has been reached despite lengthy pay negotiations with COSLA today (Tuesday). Both UNISON and COSLA, the umbrella body representing council employers, will be writing to Deputy First Minister to ask for an urgent meeting to discuss increase funding for local authorities to enable […]
Read More...UNISON serve notices for school and early years strikes
August 23rd, 2022UNISON has sent notices to nine councils across Scotland that school and early years staff will be on strike on 6th, 7th and 8th of September, after lack of progress in talks with COSLA over council pay. School and early years workers will join UNISON waste and recycling staff who will have already started their strike […]
Read More...Response to Scottish Joint Council Pay Negotiations 2022/23 – Employers’ Side Pay Offer
August 22nd, 202219th August 2022 Johanna Baxter, UNISON Scotland head of local government said: “COSLA have got themself into quite a muddle on this. The letter sent to us does not say that our members will get a 5 % pay rise. It is the offer of discussions about the configuration of a pay offer within a […]
Read More...Radical Social Work Webinar Series – Scotland’s National Care Service Bill – Wednesday 7th September 2022 at 1pm
August 19th, 2022UNISON Scotland/GCU Lunchtime Radical Social Work Webinar Series – Wednesday 7 September 1-2pm The latest in our Radical Social Work perspectives lunchtime webinar series look at Scotland recently published National Care Service Bill To register and for more details please follow the link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scotlands-national-care-service-bill-radical-social-work-webinar-series-tickets-404254464987
Read More...JOINT TU STATEMENT ON PICKETS
August 17th, 2022To: All UNISON, GMB and Unite members working in Scottish Local Government The Trade Union Act presents trade unions with significant hurdles in securing legal mandates for strike action. We understand this has meant that all three SJC Trade Unions have secured different ballot results and strike mandates, covering different workers, in different council areas. […]
Read More...Council strikes to go ahead after UNISON reject derisory 3.5% pay offer
August 16th, 202215 August 2022 UNISON, the largest union in local government, met today to discuss COSLA’s latest 3.5% pay offer. The union unanimously agreed to reject this revised offer outright and voted overwhelmingly to continue with their strike plans in councils across Scotland. UNISON rejected the offer as it has not sufficiently improved, falls far short […]
Read More...UNISON FREE £5,000 Accidental Death Cover
August 15th, 2022Details on the following link, UNISON Free £5000 Insurance poster with QR Codes
Read More...LOCAL GOVERNMENT PAY UPDATE
To: Simon Cameron, COSLA SJC Joint Secretary c.c: Cllr Katy Hagmann, COSLA Resources Spokesperson John Swinney MSP, Deputy First Minister All Scottish Council Leaders Keir Greenaway, GMB Wendy Dunsmore, Unite Date: 15th August 2022 – sent via e-mail – Dear Simon, SJC Pay 2022 We write further to your correspondence of 12th August outlining COSLA’s […]
Read More...Free Back to School Uniform Events & Uniform Donation and Collection Points
August 12th, 2022Free Back to School Uniform Events & Uniform Donation and Collection Points Have you any pre-loved school uniforms that you no longer need or would extra uniforms for you and your family help you to get ready for the next fast approaching School Term? Dumfries and Galloway Council can help. We are holding Free Back […]
Read More...STUC Vacancies – STUC Just Transition Officer
August 10th, 2022Scottish Trades Union Congress The STUC – Scotland’s Trade Union Centre – is seeking to recruit two Just Transition Officers to join the Policy & Campaigns team. Just Transition Officer Full time: 34 hours – £35,157 Part time: 21 hours – £ 21,714 These new positions will play a pivotal role in engaging workers around […]
Read More...COSLA leaders ‘duck responsibility’ over council pay
August 8th, 202205 August 2022 In response to COSLA meeting with the Scottish government today (Friday), to discuss local government pay increase, Johanna Baxter, UNISON Scotland head of local government said: “The failure of council leaders to come up with a solution today just demonstrates that they and the Scottish government have ducked responsibility on this. They do not […]
Read More...UNISON’s 2023 National Black Members’ Conference Bulletin
August 1st, 2022This bulletin contains the timetable for the 2023 National Black Members’ Conference https://www.unison.org.uk/content/uploads/2022/07/2023-Black-Members-Conference-Bulletin-v2.pdf
Read More...COSLA ‘gone missing’ on pay talks, say UNISON
29 July 2022 COSLA are missing in action in pay talks and have clearly had no discussions with the Scottish Government about resolving the current dispute, says UNISON. UNISON understands that the COSLA leaders meeting that should have been held today (Friday) has not taken place, that there is no date planned for leaders to […]
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