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UNISON Pay Conference
March 26th, 2015During a day of impassioned speeches and strong feelings about the impact of the government’s continuing pay freeze and years of declining pay in local government, a range of
Read More...Equal Pay Report
March 17th, 2015The Branch AGM meetings in Stranraer and Dumfries received a report on Equal Pay in Dumfries & Galloway Council. The report includes
Read More...Job Evaluation Grievance Settled
March 10th, 2015Following a series of detailed discussions with HR we have agreed
Read More...Branch update – Feb 2015
February 21st, 2015If you are receiving additional holiday entitlement for; extra hours, overtime or any other reason, you are likely to be getting less than has been agreed for contractual holidays and you
Read More...Gold Communications Award
February 9th, 2015The Branch won Gold at the UNISON Scotland Communication Awards 2014/15 and a first prize of £150.
The communications committee considered our new
Read More...AGM 2015
The Branch is holding the AGM at 2 locations this year, they are;
Stranraer, Council Offices, Sun St, 5.30pm on Wednesday 11th March.
Dumfries, Council HQ, English St, 5.30pm on Thursday 12th March.
Read More...Response to Council Budget Proposals 2015-18
February 3rd, 2015Given the extent of the restructuring and the job losses which will be required to achieve the budget reductions we are particularly keen to ensure that
Read More...Equal Pay – North Case
January 24th, 2015Dumfries & Galloway Council UNISON members participating in the North Case have received letters regarding UNISON’s equal pay claim on Wednesday 14 January. If you are involved but have not
Read More...Workers Dumped On
In UNISON Scotland’s report Dumped On – Working in Scotland’s Waste Management Services, we detail the experience and expectations of a workforce trying do their job in an a constantly changing environment. The report reveals
Read More...Fit For Work Scheme
January 23rd, 2015Fit for Work is a new UK Government service for all employees who are off work.
Once an employee has reached or is expected to reach 4 weeks sickness absence they can be referred by their GP for a Fit for Work assessment by an occupational health professional who will look at
Read More...EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY MONITORING
January 8th, 2015You may be aware that Dumfries & Galloway Council has various responsibilities and duties under the Equality Act 2010 so it needs to take steps to collect and monitor employee equality and diversity information, specifically in relation to the “protected characteristics”. They will soon
Read More...Council Budget Consultation
December 20th, 2014The Council issued it’s draft budget proposals on 18 December it intends saving more than 32 million pounds over the next 3 years. This is to be achieved by cutting services, restructuring the Council, future efficiencies & more service reviews. Staff are already working at capacity to deliver quality services and the stress this places on everyone is high, how will another 500-1000 job losses affect the
Read More...Job Evaluation Grievance
UNISON has raised a collective grievance to try and resolve concerns we have about some outcomes from the Appeals part of the Dumfries & Galloway Council Job Evaluation Scheme
Read More...Winter Fuel Grant
Applications form for UNISON Winter Fuel Grants for 2015 can now be submitted. Please contact
Read More...Workplace Eating Facilities
The Labour Research Department are carrying out an online survey of canteen and
Read More...Christmas Craft Fair
November 25th, 2014The Branch is holding a Christmas Craft Fair on the weekend of Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th November, why not come along and do a spot of Christmas Shopping with some of our members showcasing their hand made product.
Read More...UNISON’S UNIQUE POLITICAL FUND – BALLOT SUCCESS
November 11th, 2014UNISON Scotland is urging all members to defend the union’s campaigning voice by voting ‘yes’ to keep its unique political fund. The ballot runs from 1-30 November.
What’s political?
The best way to define this is
Read More...UPDATE ON PAY BALLOT
The Local Government Committee have considered the outcome of recent ballot on Pay. Members voted to accept the new proposals from CoSLA by 70.8% to 29.2%.
It was agreed that this result concluded pay for 2014, branches and members are to be
Read More...Office Move
October 27th, 2014The Branch has now relocated to 1 George Street, Dumfries.
Read More...UNISON Christmas Fayre
The Branch will be holding a Christmas Fayre in Dumfries Town Centre on Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th November, we are currently looking for stall holders.
Read More...Suspension of Industrial Action 21 October 2014
October 15th, 2014SCOTTISH LOCAL GOVERNMENT WORKERS PAY ANNOUNCEMENT BY UNISON
Suspension of Industrial Action 21 October 2014
Following a meeting of UNISON’s Scottish Local Government Committee today, the committee has taken the decision to suspend strike action planned for 21 October and consult our members on new proposals put forward by the Scottish Employers (CoSLA).
Read More...Local Government Strike Action
October 9th, 2014Following the membership ballot which has agreed to take Industrial Action, there will be a full day of all out Strike Action called for Dumfries and Galloway Council Staff members on Tuesday 21st October 2014. This day of Action will be followed by a range of further action across Scotland and we are currently considering the best course of action locally.
Read More...Vote Yes For Fair Pay!
September 2nd, 2014Why are we in dispute?
The Scottish Employers have imposed a pay award of 1% on our members from April 1, 2014. Further, they have refused to negotiate on UNISON’s claim
Read More...Equal Pay – North v DGC update
August 4th, 2014We wrote to the members involved on 30th April 2014 we are now providing a further update on settlement talks
Read More...Dumfries & Galloway Council – new Job Evaluation Policy
The Council have a new policy to deal with Job Evaluations
Read More...Underpayment of Holiday Pay
On 22 May 2014, UNISON member Joe Lock was successful in his claim, Lock v British Gas
Read More...Minimum Wage for Sleepovers & Travelling Time
Recent case law has decided that employers must pay the national minimum wage to employees working during sleepovers and travelling time
Read More...Consultative Ballot on Pay Results
July 8th, 2014The Consultative Ballot on Pay closed today with members voting by 65% to 35% in favour of moving to a formal industrial action ballot in support of an improved offer.
At todays Scottish Local Government Committee it was agreed to now progress with the preparatory work for an industrial action ballot and to have discussions through a meeting of all Branch Secretaries as to the campaign and strategy required to maximise participation and win the ballot.
Read More...School Uniform Grant
July 7th, 2014Please note that the closing date for School Uniform Grants is THIS FRIDAY (11th July). The Branch would encourage all members who are entitled to claim to do so as soon as possible.
Read More...UNISON Personal Learning Grants for Community-based Care Staff
July 2nd, 2014We know how difficult it is to afford career development training due to huge increases in course fees and the withdrawal by many employers of financial support for career development.
To help you get on at work and develop your career, UNISON is piloting Personal Learning Grants with members working in community-based care.
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