Unison
Council leaders to ask Scottish Government for more money to avoid bin strikes
The move was agreed by Cosla at an emergency meeting on Wednesday.
Swinney warns finances under ‘significant pressure’ as bin strike threat looms
The First Minister was speaking after unions Unite and GMB joined Unison in rejecting the latest pay deal for council workers.
Unions warn of ‘stinking summer’ but Swinney is keen to avoid council strikes
The First Minister spoke out as Unite and GMB became the latest trade unions to reject the new pay deal offered to council workers across Scotland.
Strikes to go ahead after workers reject revised pay offer from Cosla
Unison said Cosla has ‘not moved one iota’ since it was advised about possible strike action.
Council leaders make revised pay offer after third union votes for strikes
Cosla said the proposed 3.2% uplift is at the ‘absolute limit of affordability for councils’.
Strike vote by council staff could see rubbish piling up in streets, says union
Unison said it had secured a mandate for action in 14 local authority areas after it balloted waste, recycling and street cleaning staff.
Huge changes to employment rights unveiled
An Employment Rights Bill will ban ‘exploitative’ zero-hour contracts and end policies of fire and re-hire.
Unison to ballot thousands of school staff for strike action in pay dispute
The union said industrial action could begin in schools this September.
Thousands of council workers to be balloted on strike action in pay row
Unison has warned mass walkouts could begin in August if a majority of staff back industrial action.
Violence, crime and drug use widespread across colleges, says Unison
A survey of 780 support staff in further education and sixth form colleges found seven in 10 reported drug abuse among students to be a problem.