Scotland’s biggest and liveliest public service trade union, representing workers delivering public and related services across Scotland.
Working for better pensions’ governance
Local Government delegates gave unanimous backing for a motion from the Scottish Joint Council Committee for a campaign to ensure ... Read More
Need for mental health action plans as cuts bring pressures
UNISON called for a strategy to combat mental health issues in the workplace arising as a result of increasing workloads ... Read More
Bring services back in house and provide for need not greed
Local Government Conference slammed the outsourcing of public services as “well and truly” discredited. It backed a high-profile campaign to ... Read More
Organising tree winners
As over 100 UNISON Scotland activists took part in training in May, we ran an Organising Tree competition where participants ... Read More
Climate Change Bill
The Scottish Government has published the Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Bill. This E-Brief looks at the reason why ... Read More
Unions serve notice of strike action on East Dunbartonshire Council
Unions have served formal notice on East Dunbartonshire Council and its offshoot East Dunbartonshire Leisure and Culture Trust of four days ... Read More
Pensions Bulletin
The latest edition of our Scottish Pensions Bulletin covers the SLGPS structural review, NHS contribution rates, retirement at 55 and ... Read More
Local Governance Review: Democracy Matters
In December 2017, the Scottish government and COSLA jointly launched a Local Governance Review. The aim is to make sure ... Read More
Scottish Launch of ‘Cracks in the Wall – Beyond Apartheid in Palestine/Israel’
Scottish Launch of ‘Cracks in the Wall - Beyond Apartheid in Palestine/Israel’, with Ben White. Organised by UNISON Scotland and ... Read More
Post Legislative Scrutiny of Police & Fire Reform
This is the UNISON Scotland response to the Scottish Parliament Justice Committee's call for written views on Post Legislative Scrutiny ... Read More
Workforce planning in local government
The Scottish Parliament's Local Government and Communities Committee is looking at workforce planning as part of its budget scrutiny process ... Read More
UNISON report reveals trading standards cuts are putting public safety at risk
The number of trading standards officers have been cut by almost a quarter (23%) in the past six years, giving ... Read More
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