UNISON is organised into local branches with locally elected officers and stewards who have access to all the supports of the Scottish and UK organisation.
This way, you get the best representation with a knowledge of local circumstances along with the ability to link into the national structures on major issues. It also means you have a direct say in electing your local reps.
Most branches are based on employers (eg local authorities or health service areas). Voluntary sector branches are often grouped with the local authority and some services with a nationwide remit have Scotland-wide branches. See below for branches grouped under employer types.
Voluntary and Community Sector | Energy | Further Education | Health Service | Higher Education | Local Government | Police | Fire and Rescue | Transport | Water
Voluntary and Community Sector
If you are not in one of these organisations check with your nearest local authority or health branch. Members in the West of Scotland, check with the West of Scotland Voluntary Sector Branch.
- Capability Scotland
- Housing and Care Scotland Branch
- Quarriers Homes
- Scottish Children’s Reporters
- Scottish Qualifications Authority Branch
- Scottish Regulation of Care Branch
- Shetland UNISON
- Skills Development Scotland Branch
- West of Scotland Voluntary Sector Branch
Energy
Further Education
Health Service
- Ayrshire and Arran Health Branch
- Carstairs Branch
- Dumfries and Galloway Branch
- Fife Health Branch
- Forth Valley Health Branch
- Grampian Health Branch
- Highland Health Branch
- Lanarkshire Health Branch
- Lothian Health Branch
- NHS 24 Branch
- NHS Glasgow, Clyde and CVS Branch
- Orkney Health Branch
- Scottish Ambulance Service Branch
- Scottish Borders Branch
- Scottish Healthcare Branch
- Shetland UNISON
- Tayside Healthcare Branch
- Western Isles Health Branch
Higher Education
- Aberdeen Universities Branch
- Dundee University Branch
- Glasgow Caledonian University Branch
- Glasgow University Branch
- Heriot Watt University Branch
- Napier University Branch
- St Andrews University Branch
- Stirling University Branch
- Strathclyde University Branch
- University of Edinburgh Branch
- West of Scotland University Branch
Local Government
- Aberdeen City Branch
- Aberdeenshire Branch
- Angus Branch
- Argyll and Bute Branch
- City of Edinburgh Branch
- Clackmannanshire Branch
- Dumfries and Galloway Branch
- Dundee City Branch
- East Ayrshire Branch
- East Dunbartonshire Branch
- East Lothian Council Branch
- East Renfrewshire Branch
- Falkirk Council Branch
- Fife UNISON Branch
- Glasgow City Branch
- Highland Branch
- Inverclyde Branch
- Midlothian Branch
- Moray Council Branch
- North Ayrshire Branch
- North Lanarkshire Branch
- Orkney Local Services Branch
- Perth and Kinross Branch
- Renfrewshire Council Branch
- Scottish Borders Branch
- SEPA Branch
- Shetland UNISON
- South Ayrshire Branch
- South Lanarkshire Branch
- Stirling Council Branch
- West Dunbartonshire Branch
- West Lothian Council Branch
- Western Isles Local Government Branch
Police
Fire and Rescue
Transport
Water