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THE BARGAINING AND CAMPAIGNS TEAM
 

About the Team
The Bargaining and Campaigns Team brings together UNISON Scotland staff who provide specialist support services to the organisation - these include bargaining, equalities, legal, communications and policy.

Our mission is to:

  • Provide high quality advice and support to members, branches and staff
  • Support, develop and promote UNISON Scotland's key bargaining and policy objectives
  • Organise the transfer of knowledge within UNISON Scotland quickly and efficiently
  • Produce accurate and relevant information in a comprehensible format

Our main functions are:

  • Legal advice and assistance including liaison with Thompsons Scotland
  • Equalities including support to all self organised groups
  • Communications including media relations, publications, web and social media
  • Organise and promote UNISON campaigns
  • Bargaining support including briefings, drafting claims etc
  • Policy support including briefings, research, policy development etc
  • Government affairs functions including promoting UNISON policy to all political parties
  • Parliamentary monitoring including legislation, consultation responses, evidence etc
  • UNISON Labour Link, Labour Party liaison and organisation
  • Manage information centre, publications etc
  • Environmental scanning, identify cross cutting issues etc
  • Staff and activist training on the above

The Bargaining and Campaigns Team Leader is Dave Watson who can be contacted at d.watson@unison.co.uk.

 

Index

Briefings Index - Briefings and consultations on all the major issues

Policy Guide - concise descriptions and explanations of current policy.

Bargaining Information System trial: Lists of local agreements held.

SEE ALSO

UNISONScotland Responses and Submissions on a range of Parliamentary and other Consultations.

Bargaining on the Internet

Latest Scottish Parliament News This week's business and regular bulletins on the main issues

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