• 10 February: UNISON calls day of action to defend local government services
• 10 February: Trade unions and Falkirk Council fail to agree on new terms and conditions package
• 6 February: Cutting libraries will increase poverty and inequality, says UNISON Scotland
• 2 February: Further cuts to local services not sustainable, says UNISON Scotland

• 29 January: Argyll and Bute UNISON achieve end to 'zero hours' contracts
• 27 January: New financial powers could save Scottish councils £50m, says UNISON
• 22 January: UNISON hails historic pay deal for further education support staff in Scotland
• 12 January: Sturgeon must act to protect local government services, says UNISON

• 21 December: Stand up for school librarians, says UNISON Scotland
• 18 December: UNISON Scotland calls on Simple Minds to campaign for world cup workers in Qatar
• 16 December: UNISON Scotland reaction to ministerial statement on draft 2016/17 budget
• 9 December: UNISON calls for Robert Gordon University to remove Donald Trump's honorary degree
• 1 December: UNISON reaction to DCC Neil Richardson’s statement to Scottish Parliament

• 30 November: ICT should focus on providing better services not cuts, says UNISON report
• 24 November: Scottish economy could lose £257m a year under Chancellor’s planned tax credit cuts, says UNISON
• 10 November: UNISON calls on Police Scotland to implement all recommendations in HMICS Call Handling Final Report
• 4 November: Further education support staff set to reject pay offer

• 31 October: UNISON calls for halt to Police Scotland control centre closures
• 28 October: UNISON wins £ multi-million compensation for 1400 women in Fife Council
• 27 October: UNISON North Lanarkshire demo as council moves to cut one thousand jobs
• 23 October: United Nations takes issue with UK government on human rights, says UNISON
• 23 October: Big increase in assaults on public service workers, says UNISON
• 22 October: UNISON response to North Lanarkshire Council job cuts announcement
• 22 October: Community led public services can transform inequalities, says report
• 6 October: 'Ultimate market madness', UNISON's statement on privatisation Scottish Water services
• 2 October: Scottish Police Authority / Police Scotland Opinion Survey - UNISON Statement
• 1 October: Local government members vote to accept pay offer

• 25 September: Staff morale at rock bottom in Scotland's colleges, says UNISON
• 23 September: Scottish public bodies must mitigate austerity, says UNISON
• 15 September: Corbyn has strong mandate to opppose cuts says UNISON Scotland convener
• 10 September:End the cuts and rethink Scottish policing, says UNISON
• 8 September: Fine words and ideals no substitute for investment: UNISON inquiry into Scotland’s libraries
• 3 September: UNISON Statement on HMICS Independent Assurance Review Police Scotland - Call Handling Interim Report
• 2 September: UNISON welcomes end of employment tribunal fees in Scotland

• 27 August: UNISON Scotland statement on announcement that Chief Constable Sir Stephen House is to stand down from his post in 3 months time
• 26 August: 'Where is 'Your Survey'?' asks UNISON Police Staff Scotland
• 13 August: Let's work together to make new QEU hospital a success, says UNISON general secretary

• 30 July: British Gas jobs announcement ‘Harsh blow to loyal workforce’ says UNISON
• 3 July: UNISON Scotland welcomes breakthrough in tackling low pay in the NHS

• 24 June: UNISON Labour Link backs Dugdale and Rowley for Scottish Labour leadership
• 15 June: UNISON launches childcare charter for West Dunbartonshire
• 15 June: UNISON calls on MSPs to oppose fees increase for health and care professionals
• 12 June: UNISON sorely disappointed that SECC refuse to reinstate Robert O’Donnell
• 11 June: NHS union to discuss pay bargaining
• 11 June: UNISON welcomes call from Reform Scotland to review 1000 extra police officers policy
• 10 June: UNISON demands Stirling and Clacks councils release elusive report
• 09 June: Delivering leisure is no fun, says UNISON Scotland
• 03 June: UNISON demands Nicola Sturgeon uphold promise of no compulsory redundancies at Glasgow Kelvin College
• 02 June: Student nurses bursaries not fit for purpose - UNISON Scotland report
• 01 June: Scottish children cannot wait another 15 years for high quality childcare, says UNISON

• 24 May: UNISON demands pay uplift for further education staff 
• 22 May: UNISON warning over public services in Stirling and Clacks
• 12 May: Statement by UNISON Scotland Labour Link on Scottish Labour Leader, Jim Murphy
• 06 May: Poorer workers, poorer services: life in ConDem Inverness - UNISON report
• 05 May: UNISON react angrily to Scottish Government claims that they have maintained 1000 extra police officers
• 01 May: Make work fair for parents and give children decent childhoods, say UNISON and Child Poverty Action Group
• 01 May: UNISON slams charity for not paying minimum wage back pay

• 30 April: Civil society groups demand ethical public procurement
• 23 April: UNISON condemns colleges for 'hiding' £99m in arms length foundations
• 18 April: UNISON Scotland launches public services manifesto
• 15 April: Scots overwhelmingly support meat inspectors staying independent, says UNISON

• 30 March: UNISON Glasgow homeless service workers to take all out strike action
• 27 March: UNISON welcomes decision in Edinburgh social work contempt of court case
• 26 March: West Dunbartonshire Council accused of 'hypocrisy' over staff nursery closure plan
• 26 March: Borders Council reverses decision to cut 100 local jobs after UNISON campaign
• 19 March: Opinion poll: Scottish voters election priorities are public services
• 16 March: UNISON Scotland launches Childcare Charter
• 6 March: UNISON's response to the Scottish Government's Sustainability and Seven Day Services Interim Taskforce Report
• 4 March: UNISON report says that 'mental health staff are working under increasing stress'

• 13 February: UNISON intervention ensures 27 jobs retained at Stornoway call-handling centre

• 23 January: 'Stop dumping on waste management staff' says UNISON Scotland
• 15 January: Union offers safety advice to staff following hospital sexual assaults
• 13 January: Scrap plans for new women's prison, urges UNISON Scotland
• 12 January: UNISON Scotland urges MSPs to do more on Protecting Public Services

• 19 December: Christmas message from Mike Kirby, UNISON Scottish secretary
• 17 December: NHS porters' workloads and stress go up as their wages go down - new UNISON Scotland report
• 12 December: Workers in Queensferry and East Kilbride face uncertain Christmas
• 11 December: UNISON lambasts council ‘bully-boy’ tactics as councillors threaten closure of mental health charity

• 26 November: UNISON Scotland statement on First Minister's programme for Government
• 26 November: UNISON condemns chief constable statement that it is 'inevitable that more police staff face further jobs cuts next year'
• 24 November: UNISON on The Vale of Leven Hospital Inquiry report
• 11 November: Under pressure - UNISON survey shows Scotland's occupational therapists struggling to maintain service
• 11 November: 'Cuts cost lives' says UNISON - campaigners lobby Glasgow City Council over savage cuts to mental health charity
• 2 November: UNISON Labour Link Scotland backs Katy Clark MP for Scottish Labour Deputy Leader
• 1 November: UNISON Scotland Labour Link backs Neil Findlay for Scottish Labour Leader

• 24 October: Violence against public service staff has nearly doubled - UNISON Scotland
• 16 October: Public sector living through 'lost decade' - UNISON Scotland
• 14 October: UNISON Scotland suspends strike planned for 21 October after improved offer from employers
• 13 October: Working harder but getting poorer is conclusion of new report comparing wages and prices
• 8 October: Large scale investment is needed to reverse Scotland' s housing crisis, warns UNISON
• 6 October: UNISON announces a national programme of industrial action in local government

• 19 September: Listen to the people and keep public services in public hands, says UNISON
• 9 September: Glasgow City Council under fire over further cuts to care services

• 26 August: Cleaners in public sector are struggling to maintain hygiene, says UNISON
• 25 August: Meat hygiene inspectors strike for fair pay

• 18 July: All workers deserve a fair deal for Commonwealth Games, says UNISON

• 30 June: Glasgow Life staff ballot on strike action after Commonwealth talks break down
• 25 June: UNISON warns of a major assault on public services as 60 per cent of cuts are still to come
• 18 June: UNISON calls for immediate withdrawal of redundancy notices at Stirling University
• 13 June: UNISON celebrates big victory for low paid care workers
• 10 June: Deregulation of meat hygiene inspections will result in tragic consequences, warns UNISON
• 6 June: North Lanarkshire Council are treating low paid women workers with contempt, says UNISON
• 3 June: UNISON welcomes call for early careers advice for Scotland's young people
• 3 June: Gradual drip of privatisation has reached epic proportions in Scottish Water, says UNISON

• 27 May: Closure of Dumfries police control room is 'tip of the iceberg', says UNISON
• 23 May: 'Pay up now' - UNISON demands North Lanarkshire council stops stalling on equal pay claims
• 13 May: Proposals to introduce living wage through procurement shows light at the end of tunnel, says UNISON
• 9 May: UNISON Scotland calls for Europe of full employment which cares for future generations

• 25 April: A change in culture to health and safety could save over 20 lives per year, says UNISON Scotland
• 17 April: UNISON welcomes agreement with Police Scotland which addresses key concerns
• 15 April: UNISON Scotland supports walk from Glasgow to Liverpool to raise money for the Lola Commons Fund for SiMBA in memory of the 96 who died in Hillsborough
• 11 April: UNISON members in South Lanarkshire Council continue their campaign for equal pay
• 4 April: Lola Commons Fund at UNISON Scotland health conference

• 21 March: UNISON Scotland ballot for potential strike action as industrial relations break down with Police Scotland
• 21 March: UNISON calls on Scottish Government to invest extra £63 million from Osborne' s budget in home care services
• 17 March: Renfrewshire Council leader makes commitment to UNISON Ethical Care Charter
• 17 March: College workers vote overwhelmingly to return to national bargaining, says UNISON
• 14 March: ‘An inspiring figure and a true friend' UNISON Scotland' s tribute to Tony Benn
• 11 March: Procurement is key to making decent pay the norm, says UNISON
• 6 March: UNISON voices concern about closure of Seafield Services, Seafield School of Wellbeing, run by Quarriers

• 20 February: Public money does not belong in the hands of tax dodgers, says UNISON
• 19 February: It’s time to care, says UNISON as survey reveals Scotland’s care crisis
• 14 February: ‘Keep Glasgow's older peoples residents safe’ say UNISON members as strike action goes ahead to defend standards and wages
• 13 February:Local government in Scotland is bearing the brunt of cuts - UNISON 
• 7 February:Our libraries have never been under more pressure - UNISON
• 3 February: Pay inequality in Scotland' s universities must end, says UNISON

• 30 January: UNISON demonstrates against more police cuts
• 27 January: Glasgow's residential care workers embark on further strike action
• 14 January: Young workers vanishing from the public sector, says UNISON
• 13 January: Residential home care workers strike to protect services

• 16 December: Contempt of court ruling on Edinburgh social workers – UNISON response

• 29 November: Celebrate classroom assistants day - UNISON
• 28 November: Audit Scotland report shows workforce takes brunt of spending cuts
• 18 November: Glasgow' s pupil support staff set for further strike action over imposed healthcare duties
• 18 November: Savage and unnecessary cuts will damage East Ayrshire communities, warn unions
• 13 November: 'We educate, not medicate' - school support staff strike again over imposed healthcare tasks
• 6 November: Police to be taken off beat to do admin tasks says police staffs union
• 6 November: ‘Speak-out' survey reveals children and disabled services hanging by a thread, says UNISON Scotland
• 5 November: Child welfare must be the priority – school support staff strike over imposed healthcare tasks
• 4 November: Procurement is key to rolling out benefits of living wage across Scotland, says UNISON

• 31 October: UNISON Police Staff stunned at promotions as cash strapped force announces £139m cuts
• 30 October: Midnight walk out in Glasgow begins UK higher education shut down
• 30 October: Glasgow City Council intransigence forces 1000 pupil support assistants out on strike
• 30 October: Hundreds of Glasgow charity care workers face uncertain future
• 28 October: UNISON brands COSLA' s delay claims ‘utter nonsense'
• 26 October: Local Govt Pay: CoSLA criticism is 'nonsense'. See the full facts.
• 25 October: Toxic cocktail of spending cuts and violence
• 11 October: Pig abscesses to be minced into sausages and pies
• 10 October: UNISON members step up strike action over 'savage cuts' by Stirling Council
• 10 October: Meals for school children and hospital patients must be protected from looming cuts - UNISON Food4Good Charter
• 2 October: Police Scotland cutting frontline services and ignoring staff rights

• 25 September: UNISON members enjoy success in term-time dispute
• 13 September: Health and care integration delivered by people not robots
• 12 September: UNISON welcomes publication of Procurement Bill
• 11 September: UNISON comment on Scottish Government pay policy
• 10 September: IT workers at Stirling Council to strike next week in ongoing dispute

• 22 August: Strike over 'savage cuts' by Stirling Council
• 16 August: Union project offers personal assistants and support workers training and employment rights advice
• 15 August: Unions prepare for industrial action at Stirling Council
• 1 August: Scots councils urged to ditch 'care on the cheap' 15 minute home visits

• 23 July: Dispute over pay at Citizens Advice Direct goes to ACAS
• 16 July: Inflation up - Scotland's local government workers deserve fair pay
• 11 July: Social housing is key says UNISON - as Audit Scotland finds 'failure to meet need' for homes
• 2 July: UNISON calls on councillors to back Fair Pay as strike ballot opens

• 26 June: UNISON wins historic equal pay case worth millions of pounds for members
• 25 June: Fair Pay Day of Action for local government workers
• 24 June: Strike ballot over plans to axe 155 community care jobs and slash salaries
• 18 June: Careers website 'no substitute for face-to-face guidance' - UNISON
• 13 June: Palestinian footballer joins UNISON in call for sporting boycott of Israel
• 12 June: UNISON warns of risks from planning and regulation cuts
• 12 June: UNISON warns social work standards are at risk from austerity cuts
• 6 June: UNISON calls for massive investment in social housing
• 6 June: Hundreds of health workers win backdated maternity leave public holidays - UNISON
• 4 June: Union announces Scotland wide strike ballot of council staff

• 23 May: Police Custody and Security Officers are fully authorised to take fingerprints and DNA samples - UNISON
• 23 May: Food safety requires independent regulator says meat inspectors union
• 23 May: City college praised for successful merger faces possible strike ballot - UNISON
• 23 May: Public services pay price of austerity job cuts - response to Audit Scotland report on ' early leavers'
• 22 May: New union project offers personal assistants training and employment rights advice
• 17 May: Stirling Council set to move away from collective bargaining - unions prepare for strike ballot
• 17 May: Bumpy roads across Scotland tell the real story of maintenance spending cut by a fifth - UNISON
• 15 May: Pay freezes are driving down living standards, while the rich get richer - UNISON
• 1 May: Council tax freeze is costing public services dear - UNISON

• 26 April: UNISON marks International Workers' Memorial Day with call for safer workplaces
• 25 April: Women's equality at work no better than when Scottish Parliament opened in 1999
• 19 April: Purpose first - powers later, UNISON tells Scottish Labour
• 17 April: Involve staff in health and social care integration or watch reform fail
• 11 April: Scottish Health Secretary to speak at UNISON health conference

• 27 Mar: Workers must be central in public service reform, not treated as puppets or pawns
• 26 Mar: Magnificent effort by public service workers in snow-hit Argyll and Bute, Arran and Dumfries & Galloway
• 25 Mar: Innovative pensions fund plan for new social housing in Scotland
• 22 Mar: Proposed college merger cuts are 'thin end of the wedge' UNISON Scotland
• 22 Mar: Support public water services as a human right for all on World Water Day
• 20 Mar: UNISON Scotland slams Osborne Budget as 'a broken record of broken hopes'
• 19 Mar: UNISON today backs Patient Opinion website for rating NHS care
• 15 Mar: UNISON recommends members reject 1% local government pay offer
• 15 Mar: UNISON warns Lib Dems - Don't take health and safety back to dark ages
• 11 Mar: Trade union membership pays dividends for UNISON members around Scotland
• 8 Mar: International School Meals Day - UNISON calls for free sustainable meals in all schools
• 7 Mar: Don't treat Scotland's colleges and support staff like Cinderella, UNISON tells MSPs
• 7 Mar: Scottish Ministers told time is right to act against tax dodging companies
• 6 Mar: New police service set to fail on Best Value if no progress on modern police teams - UNISON report
• 1 Mar: UNISON to ballot members on local government pay offer

• 28 Feb: UNISON calls for new devolved powers to create a Fairer Scotland
• 26 Feb: Major cuts in food safety and environmental health are putting the public at risk
• 20 Feb: UNISON wins Living Wage for low paid staff at Central Scotland Police
• 20 Feb: UNISON General Secretary in Stornoway visit to support case against cuts
• 8 Feb: UNISON urges support for library services & National Libraries Day 9 February
• 6 Feb:Scottish Budget: council services hit hardest -UNISON calls for funding review
• 5 Feb:Save our colleges, UNISON FE members tell MSPs
• 1 Feb:Government must act on Scots police staff jobs and end confusion
• 1 Feb:UNISON demands NHS chiefs stump up millions in unpaid wages

• 31 Jan:Union warns on public safety concerns raised in Audit Scotland report
• 30 Jan:Glasgow equal pay tribunal victory for UNISON
• 28 Jan:UNISON slams 'damaging' Stirling Council plan to cut vital services and jobs
• 23 Jan:UNISON wins pay deal of up to 4% at South Lanarkshire College
• 23 Jan:UNISON welcomes South Ayrshire equal pay settlement
• 22 Jan:Carers, celebrities and campaigners rally for Glasgow's learning disability services and day care centres
• 15 Jan:UNISON challenges North Lanarkshire Council over damaging £73m cuts
• 9 Jan:UNISON warns Borders Council against breaking from national pay framework
• 2 Jan: Students being turned away by colleges highlights need for support services

• 31 Dec: Challenges ahead for 2013 - A New Year message from Mike Kirby
• 24 Dec: Delivering vital public services through the Christmas period
• 20 Dec: UNISON condemns ' Swinney Tax' on NHS workers
• 20 Dec: UNISON NHS staff welcome a small bit of Xmas cheer
• 18 Dec: Job cuts threaten services and make workers sick in Western Isles
• 18 Dec: UNISON calls for immediate withdrawal of redundancy notices at Queen Margaret University
• 14 Dec: North Lanarkshire council must use £73m cuts decision delay to talk with unions
• 13 Dec: Audit Scotland report ' Health Inequalities in Scotland' - UNISON comment
• 11 Dec: Napier principal's offer is nothing like a fair Christmas bonus - UNISON
• 7 Dec: Conference on major cuts to Glasgow learning disability day services
• 5 Dec: Autumn Statement: this is the road to disaster, more austerity is not the answer
• 5 Dec: Fix the ' Polishambles' and create a balanced police service

• 30 Nov: Match our vision for a Fairer Scotland - UNISON issues referendum challenge
• 29 Nov: Post-16 Education Bill - UNISON Scotland comment
• 28 Nov: Scottish public service pensions should be managed in Scotland - UNISON
• 27 Nov: Scottish government must choose a better way than council funding cuts - UNISON
• 27 Nov: Scottish police staff are ' brunt of perverse game of control'
• 22 Nov: UNISON Scotland comment on local government pay offer
• 21 Nov: FE debate must concentrate on cuts, not confusion
• 20 Nov: Scottish government must now create balanced police service - UNISON
• 14 Nov: UNISON staff at Stow College call for openness, transparency - and union representation
• 13 Nov: Response from Glasgow UNISON on council proposals to cut day care services
• 5 Nov: A Living Wage must be guaranteed on public sector contracts - UNISON
• 2 Nov: Scotland should ban companies involved in tax dodging from public contracts - UNISON
• 2 Nov: Ministers must act now to protect Freedom of Information rights

• 26 Oct: UNISON wins Edinburgh equal pay deal
• 25 Oct: Public service staff face 'toxic cocktail' of cuts and violence at work - UNISON
• 22 Oct: UNISON tells MSPs: Government direction on police officer numbers is 'economic madness'
• 17 Oct: UNISON calls for alternative to austerity and support for a ' Future that Works'
• 11 Oct: Unions sign People's Charter to protect and improve public services
• 8 Oct: No more room to cut: unions call on Glasgow councillors to halt jobs cullts

• 26 Sep: UNISON calls for action to avert 3,000 police staff job cuts
• 20 Sep: No guarantee of pay rise for tens of thousands of council workers
• 12 Sep: Unions in Scottish Power agree breakthrough 10% pay deal
• 11 Sep: OECD education report card shows need for investment in Scotland's early years professional team
• 4 Sep: Police numbers increased by taking uniformed officers off the street
• 4 Sep: Council cultural trusts: UNISON warns of higher costs and loss of accountability (on blog)

• 31 Aug: New Police Authority chair should put force needs ahead of political targets - UNISON
• 28 Aug: CBI budget submission is recipe for misery
• 15 Aug: Unemployment stats; UNISON Scotland response
• 14 Aug: Capital cities join to back public services during festival 'A Tale of Two Barnets' film comes to Edinburgh
• 8 Aug: Tory attack on union facility time is nothing more than mischief making, says UNISON

• 26 July: UNISON Scotland welcomes decision to lift the ban on same sex marriage
• 11 July: UNISON response to Taxpayers' Alliance pensions nonsense
• 6 July: Scotland's MSPs must defend careers service, says UNISON

• 29 June: UNISON calls on the Archbishop of Glasgow to think again
• 28 June: Lobby of Glasgow City Council to oppose social care cuts through personalisation
• 27 June: 'A new food standards body could see watering down of standards', says UNISON
• 27 June: 'Pay freeze must thaw' - that's the message from Scotland's council workers on Fair Pay Day
• 26 June: A police service based on cost can never deliver the service Scotland needs
• 19 June: UNISON members in equal pay victory
• 5 June: Award confirms Scottish Futures Trust role as promoter of PPP

• 31 May: Hume Institute's report on public sector remuneration in Scotland - UNISON response
• 30 May: UNISON campaign sees new safety measures introduced to cut needlestick injuries
• 22 May: UNISON challenges Glasgow's councillors over immediate breaches of manifesto pledges
• 21 May: Nurses and midwives should not be held to ransom says UNISON as unions condemn 60% registration fee hike
• 16 May: Extra police should be out on the beat, not replacing police staffs - UNISON Scotland
• 10 May: UNISON calls for a balanced, modern police team ahead of parliamentary debate on national forces
• 8 May: 'It's time for fair pay' say unions as they lodge pay claim for local government workers
• 8 May: Early years staff have vital role to play in children 's education, says UNISON
• 2 May: If police targets are maintained, large scale civilian cuts will follow - warns UNISON

• 26 April: International Workers 'Memorial Day, 28 April: UNISON calls for stronger regulation and enforcement
• 26 April: Publicly-funded childcare is the key to making work pay for parents, says UNISON: Launch of UNISON Scotland education manifesto for local government elections
• 23 April: PFI scandal: Dave Watson argues why it's time to pull the plug on private finance initiatives Daily Record 23 April
• 20 April: Sack Lothian PFI contractor UNISON response to Lothian Health Statement over failings by PFI contractor Consort
• 18 April UNISON calls for a coherent strategy for social care services
• 17 April: UNISON supports annulment call on changes to NHS pension scheme
• 5 April: Aberdeen wins battle against privatisation

• 29 March: UNISON hopes new guide will Make a Difference in challenging Gypsy Traveller discrimination
• 28 March: The reality of sickness absence - shocking survey findings revealed by UNISON Scotland
• 26 March: UNISON protesters lobby Scottish Parliament as industrial action over NHS pensions continues
• March: Tories Kettled at Troon: Over 1,000 STUC demonstrators against youth unemployment kettled Tory Conference delegates in Troon. On blog.
• 21 March: Budget: Tax cuts for rich and mass unemployment for youth is totally unacceptable - UNISON
• 20 March: The front line starts here - report argues for proper service redesign instead of back office cuts through flawed 'shared service' models
• 19 March: Time to kick start the economy - Dave Prentis on UNISON's alternative budget
• 14 March: Treasury confirms VAT bill for single fire and police services - UNISON
• 14 March: Aberdeen UNISON calls on city council to do the right thing and keep services in house
• 12 March: Justice Secretary meets UNISON as campaign for balanced modern police force launched
• 12 March: UNISON kicks off new industrial action on NHS pensions from Tuesday 13 March
• 9 March: Police staff secure victory in fight over pay cuts of up to 35%
• 8 March: Is personalisation just cover for cuts? - UNISON asks at carers conference
• 2 March: UNISON protesters lobby Health Minister as Scotland launches further industrial action on pensions

• 28 Feb: UNISON warns staff jobs cuts could lead to scandal of 2,000 police officers taken off street
• 27 Feb: Careers staff job cuts unacceptable in face of youth unemployment crisis - UNISON
• 24 Feb: Only a balanced energy strategy for Scotland will keep the lights on - UNISON
• 22 Feb: UNISON urges councillors to end compulsory redundancy threat to police staff in Strathclyde 
• 21 Feb: UNISON raises concern over threat to 2,000 police staff jobs at Scottish Parliament 
• 20 Feb: UNISON seeks independent probe on bullying and harassment at Adam Smith College 
• 9 Feb: Council budget cuts - UNISON calls for review of funding to protect vital services and jobs 
• 4 Feb: UNISON Scotland manifesto calls for radical reform and democratic service design in local government
• 3 Feb: National Libraries Day 4 Feb - support your local library and its team of skilled, dedicated staff

• 26 Jan:Threat to 2000 Scottish police staff jobs is criminal
• 23 Jan: UNISON members horrified by attack from SNP minister Alex Neil
• 20 Jan: Scottish Government must do the right thing by public services in Budget - UNISON
• 19 Jan: UNISON welcomes Edinburgh Council decision to support in-house bids over privateers
• 17 Jan: Cuts to police staff could have damaging effect on law and order - UNISON
• 10 Jan: UNISON members give green light to pensions negotiations - Scottish comment
• 10 Jan: Edinburgh bows to low paid women on equal pay
• 6 Jan: Ambulance crews reject payment for rest breaks
• 1 Jan: Empowerment and pride in our union - New Year message to members from Mike Kirby, Scottish Secretary.

• PENSIONS NEGOTIATIONS UPDATES: NHS Scheme response - Local Govt briefing - No decisions till UNISON service groups meet in January

• 30 Nov: Solid strike and great public support - government must stop Great Pensions Robbery
• 27 Nov: £300 million more being paid into Scottish Local Government pensions than going out
• 23 Nov: Edinburgh - best value bins is not so simple
• 15 Nov: UNISON welcomes Court of Session equal pay judgement
• 5 Nov: UNISON backs Johann Lamont and Ian Davidson in Scottish Labour leader election

• 28 Oct: Fat cat pay shows pension fight justified - UNISON
• 21 Oct: UNISON - if privatisation is a gamble in NHS, it's a gamble with Edinburgh Council
• 19 Oct: Bizarre twist in Edinburgh privatisation saga as council leader gives details of censored reports
• 15 Oct: UNISON launches 'oppose privatisation' pledge for Edinburgh councillors
• 13 Oct: UNISON report shows nearly 28,000 violent incidents against Scottish public service workers last year
• 12 Oct: UNISON on unemployment figures - Reform Council Tax to put people back to work
• 11 Oct: Stow College strikers rally support in pursuit of a Living Wage
• 4 Oct: Stop the Great Pensions Robbery - UNISON meets to plan Scotland's biggest ever strike ballot

• 27 Sep: Staff at Stow College prepare to strike over pay plans
• 23 Sep: Scotland's ambulance workers overwhelmingly reject working time plans
• 15 Sep: ' Better care, not cheaper care' - the Scottish Government must aim higher for social care, says UNISON
• 10 Sep: UNISON lining the streets on first leg of the Tour of Britain
• 5 Sep: Social care staff facing pay cuts of up to 23 per cent prepare to strike, says UNISON

• 31 Aug: Council right to dump flawed shared services proposal - plan had 'Edinburgh trams' written all over it
• 30 Aug: Quarriers staff set strike date - but renew call to go to Acas
• 29 Aug: Skills Development Scotland staff have no faith in new strategy
• 26 Aug: Quarriers staff vote yes to strike action to oppose 20% pay cuts
• 22 Aug: FOI decision reveals Scottish Water has no business cases for PFI deals - and Parliament was misled
• 11 Aug: UNISON Mobilises For Action At Anti-Cuts Festival
• 9 Aug: Clyde Valley Shared Services briefing
• 8 Aug: Huge gap in private sector pensions - UNISON response
• 5 Aug: 'Its' 2011 - not 1611' UNISON reminds John Mason MSP
• 2 Aug: UNISON lambasts police boards for ' bully boy tactics' and calls for negotiation not intimidation
• 1 Aug: Edinburgh privatisation 'worse than the trams' say unions as communities take action
• 1 Aug: Tony Benn to headline UCS 40 Anniversary Concert

• 30 July: Book for the UNISON Members Fun Day at New Lanark - Sun 28 August
• 28 July: Public sector pension talks jeopardised by naïve playground tactics UK website
• 22 July: BDS Campaign: Israeli Democracy and Human Rights
• 21 July: Southern and Scottish price rise - UNISON response (UK website)
• 19 July: UNISON calls in troops for pensions' fight-back
• 15 July: UNISON calls on Glasgow City Council to halt attacks on people with learning disabilities
• 14 July: 'Focus on cutting crime, not police staff' says UNISON in response to new report
• 14 July: New UK government figures show the true cost of PFI, says UNISON
• 11 July: Staff at one of Scotland's largest charities left facing savage pay cuts of almost 25 per cent
• 8 July: Ambulance workers reject meal break proposals
• 4 July: ' We're all frontline' says UNISON as it marks 63rd birthday of NHS

• 30 June: 'Care before cost' says UNISON as it urges the Scottish Government to save St Philip's
• 29 June: ' People, not processes, will deliver real change': UNISON response to Christie
• 23 June: UNISON urges Scottish government to save St Philip's secure unit from closure
• 22 June: UNISON welcomes Scottish Government recognition of unfair attack on pensions
• 22 June: Our paramedics need their proper meal breaks - UNISON
• 21 June: UNISON President tells conference: 'Now it is time to fight'
• 17 June: UNISON welcomes delivery of M74 project early and under budget as in-house success
• 17 June: Public sector pensions - UNISON response
• 16 June: UNISON sounds alarm bells over cuts to secure units for vulnerable young people
• 15 June: UNISON bullying survey reveals real impact of cuts
• 10 June: Public service factories are not the key to reforming public services, says UNISON

• UNISON Scotland welcomes warning to Treasury over public service pensions

• 28 April: Using police to plug staffing gaps is "economic madness" says UNISON
• 28 April: Scotland's most vulnerable young people under attack as services face the axe
• 28 April: Hundreds to lobby in Glasgow to defend attacks on services to disabled people
• 21 April: UNISON: Fight to defend pensions must be a priority
• 19 April: Personalisation should be an option, but not a cheap option, says UNISON
• UNISON health checks for ministerial candidates

• 31 March: UNISON warns of 'dark future' for students if university cuts go ahead
• 30 March: 'No funding, no future'; says UNISON Scotland as colleges protest against cuts
• 29 March: UNISON considers legal action over transfer of 300 staff on critical ScottishPower contract
• 23 March: Tax cuts for rich businesses isn't much of a strategy - UNISON Scotland budget response
• 21 March: UNISON launches safety guide for social workers
• PENSIONS ATTACK 10 March
  . The Today Programme - Dave Prentis on the Hutton Report
  . Government Will Use Hutton Report - To Raid Public Sector Pensions (UK release)
  . Hutton Pensions Report Brings Industrial Action Closer (UK release)
  STUC comments to follow. Check blog

• 21 Feb: CBI 'living in a Thatcherite wonderland' - UNISON response to CBI submission
• 15 Feb: Police cells privatisation suggestion 'crazy' says police staffs union
• 10 Feb: "Don't handcuff our councils" says UNISON Scotland
• 8 Feb: UNISON urges Christie Commission to put users at the heart of public services
• 5 Feb: UNISON Scotland launches manifesto for public services

• 28 Jan: ' Listen to the Scottish Government - come and talk to us' UNISON tells Aberdeen City Council
• 26 Jan: Glasgow City Council leader challenged to debate alternatives to the cuts
• 26 Jan: Cuts will hit the vulnerable - South Lanarkshire UNISON
• 24 Jan: "Support your child's support assistant" says Aberdeen city UNISON
• 21 Jan: UNISON condemns savage cuts being imposed on Glasgow's colleges
• 10 Jan: Thousands of workers in Scotland too low paid to afford rent

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