📣Today, UNISON members in Scottish schools take a stand for fair pay! 💪✏️ Let's support our members in their fight for what's right. A decent pay rise for all local government workers.
#payupforcouncilstaff
#UNISONstrikes
EXC: A key official in the only trade union to continue strikes in schools next week is a Unionist campaigner and a high-ranking member of the Labour Party 🌹
Johanna Baxter is chair of Labour’s national executive committee (NEC), the ruling body of the party
The comments were removed as soon as we were made aware and we are now conducting an internal investigation.
UNISON is unequivocal in our support of transgender people's rights and will continue to fight for equality for all. 2/2
On Sunday, an unauthorised tweet came from UNISON Scotland’s account.
UNISON deeply regrets the offence caused by this unauthorised social media activity. This in no way represents the views of UNISON and is against UNISON’s policy. 1/2
First Minister
@HumzaYousaf
has made a last ditch plea to
@unisonscot
to call off the planned school staff strikes - he spoke to
@LBC
@LBCNews
while in (a very windy) Cambuslang
EIS General Secretary Andrea Bradley sends a resounding message of unwavering support to UNISON school and early years members as they prepare to take a stand with strike action across 24 local authorities next week. 📢✊
#PayUpForCouncilStaff
Statement from UNISON’s Scottish Secretary, Lilian Macer, following online abuse directed at UNISON Staff:
“I am appalled at the personal abuse that has been directed towards a highly effective hard-working member of my staff over the weekend." (1/5)
Scottish Council today reiterated the strong UNISON call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza & Israel. Members agreed a wide-ranging motion supporting the Palestinian people & a donation to Medical Aid for Palestinians. We stand in solidarity with
#CeasefireNOW
protests.
We will officially ballot 50,000 NHS members in Scotland for strike action over pay from 3 October. UNISON Scotland's Head of Health, Matt McLaughlin outlines the next steps for members 👇
UNISON serve notices for school and early years strikes
Councils notified include: Aberdeenshire, Clackmannanshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow City, Inverclyde, Orkney, North Lanarkshire, Stirling and South Lanarkshire councils.
Statement: Local Government Strike Action 🟣🟢
Chair of UNISON Scotland’s local government committee Mark Ferguson said: “UNISON lay members take decisions on industrial disputes." (1/7)
🟢 A consultative ballot of all local government workers closed today (Monday) with 89.92 % voting to reject the offer. There was a turnout of 57.27%.
#payupforcouncilstaff
This not a win for
@scotgov
- it is a warning.
57% of NHS members balloted have voted to accept the offer. The turnout in the digital ballot was 62%.
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Vale Tom Waterson - It is with sad regret that we have to advise that our good friend and comrade Tom Waterson, Chair UNISON Scotland health committee, sadly passed away last night.
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📢 Scotland's largest local government union, UNISON, announces strike dates over pay disputes. Let's support fair wages for council workers!
#PayUpForCouncilStaff
Full info:
Strikes to continue - We will recommend UNISON council members vote to reject the latest LG pay offer in a digital consultative ballot in the coming days.
School staff vote to strike in 24 councils in Scotland in local government pay dispute
This is UNISON’s strongest ever strike mandate in local government, which shows the level of anger felt by staff.
#PayUpForCouncilStaff
📢 Breaking News: UNISON serves notice of further strike action in South Lanarkshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Edinburgh, and Fife councils over local government pay. School staff to strike on November 8th.
#UNISONStrikes
#PayUpForCouncilStaff
Following 3 days of strikes we have written to
@COSLA
&
@scotgov
- we still haven't received the revised pay scales for the latest offer. Transparency is key in negotiations, and we expect this information before our consultative ballot launches on Oct 2.
#PayUpForCouncilStaff
Cosla’s most recent offer still shortchanges the majority of council staff
Commenting on the reasons behind UNISON’s rejection of the latest pay offer made by COSLA yesterday. (1/6)
Lyn Wormald, an auxiliary nurse at Ross Memorial Hospital in Dingwall, said she will vote to strike. The gran-of-six said that despite being lauded for their work during Covid, the Government has taken NHS staff for granted.
Disappointing that MSPs have rejected proposals for national bargaining in the care home sector put forward as part of the Coronavirus Bill - the crisis needs tackled. They have another chance to vote n this tomorrow - they should reverse their decision.
Say thank you to ALL the key workers tonight at 8pm.
Join in by sharing and colouring this printable and putting it in your window too.
@unisontheunion
#clapforourcarers
Our members have voted in their thousands and their message is loud and clear – the
@scotgov
pay offer just isn’t good enough.
UNISON Scotland’s health committee will meet this week to discuss next steps.
#PayRiseOrWeRise
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We support the Campaign for Freedom of Information in Scotland's new Get it Minuted campaign. Join in! Insist that Scottish Government meetings should be recorded. The public has a right to access information
#FOI
UNISON Regional Manager, John Gallacher, lays out his vision for a four-day working week in the
@heraldscotland
How does a 32 hour week sound to you? 🤔
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It's a wet day on day 2 of the
@UNISONDundeeUni
pension strike. But the poor weather won't stop them and neither will the pension poverty changes from
@dundeeuni
!
Today, Glasgow, East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, and Renfrewshire unite in strike action for fair pay! ✊
📅 Mark your calendars for November 8! South Lanarkshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Edinburgh, and Fife councils join the fight!
#payupforcouncilstaff
#unisonstrikes
Council strikes to go ahead after UNISON reject derisory 3.5% pay offer
We have unanimously agreed to reject this revised offer outright and voted overwhelmingly to continue with strike plans in councils across Scotland.
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This week 21,000 UNISON members across 24 Scottish local authorities took strike action for fair pay. Our members deliver high quality public services & they deserve a pay rise.
#payupforcouncilstaff
At
@COSLA
's annual conference, First Minister
@HumzaYousaf
reiterated
@scotgov
's commitment to a strong partnership with councils.
The Verity House Agreement seeks to:
🔵 empower communities
🔵 tackle poverty
🔵 transform the economy
🔵 deliver high-quality public services
UNISON win landmark legal case against barring employees from standing for election. Polly Jones was dismissed by the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations after she told her former boss she wanted to stand for election to the Westminster parliament.
We have launched a campaign,
#PlugTheGap
, to call on the Scottish government to find additional resources for Scotland’s councils to avoid devastating harm to services that have already suffered ten years of budget cuts.
@UNISONScotLGvt
With all these pictures and videos of
#PayUpNow
NHS demos across Scotland today we hope
@JeaneF1MSP
is paying close attention. Thank you to everyone for your support.
Notices of strike action were served this morning to Aberdeenshire, Clackmannanshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow City, Inverclyde, North Lanarkshire, Stirling and South Lanarkshire councils.
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A below inflation pay offer & service cuts. Does that sound familiar? Solidarity with
@RMTunion
workers taking action this week 💪💪
#SupportTheRailStrikes
Poverty is a choice made by the powerful. Together We Rise is a UNISON campaign to give a voice to members and to challenge political leaders to act on the cost of living crisis. Get involved today & join
@unisontheunion
plz RT
Solidarity with
@UNISONDundeeUni
members who are back out on strike today & tomorrow to save their pensions.
@dundeeuni
proposals, if implemented, will mean that workers will have to work longer and contribute more into their pension.
Our school staff (not just teachers) always have been and always will be heroes. It’s not militant to demand safety measures are in place for children and staff.
#dailymailfail
UNISON Scotland stand with our general secretary
@cmcanea
at the demo to protect the right to strike, for over five million workers.
@The_TUC
#CheltenhamDemo
UNISON believes that the new anti-strike bill is an attack on working people and the trade unions they organise within.
Tomorrow (Feb 1st), events are taking place across Scotland.
📍 Glasgow
📍 Edinburgh
📍 Dundee
For more details visit:
UNISON is at the forefront of campaigning against racism in Scotland. And today we stand in solidarity with the black community all over the world.
Discrimination and prejudice has no place in Scotland, or anywhere else in the world.
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@EdinburghNapier
halts compulsory redundancies as UNISON wins strike ballot
"Members and activists elsewhere should also take heart that cuts can be challenged effectively on a collective basis, even in these strange new times.”
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@HumzaYousaf
scottish health secretary sitting down with
@unisonscot
health activists to discuss problems and solutions for the NHS staffing crisis.
Support UNISON's campaign for a £2,000 pay rise for all NHS staff. A £2,000 minimum pay rise for everyone is fair, reasonable, simple and could be implemented quickly.
#OneTeam2K
@unisontheunion
The impact of menopausal symptoms on women workers is an occupational health issue and an equality issue. Therefore it's a workplace and trade union issue!
If you have urgent concerns about what is happening in your workplace & can't reach your workplace rep you can call or email our dedicated advice service.
Members
@NapierUNISON
are taking three more days of strike action this week, continuing to protest the dire national pay offer and fighting for justice for university staff.
#NotGoodEnough
A message of support from
@cmcanea
, UNISON's General Secretary, to all the dedicated local government strikers. Your determination is inspiring & with thousands of new members joining UNISON, future strike days are likely to be even more impactful.
#payupforcouncilstaff
Remember the Dead. Fight for the living.
International Workers’ Memorial Day
#IWMD
is a time to remember those who have died either because of a workplace accident, ill health or diseases as a result of work.
Our Regional Secretary laid a wreath in Glasgow today.
Strikes in Scottish colleges announced 📣📣📣
More than 2,000 support staff in colleges across Scotland are to strike on September 7 in a dispute over pay, terms, and conditions.
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Our digital ballot on the latest NHS pay offer has now closed.
UNISON's health committee will soon be meeting to consider the results & next steps. We will have further information for members asap.
Join us on Facebook for a live stream, featuring UNISON General Secretary
@cmcanea
, as we demand a £2,000 for the whole NHS team.
#OneTeam2k
#PayUpNow
Register for a wee reminder👉
Our Convenor Lilian Macer tells STUC Scottish Budget Rally: “public service workers deserve decent pay”. And she calls for “a real national care service.”
UNISON members and staff at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary hold a minutes silence to pay tribute to all workers who have died from Coronavirus
#neverforgotten
#IWMD20
"It’s depressing that the attacks have been led by a national newspaper. But depressingly familiar that once again, a women in the public eye gets horrendous online abuse." (2/5)
"These attacks are an attempt to undermine our unions democracy and weaken our resolve in pursuit of a decent pay rise for our members. UNISON will not stand for anyone getting such disgraceful personal abuse.” (5/5)
Great news in
#GreenUNISON
week that South Lanarkshire Council today voted to press Strathclyde Pension Fund to divest from fossil fuels asap. Important motion from Green cllr
@KRobbGreen
, supported by Labour, SNP & Lib Dem cllrs. And support work frm
@UNISONSouthLan
&
@DivestSPF
We did it! Thank you to my fellow councillors who supported this motion, to
@UNISONSouthLan
and
@DivestSPF
for their input and to
@southlangreens
whose support was crucial. Here's our happy faces ahead of the vote this morning.
NHS workers don't just want praise, they need pay rises. UNISON are organising socially distanced demonstrations across Scotland on Tuesday 18 August to show the strength of feeling of NHS staff about pay.
#PayUpNow
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