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The Latest Breaking News from Unison Scotland

Council workers sent strike ballots in ‘biggest vote of its kind in years’

More than 80,000 workers could take part in the vote that may see walkouts over a pay dispute.

The Independent UK

Scottish Water staff strike over pay dispute

A spokesman for the publicly-owned utility company said the pay offer is ‘above inflation’.

Evening Standard

Care workers ‘not paid enough to live on’ says union as charity faces walkout

Unison Scotland said it was the first time in more than a decade that staff in the charitable sector had voted for strike action.

The Independent UK

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Labour 'allowing racist enslavement of care workers', says top trade union

THE Home Office is presiding over the “racist enslavement” of care workers, a top trade union has warned.

The National (Scotland)

Scottish university staff to be balloted on strike action over job cuts row

Professional services staff working at the University of Dundee are to be balloted for strike action over job cuts, a union has announced.

The National (Scotland)

Police Scotland staff reject pay offer and warn of strikes

POLICE Scotland staff have rejected a pay offer and warned they will take industrial action if a better deal is not tabled ...

The National (Scotland)

Waste workers in 14 Scottish council areas vote for strike action in row over pay

COUNCIL waste and street cleaning staff have voted for strike action in a row over pay which could see “rubbish piling up in the streets”, union…

The National (Scotland)

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Strikes off as school support staff in Scotland accept latest Cosla pay offer

School support staff in Scotland have voted to accept a pay offer, bringing industrial action to an end.

The National (Scotland)

Unison calls off school strikes in Scotland after pay offer improved

Further walkouts had been planned on November 8 and 15.

The Independent UK

Strike by support staff closes Scottish schools as further walkouts announced

Tens of thousands of pupils are out of the classroom on Wednesday in Glasgow, Inverclyde, Renfrewshire and East Renfrewshire.

The Independent UK

Hundreds of schools close as support staff take strike action across Scotland

Janitors, cleaners and classroom assistants are among those taking strike action across four local authorities in Scotland

The Independent UK

Hundreds of schools close as support staff take strike action

Janitors, cleaners and classroom assistants are among those taking strike action across four local authorities in Scotland on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

School staff in Scotland set to strike again in ongoing pay dispute

Union members are readying themselves for a further wave of strike action in Scotland’s schools and early years centres this week in a continuing…

The National (Scotland)

School staff in Scotland set to strike again in continuing pay dispute

Workers in four local authority areas are preparing to hold a one-day strike on Wednesday.

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No more funding for school staff pay offer, says Yousaf as strikes planned

Unison announced another wave of action on Wednesday.

The National (Scotland)

Schools in more council areas to be impacted by support staff strike action

MORE council areas in Scotland are set to be impacted by disruption in schools following the announcement of further walkouts by support staff.

The National (Scotland)

Warning as Unison write to Scottish Government on further school strike action

UNISON has warned that further industrial action for school staff is being planned, as it reveals it has again written to Cosla and the Scottish…

The Independent UK

What do I need to know about how strikes are affecting schools in Scotland?

Here, the PA news agency answers some of the key questions about the strikes.

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The Independent UK

Union describes final pay offer to school staff as ‘too little, too late’

Unison said the vast majority of local government staff are only being offered 0.5% more than Cosla’s original offer made almost six months ago.

The National (Scotland)

School strikes set to go ahead after revised pay offer rejected

SCHOOL strikes are set to go ahead following a meeting in which a revised pay offer was rejected.

The Independent UK

Strike action by Scottish college workers ‘deeply disappointing’, say bosses

College Employers Scotland said strike action will ‘only cause disruption and anxiety for students’.

The Independent UK

College staff strikes to go ahead as union hits out at Scottish Government

More than 2,000 workers across Scotland’s colleges will walk out on Thursday in a dispute over pay, terms and conditions.

The National (Scotland)

'Mass school closures' predicted with 24 Scottish councils set to face strikes

MASS school closures are expected across Scotland after “the largest ever vote for strike action by school staff” ...

The National (Scotland)

Union launches probe after account shares 'unauthorised' anti-transgender tweets

On Sunday, Unison Scotland’s Twitter account, which has more than 10,000 followers, retweeted a post from an anonymous anti-trans account

Daily Record

West Lothian College workers could strike over 'derisory' pay offer

UNISON members, including those who work at the college, have voted for strike action

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