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Early years workers in North Lanarkshire being voting today on whether to strike over council's 'fire and rehire' plans

Local authority proposing to make early years practitioners (grade 9) redundant, then re-employ them on a lower wage (grade 7).

Daily Record

Strikes at Bristol University could clash with open days

They are set to walk out again on a five-day strike

Bristol Post

"Shameful" new figures show one member of staff assaulted a week at Vale of Leven Hospital

Campaigners from Hospitalwatch have said they will raise the worrying figures with NHSGGC chiefs and push for more to be done to protect staff from violence and threats.

Daily Record

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Union warns Falkirk will be 'dumping ground of Scotland' as fly tipping team get redundancy notices

UNISON also has concerns that the jobs will be done by other council staff after redundancy

Daily Record

Rishi Sunak slammed for failing to end strikes after one year of walkouts - latest dates

As this week marks one year since railway workers in the RMT voted to begin their biggest walkouts in almost 30 years, trade union leaders demanded the PM to stop 'messing around' and end the disruption

Daily Mirror

Students forced to find somewhere else to live as college announces closure of halls of residence in Lanarkshire

The facility at the Motherwell campus is to close as part of a number of cost cutting measures

Daily Record

‘Reluctance’ within police to admit some officers are racist and sexist – lawyer

Employment lawyer Margaret Gribbon has represented female officers making claims of sex discrimination against Police Scotland.

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Veronica Dunn becomes Newcastle's new lord mayor after 'lifetime of commitment' to the city

The Byker councillor and former Unison president succeeds Karen Robinson as the city's first citizen

Chronicle Live

Union members 'unanimously support' no confidence vote in Perth College management after redundancies announcement

A total of 50 jobs will go at the college as a result of a £3 million funding black hole - with more potentially to follow

Daily Record

Lanarkshire home carers to demonstrate outside council headquarters over pay dispute

Home carers will be holding a demonstration outside South Lanarkshire Council's headquarters today as part of a pay dispute after the authority was accused of breaking an agreement with workers.

Glasgow Live

Council and school support staff begin voting on strike action over pay

The six-week ballot, which closes in early July, includes refuse collectors, social workers, teaching assistants and librarians.

The Independent UK

Work-related suicides should be investigated by watchdog, unions say

Death of headteacher Ruth Perry prompts calls for employers to have to report when workers take own lives

The Guardian - UK

Glasgow council urged to reverse 'hammer blow' £4m education cuts

UNISON has said the cuts must be scrapped if the council is 'serious about closing the attainment gap' .

Glasgow Live

Scale of abuse faced by Scottish NHS staff laid bare as 100,000 incidents reported

SCOTTISH NHS staff are enduring high levels of violence and abuse at work with more than fifty incidents recorded every day for five years ...

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Union unveils action figures to highlight importance of public sector workers

Unison hopes its move will make the public appreciate the work of council staff such as librarians, refuse collectors and residential care workers.

Glasgow Live

Glasgow charity football match raises hundreds for city foodbanks

The match saw union members face-off against local Labour councillors.

The National (Scotland)

Fury over Labour council attempt to privatise local care homes

COUNCILLORS in West Lothian will be forced to state their position on a bid to privatise local care homes in the area as a row over the plans…

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

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Daily Record

Finalists announced for NHS Ayrshire & Arran's healthcare heroes awards

The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony on Thursday, June 1 at University Hospital, Ayr.

Wales Online

NHS staff with UNISON vote to accept Welsh Government pay offer

'This acceptance might end UNISON’s NHS dispute, but it doesn't solve the significant workforce issues facing the health service. The most pressing is tackling the growing staffing emergency and health worker burnout'

Daily Record

Packed meeting against care home closures shows 'strength of feeling against plans'

Proposals are being considered to privatise four care homes for the elderly plus a raft of other 'illogical, irrational and downright dangerous' moves

Daily Mirror

Tories plot reforms that could mean workers do longer shifts in 'boost for bad bosses'

Union leaders warned people would be working 'excessive hours' if vital EU rules are scrapped and called the move the 'latest attack' on working people's rights by the Tories

The Guardian - UK

Majority of NHS trusts provide no dedicated training to prevent sexual harassment

Just one of 199 trusts analysed in England has a specific sexual harassment module, report finds

The Independent UK

Nurses to ballot for more strikes as Government imposes pay deal

It comes as the Government announced a 5% pay rise and a one-off cash payment for more than a million NHS workers.

Chronicle Live

Care Quality Commission staff in Newcastle join wave of strike action and warn health regulator is seeing 'staff exodus'

CQC staff in Newcastle joined thousands of other NHS staff and civil servants to have taken strike action this year

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