The Latest Breaking News from Unison

Waste workers set to strike during Edinburgh Fringe festival

WASTE and recycling workers in Edinburgh are set to go on strike during the city’s Fringe festival in a dispute over pay.

The National (Scotland) · Aug 4, 2022

Frontline council staff in Renfrewshire are struggling to feed their families

GMB union hits out in pay row as strike action looms, saying: "We have taken devastating calls from members telling us they can’t afford to live"

Daily Record · Aug 3, 2022

Uncollected rubbish fears for Ayrshire councils as pay row strike threat looms

Ayrshire's three councils are monitoring the situation after workers were balloted for industrial action.

Daily Record · Aug 3, 2022

Staff at England’s biggest exam board to strike over pay

Union and AQA disagree about possibility of GCSE and A-level results being delayed by the action

The Guardian - UK · Jul 28, 2022

Staff at exam board AQA to stage 72-hour walkout over pay

AQA is headquartered in Manchester

Birmingham Post · Jul 28, 2022

Dumfries and Galloway schools set to be hit by strike action in new term

Council workers in the Unite union have voted to reject a “derisory” two per cent pay deal offered by the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA)

Daily Record · Jul 28, 2022

Unions set for action at councils over "derisory" pay offer

Schools and waste services will be hit as staff walk out

Daily Record · Jul 27, 2022

Travel chaos as RMT members join rail strike outside Newcastle Central Station

Two picket lines of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) and supporting Unison members stood outside Newcastle Central station

Chronicle Live · Jul 27, 2022

Glasgow set for strike action as workers reject 2 per cent pay offer

The "insulting" offer from COSLA has been rejected by unions whose members voted to hold strikes that will hit cleansing, schools and support staff.

Glasgow Live · Jul 27, 2022

Schools in Lanarkshire could stay shut after summer break as council workers back strike action

Waste could also pile high as workers rejected what unions have branded a 'derisory' two per cent pay offer

Daily Record · Jul 27, 2022