News and press releases

budget, News /

Edinburgh budget response: Defending services or administering austerity?

UNISON's Tom Connolly made the following submission to Edinburgh City Council's budget meeting today as Joint Trade Unions Staff Side ... Read More
budget, News, Press release /

UNISON lobbies Council Budget Meeting – Stand up for local services

UNISON, the union representing Edinburgh Council workers, will lobby the City of Edinburgh Council’s budget meeting on Thursday 9 February, ... Read More
About us, AGM /

Annual General Meeting 2017

Special Branch Committee for elections and motions For the first time in the branch's history, we did not have a ... Read More
budget, News, Pay, UNISON News Magazine /

UNISON News January 2017

GOVERNMENT SLASHES YET ANOTHER £37m FROM COUNCIL SERVICES Speak up against cuts. Transformation: Fighting for the best results for members ... Read More
News, UNISON News Magazine, workloads /

UNISON News November 2016

Health and Social Care Integration Briefing. Avoidance of Disputes and major concerns about workloads (pdf) ... Read More

Hundreds turn out to tell council to keep its pledge on redundancies

Hundreds of union members and members of community groups turned out this morning to tell Edinburgh councillors to stand up ... Read More

Survey – Mental Health Issues in the Practice Teams. October 2016

Health & Social Care Departmental sickness figures had been presented to the trade unions for the previous few years, and ... Read More
News /

UNISON meeting: All social care workers & assistants in homecare & reablement FRI 14 OCT 2016

East Neighbourhood Office 101 Niddrie Mains Road EH16 4DS 1.30–2.30 or 2.30–3.30You will be aware that we have now entered ... Read More