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UNISON News November 2010

Get your Modernising Pay appeals in now – full guidance. Privatisation, what’s happening? Join the pension fund now. Pay protection

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BLINDCRAFT SAVED WITH 3 DAY WEEK PLAN

Late negotiations saw councillors agree to backtrack on plans to close Blindcaft. “We’ve got a platform to build from”, UNISON’s

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UNISON VOWS TO FIGHT CLOSURE OF BLINDCRAFT

UNISON and the other trades unions at Blindcraft have vowed to fight the closure of its renowned beds factory in

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Get your Modernising Pay appeal in by 17 December

Details on how to appeal under Modernising Pay for City of Edinburgh Council employees will be on the website from

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Edinburgh joins 20,000 on There Is A Better Way march

UNISON Edinburgh has produced a short photo montage video of the branch on the rally on 23 October. See it on

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20,000 march in Edinburgh against the cuts

Expectations were high for the Edinburgh demo on 23 October. All the signs were that people were building for it.

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Unions’ fury as Edinburgh Council reneges on pay protection promise

The joint unions representing Edinburgh Council staff have condemned the Council for reneging on its promises to staff about three-year

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“You can’t cut half-a-million jobs and think services and people using them won’t suffer,”

“You can’t cut half-a-million jobs and think services and people using them won’t suffer,” Kisten Hey tells today’s Scotsman newspaper.

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ABM privatisation roadshows

Come and find out more about the Council’s ABM privatisation programme…. Tuesday 26 October City Chambers Dunedin Room 2-4pm Wednesday

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Thousands rally against cuts at Westminster

Thousands rally against cuts at Westminster Thousands of public sector workers have packed Central Hall to capacity with standing-room only

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