Category: News

Selling Edinburgh off will come at great cost to us all
Letter in Evening News 29/7/10 In an otherwise enlightening article on council funding and privatisation (Counting the cost of public ...

City’s not for sale July 2010
Stop them privatising Edinburgh’s services. KEEP EDINBURGH PUBLIC! As the City of Edinburgh Council charges headlong into privatisation of vital local ...

“You cannot hide from the responsibility for the disaster privatisation will bring”
Branch Officers told councillors on 24 June that they 'cannot hide from the responsibility for the disaster privatisation will bring', ...

UNISON News May 2010
Modernising Pay: Council launches push to get you to sign ‘voluntarily’. DON’T SIGN FIRST TIME! Managers: Be careful you do not ...

Mayday: When are the politicians going to learn to respect public service workers?
UNISON Edinburgh joined the annual May Day rally to take forward our 'City's Not For Sale' campaign on 1 May ...

Branch takes Edinburgh message to Glasgow Rally
Edinburgh joined thousands from across Scotland in Glasgow rally against cuts in public services. The bright sunshine was compensation for ...

UNISON News April 2010
LATEST NEWS ON EDINBURGH COUNCIL PRIVATISATION Only six months to keep Edinburgh’s services public! ...

Threatened Staff Win UK Award. If It Ain’t Broke – Don’t Fix It
Staff at the City of Edinburgh Council, who face wholesale privatisation, have just received a UK award for delivering efficiencies ...

Councillors’ briefing pack issued
UNISON has produced a briefing pack sent out to all City of Edinburgh councillors with full details of our critique ...