Category: UNISON News Magazine

Transformation madness must stop
A new UNISON branch briefing says the acceleration of the City of Edinburgh Council Transformation programme in August from five ...

UNISON wins major changes to voluntary severance but fight against compulsory redundancies goes on
UNISON has won major changes to voluntary severance that will improve the terms, extend the time to decide and take ...

Exposing myth of need to rush to redundancy
There is a spin being played by the senior officials that the world ends on 1 April 2016 if 2,000 ...

UNISON tells council: Keep your no compulsory redundancy pledge
UNISON is urging members to turn out in force on 29 October to lobby councillors to keep their no compulsory ...

UNISON News September 2015
COUNCIL MELTDOWN PREDICTED FROM CUTS AND ‘TRANSFORMATION’ Services to be slashed as 3,000 jobs set to go Where the cuts ...

Edinburgh cleaning in crisis
There is currently a crisis in Facilities Management and in particular, the cleaning service. Staff who leave or who are ...

Cleaning staff don’t sign your rights away
Some Edinburgh Council cleaning staff will have recently been approached by their line manager asking them to reduce their hours or take voluntary early ...

UNISON News February 2015
Reject SACRO plans to increase working week Whilst acknowledging that these are difficult times for many employers due to the ...

UNISON News January 2015 Edinburgh College
Job evaluation: What’s happening? UNISON's aim is to negotiate with the employer to deliver a Job Evaluation Scheme which is ...