From 2010 to 2012, UNISON Edinburgh Branch fought plans to privatise a huge swathe of the city’s services involving 4,000 jobs. Had the privatisation gone ahead, it would have been a Trojan Horse for privatisation of council services across Scotland. But it didn’t and in January 2012, after almost two years of hard campaigning, public meetings, lobbies, research, briefings and action with local communities, the final privatisation plan was defeated. The campaign was revived as Our City’s Still Not For Sale in 2015 to fight privatisation of Facilities Management – and we won again!
Mayday: When are the politicians going to learn to respect public service workers?
UNISON Edinburgh joined the annual May Day rally to take ... Read More
Branch takes Edinburgh message to Glasgow Rally
Edinburgh joined thousands from across Scotland in Glasgow rally against ... Read More
UNISON News April 2010
LATEST NEWS ON EDINBURGH COUNCIL PRIVATISATION Only six months to ... Read More
Threatened Staff Win UK Award. If It Ain’t Broke – Don’t Fix It
Staff at the City of Edinburgh Council, who face wholesale ... Read More
10 reasons why we must keep services in-house
UNISON outlines 10 points from its analysis of the council ... Read More
Campaign against sell-off starts in Edinburgh
UNISON has launched a campaign against 'reckless' council plans to ... Read More
UNISON News March 2010
Keep Edinburgh Public! UNISON’s case against privatisation plans 10 reasons ... Read More
No council worker gambled millions on the stock exchange. Why should they have to pay the price of cuts in Edinburgh? – UNISON
UNISON members who deliver Edinburgh's services will lobby the Council ... Read More
Care tender fiasco shows need to halt outsourcing plans till Council can justify figures – UNISON
In the wake of the £250,000 wasted on the flawed ... Read More
Unions urge Edinburgh Council to save local economy from unprecedented cuts
As the City of Edinburgh Council meets on 17 December ... Read More
Work together to save services or face biggest dispute Edinburgh has ever seen
UNISON, the largest union representing City of Edinburgh Council staff ... Read More
