The campaign surrounding Edinburgh City Council’s proposed Alternative Business Models (ABM), took a turn in favour of the protestors as the SNP declared that they would not back it. The ABM policy, proposed by the council in December 2009, woul...
Wed 02 Nov 2011 by Emma Elliott-Walker | Read more »
Staff union leaders have warned of further disruption at a major Glasgow college in the wake of a rally last week as staff protest over pay. Members of Unison at Stow College were joined by supporters in a lobby that took place outside the institution...
Wed 19 Oct 2011 by Aimee Beveridge | Read more »
The Edinburgh Napier University branches of two major trade unions have today publicly condemned university senior management for taking significant bumps in pay and benefits at a time when funding cuts have led to redundancies at the institution. In ...
Wed 18 May 2011 by Marcus Kernohan | Read more »
Edinburgh’s public services were brought to a standstill on 24 September for the second time in as many months, as 150,000 public sectors workers went on strike after unions and local authorities failed to reach agreement on a new pay deal.Twenty...
Fri 03 Oct 2008 by Lyndsey Cameron | Read more »
Representatives from trade unions Unite and GMB have confirmed that they will join fellow public sector union Unison for a one-day strike on Wednesday 24 September.This latest bout of industrial action is set to bring Scotland to a 24-hour standstill, ...
Wed 17 Sep 2008 by Graham Mackay | Read more »