John Swinney, the Scottish Government’s Finance Secretary, has told the Scottish Parliament that he is . This is given to enable them to continue this year’s freeze on council tax for a second year.
Mr Swinney said: ‘I hope all councils…
The biggest union representing Scottish local authority workers, Unison, saw the majority of its members accept the final pay offer of 3% this year and 2.5% next year, tabled by the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (Cosla). At the same…
All three trade unions representing local authority workers in the ongoing pay dispute recently ballotted their members, recommending rejection of the latest offer.
Unison has now reported that the result of its ballot of 100,000 members is a narrow acceptance of…
Argyll, like the rest of Scotland, is currently facing the possibility of industrial action on a range of fronts, disrupting public services. There has already been industrial action arising from most of these disputes. The question is whether they can…
The three unions involved in the pay dispute with Scottish local authorities - Unite, Unison and GMB - have now sent out ballot papers to their members, with the result due next month.
The Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (Cosla) has…
The situation UK-wide where investments of varying dimensions in Icelandic banks have gone belly-up may even lead in some case to employees not being paid this month.
Councils affected in England and Wales want the government to tide them over by…
Talk about trapped in amber. The Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (Cosla) is not the sharpest on the communications front. A visit to the ‘News Room’ on their website this morning found a single item on the long and still running…
Just as the RMT rail strike planned to run for 24 hours from yesterday lunchtime was suspended, the GMT union, followed later by Unison, have advised members to reject the recent pay offer from the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities…
Argyll, along with the rest of Scotland, will see three consecutive days of strikes next week. Workers belonging to the Rail, Maritime and Transport Union (RMT) are to stage 24-hour walkouts on Tuesday (7th October) and Thursday (9th October). The…
With up to 200,00 local authority workers from the Unite, Unison and GMB unions on strike yesterday, bringing widespread disruption - as in Argyll - to ferries, schools, refuse collection and other services, there has been no move to settle…
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