For Argyll

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…

One hundred and fifty thousand members of the Unison and GMB unions will now join Unite in a twenty-four hour stoppage on Wednesday 24th September. This is part of the ongoing dispute with the Confederation of Scottish Local Authorities (Cosla)…

Following the collapse of talks between the Confederation of Scottish Local Authorities (Cosla) and the three unions representing local authority workers, Unite, Unison and GMB, the unions declared that further strike action was inevitable. Unison, the largest of the three,…

After the Scotland-wide strike action on August 20th by the Unite, Unison and GMB unions, pay talks have failed to resolve the issue - a 2.5% pay offer, below current inflation and tied to a three year deal in the…

The trade union, Unite, has called off strikes by airport workers at Gatwick, Stansted and Manchester planned for the bank holiday weekend and bound to have caused disruption to travellers. The dispute arises from relations between airport services company Swissport…

Members of the trade unions Unite, Unison and GMB will be on strike tomorrow. The twenty four hour stoppage will cause disruption in all council services in Argyll and Bute. This will cover schools, leisure and recreation services, cleansing and…

Well, not actually Jack Russell but A Jack Russell. Highland Airways have had his booking from Coll to Oban and as yet do not know whether he’s flying solo or accompanied. But rest assured, he won’t be taking the controls. Not…

Unite, the union representing airport firefighters and rescue teams, has postponed their proposed second strike action whichn would again have closed the airports operated by Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd. These include the Argyll airports at Campbeltown, Islay and Tiree…

Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd have confirmed that Argyll’s Tiree Airport, which they operate, will be closed to air traffic on Monday 23rd June. This is due to the industrial action being taken by Unite, the Trade Union representing fire-fighters.…

Industrial action by Unite, the trade union representing firefighters, is to force the closure on Monday of the nine airports operated by Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd (HIAL). This includes Tiree, whose closure will withdraw the brand new Argyll service…