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Then-health secretary Matt Hancock

Matt Hancock’s care home protective ring claim ‘unfounded’, Covid report finds

An exterior shot of Glasgow Caledonian University

University staff to strike in dispute over job cuts and compulsory redundancies

Public sector strike

Unison agrees to take new Glasgow council pay deal to members after negotiations

View of Glasgow

Pause in Glasgow fire-and-rehire letters ends after talks break down

Purple and green Unison flags being waved

Glasgow City Council halts fire and rehire plans after negotiations

A union protest outside the City Chambers

Glasgow council bosses ‘feel sick’ about firing and rehiring 23,000 workers

Neil Gray

Both sides must ‘get around table’ in Glasgow fire and rehire dispute – minister

Hospital worker walking through a hospital corridor

Health visitor leaders plan industrial action in job evaluation dispute

Monica Lennon standing while speaking in Holyrood

Unison backs Monica Lennon to become Scottish Labour leader

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Unison leader urges Labour to ‘change course’ to stave off Reform threat

Ulster Hospital

‘Beyond unacceptable’ that nurse was chased on way to hospital by masked men

Staff on a hospital ward

Nurses who should have been banned kept working due to regulator failings

Toxic culture at Powys council must be independently investigated, says UNISON

Rachel Reeves says she might raise mileage rates for drivers using cars for work

Starmer sets out reforms to address failing special needs education

New leader elected at biggest trade union

New leader elected at biggest trade union
Christina McAnea, who has been leader of Unison since 2021, lost in the vote to Andrea Egan.
Alan Jones, PA Industrial Correspondent

National Coal Mining Museum workers reject pay offer

Health minister hails ‘remarkable success’ of drive to tackle waiting lists

Labour is pleasing no one by trying to ‘out-Reform Reform’, Powell says

£500m social care fair pay agreement investment just the start, says Streeting

Streeting to set out £500m package to boost social care pay

Labour demands recognition and prevention of Gaza ‘genocide’ at conference

Councillors vote not to cancel their pay rise despite Shropshire Council's finan...

Unite decides not to endorse either candidate for Labour deputy leader

Unison and GMB unions back Bridget Phillipson to become Labour deputy leader

Health workers vote to strike over plan to move staff to new company

UNISON urges Shropshire Councillors to reject pay rise that would be a 'slap in ...
A trade union has urged councillors to "show true leadership" and reject a pay rise that would be a "slap in the face" for residents.
Luke Powell

Chief executive’s exit 'opens the door to a fresh start' for Shropshire Council,...

Shrewsbury pool players are in the spotlight

Scottish Water workers accept pay offer but ‘concerns continue’, says union

Threat of industrial action averted as council workers agree to pay deal

Unison members accept two-year council pay deal

Interim head appointed at university after damning report into financial crisis

Government urged to do more to show it values public services

NHS 999 staff quitting and suffering burnout over ‘pressure’ of calls – research

Councils ‘way short’ of planning officers to tackle housing crisis, Unison warns

Councils in England ‘way short’ of planning officers to tackle housing crisis, U...

Unison is urging Shropshire Councillors to reject a pay rise (PA)

Council workers to be balloted on new pay offer amid threat of strikes

Students decide It’s Now or Never for Elvis-themed streaming event

Swinney calls for end to strikes targeting schools in his constituency

Striking council staff stage pay protest outside Swinney’s office

Council pay talks ‘closed’, says Swinney as school strikes hit his constituency

No more money available for local government pay, says Robison

Schools in Swinney’s constituency to close due to strike

Schools and nurseries in Swinney’s constituency face closure during strike

Union warns strike will close schools in John Swinney’s constituency

Union to ballot 90,000 local government workers in pay dispute

Labour MP: Those responsible for Grenfell must face criminal accountability

Union considers extending strike ballot to all its council workers over pay

Councils facing £4 billion hole in finances for coming year, research suggests

Second union ‘overwhelmingly’ backs latest pay offer from council body

Robison says ministers put in ‘as much as we can’ to try to stop council strikes

Unison members vote to reject latest pay offer amid threat of bin strikes

Swinney’s constituency ‘first target’ as school and waste staff reject pay offer

Trade union in Scotland suspends bin strikes after members accept pay offer

All three unions suspend planned bin strikes so members can vote on pay offer

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