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All change at the top of the big unions?

9th November 20209th November 20203 weeks ago Scottish Left Review 355 Views GMB, new general secretaries, Stephen Smellie, UNISON, UNITE 4 min read

Stephen Smellie surveys the field and asks whether change at the top will presage change beneath. Over the next 18 Read More »

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Pandemic panic of the streets of Dundee, Dunfermline and Dumbarton from cruel continuing cuts

7th September 20207th September 20203 months ago Scottish Left Review 640 Views council services, essential services, Kate Ramsden, UNISON 5 min read

Kate Ramsden argues we must take political advantage of the pandemic to rebuild our local public services Covid-19 has highlighted Read More »

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Crisis within a crisis: the failure of private sector care

2nd July 20202nd July 20205 months ago Scottish Left Review 116 Views Care after COVID, private sector care, South Lanarkshire, Stephen Smellie, UNISON 5 min read

Stephen Smellie charts a way out of the crisis in both short- and medium-terms Thousands have died in care homes Read More »

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Carers amidst the COVID-19 crisis

9th May 202019th June 20207 months ago Scottish Left Review 96 Views COVID 19, dangers, Helen Glancy, UNISON, work as a carer 4 min read

Helen Glancy reports on her work as a carer in the coronavirus crisis and highlights the persistent problems The role Read More »

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On the union frontline in a pandemic

9th May 202019th June 20207 months ago Scottish Left Review 102 Views health and safety expert, pandemic, pressures, Stephen Smellie, UNISON 4 min read

Stephen Smellie recounts the pressures and learning curve to become a health and safety expert I am not a frontline Read More »

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Remembering Rodney Bickerstaffe

9th May 20209th May 20207 months ago Scottish Left Review 127 Views Bob Thomson, COHSE, NALGO, NUPE, SLR, UNISON, Yorkshire 2 min read

Bob Thomson recalls the life and work of ‘Bick’ following the launch of a website about his life and work Read More »

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Unions: first, last and best line of defence

24th March 202024th March 20208 months ago Scottish Left Review 61 Views Mike Kirby, public services, UNISON, workers 4 min read

Mike Kirby surveys the terrain on which the battle to defend public services and their workers will be fought The Read More »

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Revisiting funding local government and local services

15th July 201916th July 20191 year ago SLR 83 Views local government funding, public services, Scottish government funding allocations, UNISON 8 min read

Mike Danson and Geoff Whittam summarise their research on where new local government funding can come from Local government has Read More »

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Fair Work Convention inquiry into social care

20th May 201920th May 20192 years ago SLR 81 Views Fair Work Convention, froontline workers, social care, UNISON 4 min read

Lilian Macer lays out what must happen to improve social care and the lot of social care workers Today in Read More »

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Equal pay victory – how Weegie women won

18th March 20192 years ago SLR 151 Views Glasgow City Council, Glasgow Equal Pay, strike, UNISON 8 min read

Jennifer McCarey and Brian Smith explain the organising approach that produced strength from weakness October 2018 saw Scotland’s and Britain’s Read More »

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Building power and winning big

18th March 201918th March 20192 years ago SLR 84 Views industrial strength, Legal campaign, members, organising, UNISON 4 min read

Peter Hunter outlines how UNISON has been pushing ahead on the organising front UNISON has a growing confidence in the Read More »