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Teaching union warns politicians: It is time to pay up

Scotland’s largest teaching union is demanding a pay offer is made to the country’s teachers following delays. A pay settlement for 2022/23 was expected to be applied from April, but the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) says local authority ...

13 May 2022 at 13:25

Scotland

Teaching union rejects ‘derisory’ pay offer and warns members will strike

A teaching union has rejected what it has described as a “derisory” pay offer and has warned its members are willing to strike. Members of the Scottish Secondary Teachers’ Association (SSTA) rejected the 2021 offer, which proposed a 1.22% ...

30 Mar 2022 at 14:55

Scotland

Union to ballot council workers over industrial action in row over pay

A union that represents council workers is preparing to ballot for industrial action amongst “targeted groups” of staff as part of an ongoing row over pay. Unite confirmed it was looking to stage a vote after a consultative ballot found ...

26 Apr 2022 at 17:25

Scotland

Local government workers willing to strike over pay, says union

Local government workers have indicated that they are prepared to take industrial action over pay, a union has said. Unison said an indicative ballot of members found that 89.8% of respondents said they would be willing to take some ...

05 May 2022 at 09:25

Withdraw Holyrood’s pension investment from Russian bank, MSPs demand

Holyrood’s pension investments should be moved from a Russian state-owned bank in the wake of the Ukraine invasion, MSPs have said. Pension funds worth almost £300,000 should be divested from Russia’s largest financial institution, ...

28 Feb 2022 at 12:25

Scotland

Budget ‘erosion’ is the biggest challenge for councils, says Cosla president

The “erosion” of councils’ core budgets is the “biggest single challenge” facing local authorities in Scotland, a leading councillor will tell the First Minister. Alison Evison, the president of the local government organisation, ...

24 Feb 2022 at 01:25

Scotland

Action promised on long hospital stays and out-of-area placements

The Scottish Government has said it aims to have “greatly reduced” long hospital stays and out-of-area placements for those with learning difficulties or complex needs by March 2024. In a new report published on Monday, the ...

21 Feb 2022 at 11:55

Scotland

Gove sets out plan to give UK Government cash ‘straight to’ Scottish councils

The UK Government wants to give cash directly to Scotland’s councils as it looks to replace European Union funding in the wake of Brexit. While Scotland’s 32 local authorities receive the bulk of their money from the ...

24 Feb 2022 at 17:55

Scotland

Pay offer overwhelmingly rejected by Scotland’s largest teaching union

Members of Scotland’s largest teaching union have overwhelmingly rejected the latest pay offer – with 98% of teachers who took part in a ballot for the EIS union voting against the deal. More than half (53%) of ...

31 Jan 2022 at 13:55

Scotland

Online ‘welcome hub’ launched for Hong Kong citizens moving to Scotland

A new online resource has been launched to encourage people from Hong Kong to come to Scotland. The introduction of Beijing’s national security law in Hong Kong led the UK to offer a route out of the territory ...

01 Feb 2022 at 03:25

Scotland

Unions call for pay deal to address rising inflation and energy prices

Three trade unions have called for a pay deal for local government staff that helps tackle the rising cost of energy prices and inflation. Unite, Unison and GMB have submitted a joint pay claim to local ...

18 Jan 2022 at 17:25

Scotland

We need realistic and proper pay for councillors, say local government leaders

Councillors’ pay “does not cut the mustard”, the Scottish Government has been told, with local authority chiefs demanding ministers take a “realistic look” at their wages. Leaders at Cosla, which ...

10 Jan 2022 at 01:25

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