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Strike action ‘inevitable’ if Cosla pay dispute not resolved, GMB Scotland warns

Strike action could be “inevitable” for tens of thousands of council workers in Scotland this summer, as union bosses hit out at the offer of a “paltry” pay increase. GMB Scotland will alert the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (Cosla) on ...

30 May 2022 at 01:01

Scotland

Social care in crisis now, MSPs warned

Social care in Scotland is in crisis now and there is no reason why changes cannot be made ahead of the formation of a national care service, a union organiser has said. The Scottish Government has tabled a Bill at Holyrood to create the service,...

10 Nov 2022 at 17:17

GMB Scotland members narrowly accept NHS pay offer

NHS staff represented by one of Scotland’s health unions have accepted the latest pay offer from the Scottish Government. GMB Scotland, which represents staff in the NHS and Scottish Ambulance Service, said its members accepted the improved pay ...

16 Mar 2023 at 17:44

Scotland

SNP group joins calls for National Care Service plans to be paused

Unions, think tanks and charities – along with an SNP-affiliated organisation – have written to the First Minister to ask for the National Care Service Bill to be paused. The SNP’s trade union group executive is among the signatories to the ...

09 Feb 2023 at 00:01

Strike disruption warning for cycling world championships

Unions have warned of potential disruption and cancellations during the 2023 World Cycling Championships if workers back strike action in a dispute over pay. Unite the union said members employed at the Emirates Arena by Glasgow Life and ...

21 Jun 2023 at 15:54

Whisky workers suspend strikes to consider pay offer

Workers in the whisky industry have suspended strike action next week while a pay offer is considered. Chivas Brothers staff in the Kilmalid, Dalmuir, Beith, Strathclyde Grain and Strathisla distilleries, represented by Unite the union, ...

05 Dec 2023 at 18:43

Shapps should help end dispute at depot that supplies arms to Ukraine, says SNP

The Defence Secretary has been urged to intervene in strikes taking place at a Scottish munitions depot after it was suggested missiles held there could help Ukraine win the war. In a letter to Grant Shapps, the SNP called for him to ...

03 Oct 2023 at 21:43

Strike at missile depot could threaten munitions supplies, says union

A strike by workers at a Ministry of Defence missile depot could threaten munitions supplies, a union has warned. GMB Scotland members at the Defence Equipment & Support (DES) munitions depot in Beith, North Ayrshire, will walk out ...

16 Jul 2023 at 17:05

Scottish school strikes to go ahead as union rejects new pay offer

Schools across much of Scotland are set to close next week after a union rejected the “best and final” pay offer from council leaders. The Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (Cosla) said its “significantly improved in-year ...

21 Sept 2023 at 18:02

Hopes that bin strikes could be called off following ‘improved’ pay offer

Council leaders have said they hope impending strikes by waste and recycling workers across much of Scotland will be called off after an “improved” pay offer was made. The offer came after a special meeting of Cosla on Friday ...

09 Aug 2024 at 18:55

Unions ‘hopeful’ bin strikes can be averted with Cosla considering new pay offer

Union leaders are “hopeful” bin strikes can be averted after Scottish ministers put additional funding on the table. However, Chris Mitchell, co-convener of GMB Scotland, said cleansing workers would not settle for an offer ...

09 Aug 2024 at 09:33

Disruption warning for cycling world championships as union ballots for strike

A union has warned of potential disruption during the 2023 World Cycling Championships if workers back strike action in a dispute over pay. GMB Scotland has served notice to ballot staff working in parking services in ...

21 Jun 2023 at 13:43

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