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The union branch representing over 9,000 members working for the City of Edinburgh Council, related bodies and the voluntary sector.

GMB ballot joint statement: (5/3/10) As there are significant factual inaccuracies within the GMB's communication, the Council, UNISON and Unite the Union have decided to take the unusual step of issuing this joint Modernising Pay update to all Council staff ....more>>
Branch BnnerEdinburgh takes to streets to isolate racists: Thousands of people demonstrated in Edinburgh peacefully under the 'Scotland United' banner to further humiliate the so-called English/Scottish Defence League's attempt to bring its message of hate to the city.
Care tender fiasco shows need to halt outsourcing plans till Council can justify figures
3 Feb: In the wake of the £250,000 wasted on the flawed bid to re-tender care services for vulnerable people, UNISON's Edinburgh Branch has called on the Council to halt it's 'new business model' outsourcing plans and open up the books on its figures. >>more
AGM 2010COME TO YOUR AGM - Wed 10 Feb 2010 The year ahead: ‘Modernising Pay’, Outsourcing, Redundancies?, Pay Cuts? - It has never been more important that you attend your AGM! Click here for details and a poster for your workplace

20 Jan: EQUAL PAY - EDINBURGH COUNCIL COMPENSATION OFFERS: If you are being represented by Thomsons Solicitors via UNISON, check back here for further advce in the next few days before going to any meeting. You may be signing away your rights.

UNISON NewsUNISON urges council to negotiate, not impose
Special briefing issued on Modernising Pay: Up to date advice on what happens next.. (pdf)
Stop the CutsUNISON condemns redundancy and reduced hours plan as Council faces biggest cuts ever
16 Jan: UNISON has reacted to a City of Edinburgh Council memo to staff asking them to take unpaid leave or shorter hours while announcing up to 700 redundancies.
UNISON calls for real talks as council serves notice on 'Modernising Pay'. Instead of imposing, the council should be talking and finding ways to stop staff becoming among lowest paid in Scotland (6 Jan)
Unions urge Edinburgh Council to save local economy from unprecedented cuts
As the City of Edinburgh Council meets on 17 December to decide on a huge raft of service cuts, unions will call on the council to ‘work with them to save the local economy, keep jobs in Edinburgh and stop local taxes being exported into the private coffers of big business.’ more..
UNISON Edinburgh's International Officer Matthew Crighton reports on a Solidarity Delegation to Venezuela August 2009 (pdf) (UNISON Scotland site)
CLD demoUNISON mounts funeral procession for lost Community Learning posts: 7 Dec: Edinburgh UNISON Branch members staged a mock funeral procession in memory of community learning services that have been cut and are in danger of being cut further by the City of Edinburgh Council.
Work together to save services or face biggest dispute Edinburgh has ever seen, warns UNISON.
John Ross
UNISON's John Ross warns that 'bad faith' in consultation about cuts could lead to huge disruption as the union fights to save Edinburgh's local services.
transparent spaceCouncil staff are "not highly paid - some are already the lowest paid in Scotland and under the council's pay plans that would get worse. They get no big bonuses, no cheap mortgages and, at an average of £3,800 a year across the UK, no 'gold-plated' pensions. The very jobs that hold the city together are under threat".


John Stevenson"These cuts will affect everyone. Those who depend on the services, the staff that provide them and the private companies that depend on council contracts. These cuts are no way to build out of a recession", warns John Stevenson. >>more
Branch bannerBRANCH IN ACTION AT THREE DEMONSTRATIONS
- G20 St Andrews, Jobs, Justice, Climate
- Scotland UNITED Rally against Fascism and Racism
- No to NATO Demonstration
Click here for summaries and photos

'Modernising Pay': Branch rejects proposals

1 Nov 09: Following a lengthy and wide ranging consultation throughout August and September including nearly 40 meetings of members, online enquiry forms and telephone queries, the Branch gave a detailed response to Council rejecting the package as its stands. A formal response has just been received and is being analysed. A full briefing on the consultation and the issues involved has gone out to members. Click here for more details

Sarah BoyackCuts in home carers' pay will end up as profit for private care directors - Labour MSP Sarah Boyack backs Edinburgh Home Care staff in parliament. She called for action on Equal Pay and against hiving off jobs.
YOUR Learning at Risk - Sign the Community Learning and Development e-petition against cuts!

Dispute lodged as Council tears up agreements and docks members' wages

REFUSE COLLECTION ISSUE NOW AFFECTS ALL STAFF
7/9/09: While UNISON is not party to the Refuse dispute, it is raising a formal dispute due to management 'tearing up agreements and procedures' and docking the pay of UNISON members in that service.

UNISON members have had wages docked due to alleged partial performance or when legitimately on sick leave. UNISON believes this is 'unlawful deduction of wages' under Employment Law. It is also contrary to all the agreed procedures on disciplinary issues, sickness absence and health and safety.

"This is no longer just an issue for Refuse Collection staff but for all council staff", said UNISON's Kevin Duguid. "The Council cannot be allowed to tear up agreed policies and procedures. This aggressive action can only make industrial relations worse and casts doubts over whether the Council will engage constructively on the whole Single Status issue".

UNISON makes voice heard on new Children’s Hearings Bill (UNISON Scotland site)
Council plans 'fail to meet equality criteria': UNISON is taking further advice as specialist reports suggest 'Modernising Pay' will not deliver on equality >>more
'Modernising Pay' consultation meetings
UNISON NewsClick here for pdf and online briefing - click here for Single Status pages
UNISON slams Edinburgh Council's attack on low paid workers 9 July: UNISON, the largest trade union representing Edinburgh City Council workers, has slammed the council for grossly underfunding its 'Modernising Pay' proposals, resulting in 'an attack on low paid workers'.

Single Status/Modernising Pay: City of Edinburgh Council

Edinburgh's Telford College: Photos from demonstration 29 June

National Conference Reports: Branch policies on Environment and Pensions carried

Message to FBU following death of Edinburgh firefighter

3 June: Unions react angrily to Edinburgh 'back to the future' threat of cuts and privatisation The main unions representing City of Edinburgh Council workers, UNISON, Unite, GMB and UCATT, have reacted angrily to a leaked document outlining cuts, job losses and privatisation as the council faces a £92 million shortfall.
Telford College UNISON members vote to fight job cuts as college bosses get big rises. 98% voted for possible action in consultative ballot
2 June: Single Status (Modernising Pay) talks up and running again: The Branch is preparing a full briefing for members. Check back here and look out for it in your workplace.
Hands votingBRANCH AGM 2009 - Decisions
Check here for all the decisions made at the 2009 AGM. Thanks to all the members who attended.
John RossEvening News 14 Feb: Job cut fears as firms invited to bid for contracts
"If the work goes into private hands then you are losing control which the council should have", John Ross

 

 

 


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Updated 12 March 2010