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union branch representing over 9,000 members
working for the City of Edinburgh Council,
related bodies and the voluntary sector.
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& safety reps, with full time professional
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union.
BRANCH
CONSULTATION REJECTS PAY OFFER but "disappointing
number of members responding". An improved
offer would require sustained and significant
industrial action, says John Stevenson, Branch
President More details>>
"A
job lost in the council or the voluntary sector
is a service lost. It is time now for
the Council to be honest about services, honest
about the cuts it is really making and make a
robust case to the Scottish Government for the
real funding needed to provide essential services" John Ross, Service Conditions
Convenor>>more
UNISON
response to Children & Families Organisational
Review
"The union does not believe that an exercise
so strongly driven by the need to make cuts can
arrive at best considered decisions about service
delivery and meeting the needs of children and
families.” Agnes Petkevicius,
Branch Secretary. >>more