Branch News
18 August 2010:
BUDGET CUTS – UNISON STATEMENT
UNISON has expressed its anger at the City
of Edinburgh Council’s announcement today to cut
a further 16 million with 300 jobs to go. It has
called for an emergency meeting with the council
today.
29 July 2010:
Selling Edinburgh off will come at great cost
to us all
Letter in Evening News 29/7/10
24 June 2010:"You
cannot hide from the responsibility for the disaster
privatisation will bring"
Branch Officers told councillors on 24 June
that they 'cannot hide from the responsibility
for the disaster privatisation will bring', as
they outlined UNISON's concerns about plans to
move to the next stage of the process to outsource
up to 3,500 jobs.
25 March 2010: Threatened
Staff Win UK Award
If It Ain’t Broke – Don’t Fix It: Staff
at the City of Edinburgh Council, who face wholesale
privatisation, have just received a UK award for
delivering efficiencies that are unrivalled across
the UK.
24 March 2010: 'Our
City's Not For Sale' campaign launched
5 March 2010: 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>>
10 Feb 2010:
No council worker gambled millions on the stock
exchange. Why should they have to pay the price
of cuts in Edinburgh? - UNISON
3 Feb 2010:
Care tender fiasco shows need to halt outsourcing
plans till Council can justify figures - UNISON
16 Jan 2010: UNISON
condemns redundancy and reduced hours plan as
Council faces biggest cuts ever
6 Jan 2010: UNISON
calls for real talks as council serves notice
on 'Modernising Pay'
17 Dec 09:
Unions urge Edinburgh Council to save local economy
from unprecedented cuts
7 Dec 09: UNISON
mounts funeral procession for lost Community Learning
posts
23 Nov 09: Work
together to save services or face biggest dispute
Edinburgh has ever seen
1 Nov 09:
'Modernising Pay': Branch rejects proposals
1 Oct 09: Cuts
in home carers' pay will end up as profit for
private care directors - Boyack.
7 Sept 09: Dispute
lodged as Council tears up agreements and docks
members' wages
Council
plans 'fail to meet equality criteria': UNISON
is taking further advice as specialist reports
suggest 'Modernising Pay' will not deliver on
equality >>more
9 June 2009: UNISON
slams Edinburgh Council's attack on low paid workers
3 June
2009: Unions react angrily to Edinburgh 'back
to the future' threat of cuts and privatisation
1 June
2009: Telford UNISON members vote to fight job
cuts as college bosses get big rises
1
Feb 09: UNISON slams press reports on adoption
case: UNISON slams press
attack on social work staff and urges members
and public to keep 'open mind' on 'unfair' adoption
reports because confidentiality rules means those
attacked cannot respond.
2008
30 Nov: Branch
thanks members as council set to pay out back
money before Christmas
11 Nov: Edinburgh
home help takes equal pay lawyer to court:
04 Sept:
Edinburgh's social work managers call for action
against 'unsafe' cuts
03 Sept:
Union disbelief as Edinburgh replaces child protection
jobs with finance managers
25 Aug:
UNISON slams cuts in Edinburgh's childrens services
20 Aug:
Action will go on for fair pay, Dave Prentis tells
Edinburgh pickets
29 July:
Members call for 'unsafe' Social Work cuts to
be exposed and warn action inevitable if staff
and clients not protected
28 July
08: Edinburgh Children's Social Work risks meltdown
warns UNISON
20
May 08: Single Status talks - Update and Joint
Trade Union Briefing
9
May 2008: BRANCH CONSULTATION REJECTS PAY OFFER
but "disappointing number of members responding"
30
April 08: Crunch talks for single status
Talks expected to bring the long saga of Single
Status negotiations to a head, will start on 6
May 2008
28
April: EQUAL PAY COMPENSATION OFFERS: Click here
for more details
21 April:
HAVE YOUR SAY ON PAY! "The union
is recommending rejection of the 2.5% three year
offer. We will be consulting via stewards and
meetings as to whether you accept or reject the
offer. Or you can respond
here online before 9 May"
11
April 08: Social Work Inspection Edinburgh - Initial
UNISON Response: Resources are the key
to decent services.
9
April 08: Pay Offer Rejected "Negotiators
managed improve the offer from 2.2%, then to 2.3%
and now to 2.5%. But 2.5% in each of the next
three years is still not good enough."
20
March 08: 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.
19
Feb 2008: Pay Offer Rejected "It
doesn't approach the current rate of inflation,
let alone begin to catch up the loss staff have
suffered over recent years"
19 Feb
2008: UNISON slams Edinburgh 'stealth cuts'
and warns of crisis for front line services
21 Dec:
UNISON makes up for Council residential home Scrooges
Union steps in after reports that Council budget
cuts will scrap the traditional Christmas Day
after-dinner chocolates in homes for the elderly
and young people this year.
20 Dec:
Leafletting starts against home care cuts
29 Nov:
UNISON fury at Council's shared services spin.
800 jobs at risk. Union warns it will strike against
redundancies
Edinburgh
Burma motion passed by LGBT Conference
Equal
Pay: 'Quick fix' deal with lawyers won't resolve
problem. UNISON fights on for fair pay and
compensation for all staff.
Child
Protection Inspection: UNISON welcomes praise
for work of frontline staff and calls for national
debate on the crisis in resources for vulnerable
children
Cuts:
Talks bring some movement but still no guarantees
on redundancies.
16 Aug:
Edinburgh workers vote for strike against cuts
and redundancies
23 July
2007: Strike ballot as UNISON mounts action
against Edinburgh cuts
11 April
2007: Edinburgh's local government union warns
council income tax could hit services and democracy
Don't
sign away your rights! Advice for members
being made equal pay compromise offers - Plus
equal pay: Your questions answered.
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