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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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