Unite today (Tuesday15 May) called on the North Sea helicopter operators, Bristows and CHC to follow the lead of Bond Aviation Group and ground their Super Puma helicopters.
Bond Aviation grounded their fleet of Super Pumas, which serve rigs in the North Sea after last Thursday’s ditching off the coast of Aberdeen. Unite’s call followed [...]
Continue Reading →By James Ito
You could be forgiven for thinking that the only issue facing staff in the NHS in Scotland was an attack on their so-called ‘gold-plated’ pensions. Unfortunately, not only is the ‘gold-plated’ description wrong, there are numerous other concerns, both local and national, facing our NHS members. Here’s a insight for readers [...]
Continue Reading →Unite has urged politicians to ‘listen to the people’ on Scotland’s constitutional future after nearly two-thirds of members stated their desire for a second question on further devolved powers to be included in the referendum.
In a specially commissioned poll to coincide with Unite’s response to the Scottish Government’s referendum consultation, members were asked: ‘Would [...]
Continue Reading →Glasgow City Council staff employed on contracts run by service management giant Cordia will demonstrate outside the city chambers this Sunday (6th May) over efforts to impose draconian cuts to their terms and conditions.
The workforce who deliver a range of public services across Glasgow, from the traditional lollipop road crossing for school children to [...]
Continue Reading →Unite Scotland will help tackle the slow progress being made in Scotland against the scandal of human trafficking at a special one day conference tomorrow (Friday 4th May).
The ‘Unite against Human Trafficking’ conference, being held in conjunction with Amnesty International and the Women’s Support Project, will explore the growing concerns around human trafficking for [...]
Continue Reading →By Pat Rafferty, Unite Scottish Secretary
Recent events have compelled many of us in the Scottish trade union movement to look to our past achievements as inspiration for the struggles of the present and, indeed, the near future.
This is crystallised in the 40th anniversary celebrations of the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders dispute which [...]
Continue Reading →Unite members at Mahle Engine Systems in Kilmarnock have accepted a new package of proposals tabled by senior directors after two days of intensive negotiations, safeguarding threatened jobs and skills for the immediate future.
After a ten month campaign to stop the off-shoring of lucrative automotive manufacturing contracts, the new proposals, reached in conjunction with [...]
Continue Reading →I am back online! It’s been a while since my last post, and I am now seeing the results of my efforts here’s what I’ve been up to…
I have spoken to more individuals aged 16-24, I decided that it would be beneficial to speak to members of Unite in this age category to see [...]
Continue Reading →Following an emergency debate on offshore safety at the Scottish Trade Union Congress (STUC) annual conference in Inverness this morning, trade unions from across the sector highlighted the persistent dangers facing workers on a daily basis.
Unite, which represents 15,000 members working in the UK offshore industry, also outlined specific concerns over the future potential [...]
Continue Reading →The Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) has announced that the recipient of this year’s STUC Helen Dowie Award for Lifelong Learning is Janette Dunbar, a Unite Union Learning Representative at Diageo in Kilmarnock.
Sponsored by Inverness College UHI, the award was be presented today by First Minister Alex Salmond MSP.
Diageo Kilmarnock was [...]
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- by Unite Scottish Secretary Pat Rafferty
Welcome to the new Unite Scotland website. This is a work in progress, so bear with us! Over the coming days, weeks and months we will be populating this site with all the latest news, views and events happening across Unite in Scotland and also the wider labour [...]