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Public services are the heart of a fairer Scotland. Our 2026 manifesto is grounded in what workers are telling us every day: services stretched, staff under strain, and too much rhetoric. Read it and vote for public services.
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UNISON Scotland supports the call for a second independence referendum unison-scotland.org/unison-s… via @unisonscot
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📣Today, UNISON members in Scottish schools take a stand for fair pay! 💪✏️ Let's support our members in their fight for what's right. A decent pay rise for all local government workers. #payupforcouncilstaff #UNISONstrikes
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Our latest offer decision was made by an elected committee of local government workers representing all Scottish local authorities. Poor journalism!
EXC: A key official in the only trade union to continue strikes in schools next week is a Unionist campaigner and a high-ranking member of the Labour Party 🌹
Johanna Baxter is chair of Labour’s national executive committee (NEC), the ruling body of the party
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The comments were removed as soon as we were made aware and we are now conducting an internal investigation.
UNISON is unequivocal in our support of transgender people's rights and will continue to fight for equality for all. 2/2
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On Sunday, an unauthorised tweet came from UNISON Scotland’s account.
UNISON deeply regrets the offence caused by this unauthorised social media activity. This in no way represents the views of UNISON and is against UNISON’s policy. 1/2
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Solidarity from former First Minister @NicolaSturgeon to @unisonedin members on their day 3 picket line. But where is @HumzaYousaf ? Wind, rain or shine, we stand together for fair pay. #payupforcouncilstaff #UNISONstrikes
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This dispute could've been sorted months ago, but Humza Yousaf chose to stay silent until the last possible moment. #PayUpForCouncilStaff
First Minister @HumzaYousaf has made a last ditch plea to @unisonscot to call off the planned school staff strikes - he spoke to @LBC @LBCNews while in (a very windy) Cambuslang
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EIS General Secretary Andrea Bradley sends a resounding message of unwavering support to UNISON school and early years members as they prepare to take a stand with strike action across 24 local authorities next week. 📢✊ #PayUpForCouncilStaff
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Statement from UNISON’s Scottish Secretary, Lilian Macer, following online abuse directed at UNISON Staff:
“I am appalled at the personal abuse that has been directed towards a highly effective hard-working member of my staff over the weekend." (1/5)
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Scottish Council today reiterated the strong UNISON call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza & Israel. Members agreed a wide-ranging motion supporting the Palestinian people & a donation to Medical Aid for Palestinians. We stand in solidarity with #CeasefireNOW protests.
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As our local government strike continues into day 2, we challenge First Minister @HumzaYousaf to come speak with us and listen to our demands. #payupforcouncilstaff #UNISONstrikes
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We will officially ballot 50,000 NHS members in Scotland for strike action over pay from 3 October. UNISON Scotland's Head of Health, Matt McLaughlin outlines the next steps for members 👇
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UNISON serve notices for school and early years strikes
Councils notified include: Aberdeenshire, Clackmannanshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow City, Inverclyde, Orkney, North Lanarkshire, Stirling and South Lanarkshire councils.
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SNP veteran Jim Sillars calls for STUC motions on fracking ban - This union won't be supporting such a motion bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-s…
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Further strike action planned as UNISON membership soars 👀 #payupforcouncilstaff
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Statement: Local Government Strike Action 🟣🟢
Chair of UNISON Scotland’s local government committee Mark Ferguson said: “UNISON lay members take decisions on industrial disputes." (1/7)
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Day 2 of the strike - we're here, we're strong, and we won't back down. #payupforcouncilstaff #UNISONstrikes
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🟢 A consultative ballot of all local government workers closed today (Monday) with 89.92 % voting to reject the offer. There was a turnout of 57.27%. #payupforcouncilstaff
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This not a win for @scotgov - it is a warning.
57% of NHS members balloted have voted to accept the offer. The turnout in the digital ballot was 62%.
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Vale Tom Waterson - It is with sad regret that we have to advise that our good friend and comrade Tom Waterson, Chair UNISON Scotland health committee, sadly passed away last night.
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📢 Scotland's largest local government union, UNISON, announces strike dates over pay disputes. Let's support fair wages for council workers! #PayUpForCouncilStaff
Full info: unison-scotland.org/local-go…
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Strikes to continue - We will recommend UNISON council members vote to reject the latest LG pay offer in a digital consultative ballot in the coming days.
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School staff vote to strike in 24 councils in Scotland in local government pay dispute
This is UNISON’s strongest ever strike mandate in local government, which shows the level of anger felt by staff. #PayUpForCouncilStaff
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Day 4: Outside John Swinney’s office in Blairgowrie! 💥 Perth & Kinross UNISON members are making their voices heard for #FairPayNow #UNISONstrikes
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📢 Breaking News: UNISON serves notice of further strike action in South Lanarkshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Edinburgh, and Fife councils over local government pay. School staff to strike on November 8th. #UNISONStrikes #PayUpForCouncilStaff
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Following 3 days of strikes we have written to @COSLA & @scotgov - we still haven't received the revised pay scales for the latest offer. Transparency is key in negotiations, and we expect this information before our consultative ballot launches on Oct 2. #PayUpForCouncilStaff
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Cosla’s most recent offer still shortchanges the majority of council staff
Commenting on the reasons behind UNISON’s rejection of the latest pay offer made by COSLA yesterday. (1/6)
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UNION Scotland standing in solidarity today with @ASLEFunion members on strike for fair pay from @TPExpressTrains. #TheWorkersUnitedWillNeverBeDefeated
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UNISON Scotland suspends strike ballot to consult NHS members on Scottish government’s £2,205 flat rate pay offer.
Read more: unison-scotland.org/largest-…
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Lyn Wormald, an auxiliary nurse at Ross Memorial Hospital in Dingwall, said she will vote to strike. The gran-of-six said that despite being lauded for their work during Covid, the Government has taken NHS staff for granted. dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scott…
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UNISON wins insourcing of Serco staff at University Hospital, Wishaw - 400 workers coming back into the NHS!! @Unisonlanhealth
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Disappointing that MSPs have rejected proposals for national bargaining in the care home sector put forward as part of the Coronavirus Bill - the crisis needs tackled. They have another chance to vote n this tomorrow - they should reverse their decision.
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UNISON strike threat gains £48m for hard pressed local government staff
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Say thank you to ALL the key workers tonight at 8pm.
Join in by sharing and colouring this printable and putting it in your window too. @unisontheunion #clapforourcarers
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Our members have voted in their thousands and their message is loud and clear – the @scotgov pay offer just isn’t good enough.
UNISON Scotland’s health committee will meet this week to discuss next steps. #PayRiseOrWeRise
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We support the Campaign for Freedom of Information in Scotland's new Get it Minuted campaign. Join in! Insist that Scottish Government meetings should be recorded. The public has a right to access information #FOI unison-scotland.org/2018/01/…
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Storming speech by @KirsteenFraser of @UNISON_UofG at today's @eieglasgow rally. 'A 3% pay offer is an insult to workers who kept higher education institutions going through some of the toughest working conditions of our lives during the pandemic.' @UNISON_Scot_HE @UNISONinHE
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UNISON Regional Manager, John Gallacher, lays out his vision for a four-day working week in the @heraldscotland
How does a 32 hour week sound to you? 🤔
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We have a commitment from @JeaneF1MSP and @scotgov to re-open NHS pay talks. We think health workers deserve a lot more than 1%! Do you? 💜💚#OneTeam2k
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It's a wet day on day 2 of the @UNISONDundeeUni pension strike. But the poor weather won't stop them and neither will the pension poverty changes from @dundeeuni !
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General secretary @cmcanea meets @unison_glasgow equal team to help out get an update on the ballot and to help with phone banks
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Council strikes to go ahead after UNISON reject derisory 3.5% pay offer
We have unanimously agreed to reject this revised offer outright and voted overwhelmingly to continue with strike plans in councils across Scotland.
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Today, Glasgow, East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, and Renfrewshire unite in strike action for fair pay! ✊
📅 Mark your calendars for November 8! South Lanarkshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Edinburgh, and Fife councils join the fight!
#payupforcouncilstaff #unisonstrikes
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Ministers refusal to intervene sparks nationwide strike action. College workers deserve better! 🚫 #PayDispute #FEStrikes @unisontheunion
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This week 21,000 UNISON members across 24 Scottish local authorities took strike action for fair pay. Our members deliver high quality public services & they deserve a pay rise. #payupforcouncilstaff
At @COSLA's annual conference, First Minister @HumzaYousaf reiterated @scotgov's commitment to a strong partnership with councils.
The Verity House Agreement seeks to:
🔵 empower communities
🔵 tackle poverty
🔵 transform the economy
🔵 deliver high-quality public services
ALT First Minister Humza Yousaf speaking at the COSLA conference
ALT First Minister Humza Yousaf speaking at the COSLA conference
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UNISON Scotland has paid tribute to Sam Macartney, a committed trade unionist and internationalist, who died suddenly on Friday morning. @unison_glasgow @unisontweets @UNISON_global
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UNISON win landmark legal case against barring employees from standing for election. Polly Jones was dismissed by the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations after she told her former boss she wanted to stand for election to the Westminster parliament.unison-scotland.org/unison-w…
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🚨 Strike Action Begins Today! 🚨
Perth & Kinross council workers are striking for fair pay after facing a 25% pay cut over the last decade. Stand with them in their fight for respect and fair wages! ✊ #unisonstrikes
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We have launched a campaign, #PlugTheGap, to call on the Scottish government to find additional resources for Scotland’s councils to avoid devastating harm to services that have already suffered ten years of budget cuts. @UNISONScotLGvt
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The government is attacking workers and making it even harder for them to win fair pay. #RightToStrike
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With all these pictures and videos of #PayUpNow NHS demos across Scotland today we hope @JeaneF1MSP is paying close attention. Thank you to everyone for your support.
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UNISON to suspend schools and waste strikes and ballot members on improved council pay offer
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Notices of strike action were served this morning to Aberdeenshire, Clackmannanshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow City, Inverclyde, North Lanarkshire, Stirling and South Lanarkshire councils.
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UNISON Scotland's Head of Local Government @JohannaBaxter provides a quick update on today's pay talks with @COSLA
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A below inflation pay offer & service cuts. Does that sound familiar? Solidarity with @RMTunion workers taking action this week 💪💪#SupportTheRailStrikes
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Poverty is a choice made by the powerful. Together We Rise is a UNISON campaign to give a voice to members and to challenge political leaders to act on the cost of living crisis. Get involved today & join @unisontheunion plz RT
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Our school staff (not just teachers) always have been and always will be heroes. It’s not militant to demand safety measures are in place for children and staff. #dailymailfail
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Solidarity with @UNISONDundeeUni members who are back out on strike today & tomorrow to save their pensions. @dundeeuni proposals, if implemented, will mean that workers will have to work longer and contribute more into their pension.
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Tracey Dalling, Regional Secretary bringing the support and solidarity of entire @unisontheunion to our members at @UNISON_UofG and also to our members at @NapierUNISON and @UNISONAUB out on strike for fair pay. @UNISON_Scot_HE @UNISONinHE
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UNISON Scotland stand with our general secretary @cmcanea at the demo to protect the right to strike, for over five million workers.
@The_TUC #CheltenhamDemo
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UNISON believes that the new anti-strike bill is an attack on working people and the trade unions they organise within.
Tomorrow (Feb 1st), events are taking place across Scotland.
📍 Glasgow
📍 Edinburgh
📍 Dundee
For more details visit: stuc.org.uk/campaigns-and-ev…
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UNISON is at the forefront of campaigning against racism in Scotland. And today we stand in solidarity with the black community all over the world.
Discrimination and prejudice has no place in Scotland, or anywhere else in the world.
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UNISON Scottish Secretary Mike Kirby makes the case for a national care service in today's. Care for people - not profit @Daily_Record
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UNISON members @EdinburghNapier are taking a further five days of strike action this week in a dispute over pay. #Solidarity to all of our members taking action. #NotGoodEnough
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Fantastic picket by @UNISON_UofG members on day 3 of strike action for fair pay. Come and join us today and tomorrow (4/10). We welcomed @mary_senior_ brining the solidarity of @UCUScotland. #WeAreWorthMoreWeCanNotAffordLess @UNISON_Scot_HE @UNISONinHE
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.@EdinburghNapier halts compulsory redundancies as UNISON wins strike ballot
"Members and activists elsewhere should also take heart that cuts can be challenged effectively on a collective basis, even in these strange new times.”
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World-renowned street artist Banksy supports UNISON Glasgow city museum cuts campaign
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Stand with @scottish_water workers in their fight for fair work and fair pay! 💧✊ #UNISONstrikes #ScottishWaterStrike
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@HumzaYousaf scottish health secretary sitting down with @unisonscot health activists to discuss problems and solutions for the NHS staffing crisis.
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Support UNISON's campaign for a £2,000 pay rise for all NHS staff. A £2,000 minimum pay rise for everyone is fair, reasonable, simple and could be implemented quickly. #OneTeam2K @unisontheunion
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Following in her mum’s footsteps – UNISON’s Eileen Dinning wins Meritorious Award #stucwomen19 unison-scotland.org/followin… via @unisonscot
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The impact of menopausal symptoms on women workers is an occupational health issue and an equality issue. Therefore it's a workplace and trade union issue!
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If you have urgent concerns about what is happening in your workplace & can't reach your workplace rep you can call or email our dedicated advice service.
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Members @NapierUNISON are taking three more days of strike action this week, continuing to protest the dire national pay offer and fighting for justice for university staff. #NotGoodEnough
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UNISON calls on scottish government to pass on £155m in full to councils unison-scotland.org/unison-c… @JohannaBaxter
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Remember the Dead. Fight for the living.
International Workers’ Memorial Day #IWMD is a time to remember those who have died either because of a workplace accident, ill health or diseases as a result of work.
Our Regional Secretary laid a wreath in Glasgow today.
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“If it hadn’t been for UNISON I don’t know what would have happened. I would probably still be waiting for my money.” #ClaimCovidCash
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A message of support from @cmcanea, UNISON's General Secretary, to all the dedicated local government strikers. Your determination is inspiring & with thousands of new members joining UNISON, future strike days are likely to be even more impactful. #payupforcouncilstaff
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Our digital ballot on the latest NHS pay offer has now closed.
UNISON's health committee will soon be meeting to consider the results & next steps. We will have further information for members asap.
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Strikes in Scottish colleges announced 📣📣📣
More than 2,000 support staff in colleges across Scotland are to strike on September 7 in a dispute over pay, terms, and conditions.
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🚨 Overwhelming 91% vote NO to @COSLA's pay offer. UNISON to ballot councils for strikes across Scotland. Stand together for better pay!
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College staff united on the picket line, demanding the pay rise they deserve. 💪✊ #UNISONstrikes
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Join us on Facebook for a live stream, featuring UNISON General Secretary @cmcanea, as we demand a £2,000 for the whole NHS team. #OneTeam2k #PayUpNow
Register for a wee reminder👉 eventbrite.co.uk/e/unison-sc…
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Our Convenor Lilian Macer tells STUC Scottish Budget Rally: “public service workers deserve decent pay”. And she calls for “a real national care service.”
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"These attacks are an attempt to undermine our unions democracy and weaken our resolve in pursuit of a decent pay rise for our members. UNISON will not stand for anyone getting such disgraceful personal abuse.” (5/5)
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UNISON members and staff at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary hold a minutes silence to pay tribute to all workers who have died from Coronavirus #neverforgotten #IWMD20
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"It’s depressing that the attacks have been led by a national newspaper. But depressingly familiar that once again, a women in the public eye gets horrendous online abuse." (2/5)
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Council workers across Scotland set to strike over pay #WeAreWorthMore
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Great news in #GreenUNISON week that South Lanarkshire Council today voted to press Strathclyde Pension Fund to divest from fossil fuels asap. Important motion from Green cllr @KRobbGreen, supported by Labour, SNP & Lib Dem cllrs. And support work frm @UNISONSouthLan & @DivestSPF
We did it! Thank you to my fellow councillors who supported this motion, to @UNISONSouthLan and @DivestSPF for their input and to @southlangreens whose support was crucial. Here's our happy faces ahead of the vote this morning.
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Breakthrough pay deal agreed by University of Glasgow UNISON. Lorcan Mullen, Regional Organiser: “UNISON Scotland commends our University of Glasgow members & their stellar branch officers for their courageous strike action and this breakthrough pay deal.” unison-scotland.org/breakthr…
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