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As 21,000 +
@unisonscot
members today take part in the biggest strike action Scotland has seen in more than a decade you’ll see lots of misinformation flying around about the most recent pay offer.
Here are the facts 👇
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The results of our consultative ballot on COSLA’s latest pay offer are now in. 👇
Our members have spoken loudly & clearly. We urge all parties to get back round the negotiating table with us to thrash out a deal to avoid further disruption in schools across Scotland.
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We have written to
@scotgov
&
@COSLA
this evening on the back of three days strike action by
@unisonscot
mbrs. 👇
Our resolve to continue the fight for fair pay is unshaken & the next wave of action will be even bigger!
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Our lead negotiators just about to head into a mtg w
@JohnSwinney
to argue for more money for local councils to improve the pay offer for
@unisonscot
members. ✊
#RecogniseRespectRewardLG
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Your negotiators will be meeting with
@NicolaSturgeon
later today to try to get a better pay settlement for you. Will keep you posted. ✊💚💜
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***Calling all
@unisonscot
@unisontheunion
working in school cleaning, school catering, school janitorial, waste & recycling services ***
Don’t let Maggie Thatcher get her way - complete and return your strike ballot today! 🗳
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We understand the Labour group on
@COSLA
put forward a motion calling for a revised pay offer to be made but the SNP & Tories voted it down.
A stark reminder of who is willing to
#recogniserespectrewardLG
workers & those who are not.
Our joint TU letter to COSLA is 👇
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It was the willingness of our
@unisonscot
members in Local Gvt to stand up to
@COSLA
&
@scotgov
, & hard work of our activists, that has secured this improved offer.
There is power in a union ✊
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Great to have
@cmcanea
on the picket this morning supporting our
@unisonscot
@UNISONScotLGvt
@unison_glasgow
members in their fight for equal pay! ✊
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Lorraine Thomson,
@unisonscot
Stirling Branch Secretary & Vice-Chair of our Local Gvt Cmtt, explains why
@unisontheunion
members working in waste services in Stirling and Perth & Kinross are on strike today ✊
#RiseUp2GetPayUp
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In light of the First Minister’s announcement yest
@UNISONScotLGvt
have written to
@ClydesdAileen
& COSLA seeking urgent clarification on a number of issues relating to the safety of LG workers 👇
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We are pleased that
@scotgov
and
@COSLA
have responded positively to the concerns
@UNISONScotLGvt
@unisonscot
raised about the conflicting advice being issued on the use of PPE and have agreed the joint statement below. 👇
We will always fight to protect our members. 💪
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Please see below a copy of the letter we have sent to
@COSLA
following the conclusion of our
@unisonscot
@GMBScotOrg
@UniteScotland
industrial action ballots 👇
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***BREAKING NEWS***
- Revised & improved pay offer secured.
- Strikes suspended whilst we consult members on that offer.
- LG Cmtt recc to accept.
Full details below 👇
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Our consultative ballot on
@COSLA
’s initial 2023 pay offer closed today. Results are:
👉 87.11% voted to REJECT the offer.
👉 Of those who voted to reject the offer 90.99% voted in favour of taking industrial action to secure an improved offer. Our letter to COSLA 👇
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Thanks for the praise but where’s the raise
@_KateForbes
@scotgov
@COSLA
?! 🧐
Our
@unisonscot
@unisontheunion
@UNISONinLG
@UNISONScotLGvt
members are worth more than warm words.
#WeAreWorthMore
✊
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The
@scotgov
draft budget falls far short of what
@COSLA
needs to protect jobs and services. Here’s our initial reaction 👇
It’s more important than ever to ask MSPs to stand up for council services and help
#PlugTheGap
in council budgets 👉
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The size of the pie is simply not big enough to deliver a high enough increase to our
@unisonscot
members👇
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Your negotiators are hard at it again today. Will keep you posted. ✊
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Fantastic support for
@unisonscot
@UNISONScotLGvt
’s industrial action ballot from across all
@UNISONinLG
@unisontheunion
.
Remember to look out for your blue envelope, complete & return you ballot by 26 July!
#ulgc22
#werisetogether
#recogniserespectrewardlg
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Good to see
@UNISONScotLGvt
@unisonscot
reps braving the 💨 and ☔️ this morning to demonstrate outside the meeting of
@COSLA
Leaders - members concerns must be heard!
#payupnow
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Our
@UNISONScotLGvt
@unisonscot
@unisontheunion
members have overwhelmingly rejected
@COSLA
’s pay offer and are willing to take action if necessary to secure a better one. Full story 👇
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On Frid
@COSLA
put forward a revised pay offer of ‘an equivalent quantum of a 3.5% pay uplift’.
Our
@UNISONScotLGvt
Cmtt met this morn & agreed unanimously to reject that offer outright. Our letter to them is 👇
#recogniserespectrewardLG
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If
@UNISONScotLGvt
@unisonscot
members needed any more incentive to vote YES to strike action this is it - the Cab Sec for Finance isn’t even prepared to meet with us to discuss averting strike action or improving LG funding 👇
#RecogniseRespectRewardLG
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It’s been a busy day today. This eve you can catch our Head of Local Gvt
@JohannaBaxter
on
@STVNews
& then our LG Cmtt Chair, Mark Ferguson, on
@BBCScotland
’s The Seven explaining why
@unisonscot
@unisontheunion
mbs will be striking next week. ✊🟣🟢
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Our
@UNISONScotLGvt
@unisonscot
@unisontweets
Scottish Local Gvt pay ballot result is now in! Members voted in record numbers.
The result is:
Accept the
@COSLA
pay offer: 91%
Reject the
@COSLA
pay offer: 9%
We will now inform the employer of the result.
#UNISONdelivers
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Scottish Local Government pay ballot now open 📢
Check your email inbox & vote now! 🗳️
No to pay offer ❎
Yes to action ❎
Full FAQs 👉 🗳️
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We will keep fighting until our members get a pay increase that recognises and rewards their enormous contribution ✊
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Constructive discussions w
@COSLA
&
@NicolaSturgeon
lasted into the early hours.
We understand COSLA Leaders meet again tomorrow morning to consider their position & will keep you updated.
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Today we served notice of further strike action taking place on 1st Nov, in our dispute over LG pay, on Glasgow, Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire & Inverclyde.
This is first stage of a rolling program of action - further dates & local authorities will be notified in due course.
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Stuart Hope,
@unisonscot
Branch Secretary of Perth & Kinross, explains why
@unisontheunion
members working in waste there are on strike today
👇 💚💜✊
#RiseUp2GetPayUp
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Our pay ballot is now live!
The Committee is recommending rejection of the offer for these reasons:
Make sure you have your say before the ballot closes on 7th November!
#YourPayYourSay
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**STOP PRESS**
Result of our recent consultative ballot of
@UNISONScotLGvt
@unisonscot
mbrs is:
• 79% voted to reject pay offer
• 67% voted to take industrial action up to & incl strike action
We’ll inform employer of these results & invite them to get back to negotiations
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The findings from our recent survey of
@UNISONScotLGvt
@unisonscot
@UNISONinLG
@unisontheunion
members are deeply concerning.
We are calling on
@COSLA
to take urgent action to better support & reward these essential workers.
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The Scottish Gvt may have forgotten the wider Scottish Local Gvt workforce but we in
@unisonscot
@UNISONScotLGvt
@unisontheunion
haven’t.
We’ll continue to fight to get you the recognition you deserve. Help us by sending a letter to your MSP now
👉
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There has been a lot of talk out there about why we have not simply agreed to convert the £ available from
@COSLA
for pay into a flat rate.
Please share this brief explainer with members 👇
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89.8% of
@UNISONScotLGvt
members have voted in favour of taking action over pay in a consultative ballot. ✊
We’ve written to
@COSLA
informing them of the result & urging them to improve their offer👇
#RecogniseRespectRewardLG
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Good to out supporting West Dunbartonshire members in their fight against local government cuts today! 💪👊☀️
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UNISON Scottish Joint Council reps took time out their meetings with
@COSLA
to send solidarity to all taking part in the School Climate Strike today
#unisongreenday
#ClimateEmergency
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One of our negotiators
@JohannaBaxter
is just about to go on
@BBCScotland
The Nine to discuss
@COSLA
’s latest pay offer & explain why it is far from enough for our
@unisonscot
members ✊🟢🟣
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Scotland’s Chief Nursing Officer’s letter has potential to put home and social care workers in Scotland at greater risk than their UK counterparts & is nothing short of a national scandal. It needs to be withdrawn as a matter of urgency👇
New guidance for home and social care staff in Scotland puts home care staff at risk
#COVID19
| via
@unisonscot
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Today local govt workers are due a pay uplift. So far
@COSLA
have only made one offer which was woeful & insulting. No improvement has been forthcoming. We’ve therefore been left w no option but to inform them we’ll be moving to consult mbrs on industrial action 👇
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All
@unisonscot
@UNISONScotLGvt
members shld today/tomorrow receive a consultative ballot asking if you are willing to take action in pursuit of an improved pay offer from
@COSLA
. We are urging you to vote YES.
More info & FAQs below 👇
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Today we launch our
#Together4ABetterFuture
campaign calling for long term investment in LGvt to protect jobs, reduce wage inequalities & for workers to be engaged in shaping the post
#Covid
world.
What do you think the
#lockdownlegacy
shld look like👇
…
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The North Lanarkshire delegation are bright eyed and busy tailed for the start of
#ulgc18
this morning!
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Congratulations
@UNISONSouthLan
! What a fantastic members event today at New Lanark. And what a gorgeous weather we had for it 😎👊👏
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Solidarity to members taking strike action today, on behalf of all local government workers, in Perth & Kinross and Stirling ✊💚💜
Our whole union stands with you!
#RiseUpToGetPayUp
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Phenomenal turnout tonight for mass lobby of
@EDCouncil
. Are you listening
@edlibdems
@ScotTories
?
#EastDunStrike
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For full details of our pay ballot result and our letter to
@COSLA
re implementation please visit our website here👇
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UNISON urges council workers to back strike action over pay
@UNISONScotLGvt
@unisonscot
@unisontheunion
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Almost 2,000 schools across Scotland could close if COSLA Leaders don’t come forward with an improved offer very soon 🟢🟣
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We’re consulting members on
@COSLA
’s revised pay offer. The recommendation is to ACCEPT the offer.
Members should check their e-mail for their ballot link or call 0800 0857 857 to vote by phone.
Information about the offer and answers to FAQs here:
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Sorry
@JohnSwinney
didn’t reply to our request for a mtg to hand over our member’s postcards but we’ve left them at Scottish Parl for delivery to his office.
Thousands of our members have written to him to remind him that Education is ONE Team who ALL deserve fair pay!
#Parity
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Thanks
@Malcolm4Linn
Leader Glasgow City Labour for signing our
#WhereIsOur500
petition to
@scotgov
. It's time for equal treatment for all Covid responders.
Join Malcolm and sign the petition here 👇
@unison_glasgow
@unisonscot
@unisontheunion
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We have written to
@COSLA
Leaders,
@_KateForbes
&
@ShonaRobison
in advance of their meeting today.
The stakes are high - we hope that sense prevails & our members receive an improved pay offer that reflects & rewards their enormous efforts over the past year.
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We submitted the joint TU pay claim in Dec, allowing plenty of time for negs to conclude before 1 April imp date.
Its v disappointing
@COSLA
won’t engage in any negs prior to 8 March, meaning workers who’ve kept our country going won’t get a pay rise until after they’re due it.
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Thank you so much to
@jasonleitch
for taking time out to thank all Local Gvt workers for the vital work they are doing to keep our communities running & protecting our most vulnerable
#covid19
👇😍💪
@unisonscot
@UNISONScotLGvt
@unisontheunion
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We have today written to
@KateForbesMSP
&
@ClydesdAileen
pressing them to provide urgent funding to
@COSLA
to support local authorities that are facing a financial crises, to protect service provision & members jobs. 👇
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Our North Lanarkshire branch successfully battled to protect home care services from proposals to privatise them under this persons tenure. If only this money had been put into those services... 😡
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Recent news that incidents of abuse, directed towards local gvt workers, has increased during this crises is v worrying indeed.
@UNISONScotLGvt
@unisonscot
is clear - UNISON will do everything we can to protect & safeguard those who are protecting us
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Thank you all for everything you are doing. From the bottom of our hearts.
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
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Today our Scottish Local Gvt Cmtt took the decision to recommend that
@unisonscot
mbrs reject
@COSLA
’s recent pay offer when they are balloted in the coming weeks. Here’s why:
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We have today written to
@theSNP
@ScottishLabour
@ScotTories
@scotlibdems
@scottishgreens
asking them if their local election candidates will sign up to our Candidate Pledge.
Letter & pledge below for all who wish to respond!
#RecogniseRespectRewardLG
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1. Share the voices of
@unisonscot
members on the frontline who know exactly the impact this financial gap has and the importance of it being plugged
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By maj vote of the TU side at the SJC mtg today the Scottish Local Gvt pay deal has been accepted.
@COSLA
will now write to all councils asking them to process payments (most shld be able to make in March salaries).
Thanks
@unisonscot
mbrs for their efforts!
#UNISONdelivers
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"One day our society will come to respect the sanitation worker if it is to survive, for the person who picks up our garbage, in the final analysis, is as significant as the physician, for if they do not do their job, diseases are rampant. All labor has dignity."
M Luther King
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.
@COSLA
say they have no more £ to improve the pay offer but, unbelievably, voted *against* our motion calling on them to approach
@scotgov
for more £ to do so.
@unisonscot
’s lead negotiator spoke to
@STVColin
about the situation 👇
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We know this is a worrying time for all
@unisontheunion
@unisonscot
mbrs. We have worked w
@COSLA
to draw up an FAQ doc to address many of the concerns you might have about how
#COVID19
will affect your working life.
You can access this here:
Pls RT
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There’s power in a union! Proud of these members - well done all👊💪👏
#unityisstrength
Threats to ALL T& C's have been removed. Negotiations will continue on the VT package. These negotiations must be agreed & concluded by 23 July or notice of further strike action will be served. The Work To Rule will remain in place meantime. Tomorrows strike action is cancelled.
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Unsure of the correct PPE for the tasks you are undertaking?
Have a look at this 👇
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Our
@unisonscot
@unisontweets
pay ballot is now open & we’re recommending
@UNISONScotLGvt
members accept the offer.
Here’s everything you need to know about the deal 👇
#YourPayYourSay
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Members can now vote in our new consultative ballot on the revised COSLA pay offer.
The Local Govt Committee’s recommendation is to accept.
Full information on the offer and basis of the Committee’s recommendation is here:
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Proud as punch that our
@unisonscot
@UNISONScotLGvt
delegates led the debate on pay at
#ULGC19
.
Lots done, lots more to do.
Learning lessons, building power
💪👊
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Bill Peatrie sharing with
#ULGC18
the story of the
@unisonscot
#Justice4Jannies
and the fantastic campaigning work of
@unison_glasgow
!
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That’s it folks!
Our
@UNISONScotLGvt
@unisonscot
pay ballot has now closed.
Thank you to all our
@unisontweets
members who voted! 👊
We’ll communicate results as soon as we are able.
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Council services are provided by council workers who deserve a decent pay rise!
#weareworthmore
#factfriday
Did you know? Everyone uses Council services but we think that you might not know about all of them!
Join us with our
#FactFriday
campaign which gives a better understanding of all that Councils do.
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4. Join our
@UNISONScotLGvt
Question Time event on 12 Nov - A discussion panel w
@TenaciousTory
, the Leader of
@nlcpeople
&
@JohannaBaxter
looking at the current state of Local Govt finance & what it means for the vital services these members deliver 👇
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Constructive discussion with
@DerekMackaySNP
this afternoon on Local Gvt finance and the need for our members to get a decent pay rise.
Fuller member update on this will be issued in the next few days.
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***Time is running out***
If you are
@unisonscot
@unisontheunion
working in school cleaning, school catering, school janitorial, waste & recycling services don’t delay - complete and post your strike ballot back today! 🗳
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Thanks
@AnasSarwar
for signing our
#WhereIsOur500
petition to
@scotgov
. It's time for equal treatment for all Covid responders.
Join Anas and sign the petition here 👇
@unison_glasgow
@unisonscot
@unisontheunion
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Thank you all for your support! ✊
#RecogniseRespectRewardLG
Depute Leader of
@nlcpeople
@cllrpaulkelly
& Cllr
@KGDuffy7
signed the
#RecogniseRespectRewardLG
Pledge on behalf of all
@ScottishLabour
candidates in North Lanarkshire.
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LG members will receive an e-mail w their individual pay ballot voting link tomorrow morn & the ballot will run till 5pm on 28th Sept.
Please read the FQAs we have developed on the new offer before voting 👇
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After 10yrs of austerity & the massive pressures brought by Covid Local Govt in Scotland is facing an unprecedented financial crises.
We’ve launched a campaign calling on
@scotgov
to
#PlugTheGap
to save essential jobs & services.
You can support our campaign in a no of ways👇
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10
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Following our consultation with
@UNISONScotLGvt
members UNISON had accepted
@COSLA
’s pay offer of 2nd Sept 22.
We have written to the employer as 👇 & our full press release is here
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Hi
@JohnSwinney
👋
Education: is ONE Team, who ALL deserve fair pay!
You’re not going to be able to deliver your education reforms without these people👇
#Parity
UNISON Education Stewards in Glasgow supporting our trade union’s Scottish local government pay campaign.
@unisonscot
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