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Scotland LGBT+ Newsletter – Spring 2021

Well what a year it has been. Sadly it has been one where many of our colleagues and family members have lost their lives to this dreadful pandemic. One year on, we commemorate with a minutes’ silence those who have been taken from us, and we honour those who have lost their lives whilst fighting to protect others on the frontline.
UNISON is One Team and every member plays their part in keeping services running. No matter what your job role, we are proud of every single one of you for your hard work and dedication to our public services.
We are heartened that the vaccination program gives us hope for the future and some light at the end of this very long tunnel. read more..

Number 11 Newsletter Spring 2021
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Stage 2 Organising Stewards course

We can now offer new dates for an online Stage 2 Organising Stewards course.  The course will be tutored by UNISON Scotland staff and lay tutors via the Zoom platform.  Please note this is a Stage 2 only course and delegates must have completed Stage 1 previously.

Online course application form

Course Date/Time

Wednesday 12 May and Thursday 13 May 2021

9.30 am – 1.00 pm each day

If any stewards are interested in attending this course please complete their accreditation and return the above form to activisteducationscotland@unison.co.uk.

Local Government Pay 2021

TU Response Letter – SJC Trade Union Joint Secretaries

You will be aware from our previous correspondence that we urged COSLA to improve their current pay offer by today, the normal pay implementation date.  They have not done so.   

Your UNISON Local Government committee have met and agreed that we should reject the offer and mobilise for action. 

It is anticipated that the digital ballot will open on the 12th April and preparations are underway for this.  As part of that we will draft some FAQs and some key messages to help explain the offer and the rationale for the recommendation.  These, and other supporting materials/graphics etc, will come out to you in due course. 

UNISON Update April 1 2021

LG Pay 

Please see below the latest correspondence sent to COSLA following our SJC Steering Group meeting this morning.  Please note the Local Government Committee meets to consider this issue on the morning of Thursday 1st April.  Preparations for a consultative ballot are underway. 

TU Response Letter

LG Survey 

You should now all have received your LG survey.  Please do fill it in and encourage all members to do likewise.  The initial response has been really good but the more data we have the better our info. 

LG Hustings 

All major political parties have now been invited to our UNISON Local Government Scottish Parliamentary election hustings which has been organised to take place on Thursday 15th April at 7pm.   

The event will be held online and each Party has been invited to nominate a representative to attend who they think will best represent their views in this area.  The event will be open to all of our LG members and more information will be sent out to all once further details have been confirmed.