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Ranjit Kaur addressing a rally around 1990

Scotsman Obituaries: Ranjit Kaur, activist, magistrate and trade unionist

International Day of the Midwife falls on Friday, 5 May in 202

Happy International Day of the Midwife 2023: How to get involved

Nursing strikes 2023: Royal College of Nursing, the GMB & Unison back new pay offer - but it’s not over yet

Nursing strikes 2023: Unions back pay offer - but it’s not over yet

Unison welcomed the Scottish Governments pay rise offer to health workers, which will see wages go up from April 1, with its members set to vote on whether to accept the deal next week.

Nurses, midwives and paramedics offered pay boost by Scottish Government

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Food banks for NHS staff in Lothians receiving 'steady use' amid costs crisis

National ambulance and NHS trade unions have announced a day of strike action to take place tomorrow.

NHS advise when to use 999 as ambulance driver strikes begin today

List of all the strikes taking place in the lead up to Christmas 2022

Army staff helped operate ambulance services during the COVID-19 pandemic.

1,200 troops to cover for striking ambulance & Border Force staff

A group of fraudsters have been posing as ambulance staff and knocking on doors asking for financial support ahead of upcoming industrial action.

Fraudsters posing as ambulance staff seen asking for donations

Strikes by ambulance staff and some NHS workers have been called off after members of two unions voted to accept the Scottish Government’s most recent pay deal.. Picture: John Devlin

Ambulance staff and some NHS workers call off action as unions accept pay deal

Strikes by ambulance staff and some NHS workers have been called off after members of two unions voted to accept the Scottish Government’s most recent pay deal.. Picture: John Devlin

Ambulance staff and some NHS workers call off action as unions accept pay deal

Polly Jones was sacked after planning to stand as a parliamentary candidate in 2019 (Picture: Newsquest/SWNS)

Woman sacked for wanting to stand in election strikes blow for democracy

The RCN is balloting its members for the first time

Nursing union ballots members on strikes for the first time in 100 year history

Waste workers in authorities across Scotland will return to work on Thursday as the first wave of strike action ends.

Waste workers to return to work as first wave of strikes to end

While primaries in Glasgow are to be closed, the secondaries will remain open.

Glasgow school strikes: Keeping secondary schools open 'abhorrent' says union

Edinburgh will be clean by next week, says council leader

A major clear up operation is under way in Edinburgh after a first wave of strikes by council bin workers came to an end.

Major clear up under way after city bin strike

A new offer has been made to Scottish council cleansing staff in a bid to halt ongoing strike action.

Bins strikes to continue and schools set to shut as latest pay offer rejected

Rubbish has been piling up beside bins in Edinburgh

Council leaders make increased 5 per cent pay offer amid ongoing strikes

Police officers in Scotland will receive a five per cent pay rise following months of negotiations.

Scottish police officers to receive 5% pay rise after months of negotiations

The threat of waste and recycling worker strikes across Scotland has intensified after unions announced eight more days of action.

Waste workers plan four-day strikes in pay row

Aberdeenshire Council workers will go on strike later this month.

UNISON confirm strike dates for waste workers in Aberdeenshire

Trade union leaders warn that scenes like this of uncollected refuse could be common across Scotland as council workers vote to strike over pay

'Waste could pile high' warning as council workers vote to strike

Thousands of council workers are set to strike

'Rubbish will pile high' and schools close as council workers vote to strike

NHS staff are angry at below-inflation pay offers

Tens of thousands of NHS staff in Scotland balloted for industrial action

Care home residents face seeing staff take industrial action

Care home workers vote on strike ove redundancy plan

Local government workers have indicated that they are prepared to take industrial action over pay, a union has said.

Local government workers willing to strike over pay, says union

John Stevenson was a passionate fighter against injustice

Scotsman Obituaries: John Stevenson, social worker and trade unionist

Strike action by council workers over an equal pay dispute has been suspended after unions agreed a deal with the local authority.

Glasgow Council worker strikes in equal pay dispute suspended after deal reached

The EIS teachers' union is pushing for a 10 per cent pay rise for teachers. Picture: TSPL

Unions warn of 'huge period of unrest' as strike ballots loom

Chancellor Rishi Sunak

Rishi Sunak accused of not doing enough as inflation hits fresh 30-year high

Between March 1 and May 31 2020, 5,204 patients were discharged from NHS hospitals to care homes.

Act now on social care or risk patient deaths due to staff shortages, MSPs told

Delegates at the British Society of Lifestyle Medicine's annual conference at the EICC in Edinburgh city centre earlier this month. Picture: Stewart Attwood

Edinburgh's EICC heralds 'return in confidence' and reveals string of event wins

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NHS may need to cut all non-urgent care this winter, say unions

Some patients are being forced to stay on trolleys in corridors at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary (Picture: Lisa Ferguson)

We may have to learn to live with Covid – Scotsman comment

The A&E at the ERI is under strain

A&E on brink warns union as patients left on trolleys for hours at ERI

Firefighters are lending a helping hand to the NHS by driving ambulances in Scotland (Photo: John Devlin).

Firefighters drive ambulances to help NHS in Scotland

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Unions warning over self-isolation exemption for health staff

Unison is in dispute with Scottish Borders Council

Union wrangle over Scottish Borders Council's £500 Covid 'thank you' payments

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Unison members vote to accept 4% NHS pay rise

Margaret Lynch.

What I really said at the Alba Party conference - Margaret Lynch

Staff at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh could lose their jobs.

Union enter redundancy dispute with Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

Unison members will begin two days of campaigning for a "significant pay rise" of at least £2,000 on Tuesday (Picture: Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images).

Union urges £2,000 pay rise for NHS workers

The SNP have been accused of “political games” over the £500 NHS payment as the Treasury confirmed it is a decision for Scotland

Treasury says taxing £500 NHS payment is decision for Scotland

The Scottish Government said the talks hadn't even started.

Union to hold ballot on industrial action over NHS pay

Napier University has halted compulsory redundancies after a union strike vote.

Napier University halts compulsory redundancies

UNISON, is calling on Higher Education Minister Richard Lochhead to intervene in the dispute

Napier staff move towards strike action

Up to 70 jobs are to go at Edinburgh Napier

Up to 70 jobs to go at Edinburgh Napier

Lesley Riddoch: Unions thriving amid national crisis

Pupils during a lesson. Stock image. Picture:: Barry Batchelor/PA Wire

New teachers in Scotland tell of fears heading into post-lockdown education

Stock image. Unison has warned of teachers' anxiety at returning to the classroom. Picture: John Devlin

'Scottish education staff anxious about returning to work'

These are your rights as a worker during the coronavirus pandemic

A minute's silence will be held across the UK today (28 April) to commemorate the key workers who have lost their lives from Covid-19 (Photo: Shutterstock)

What time is today's minute's silence for key workers?

Nicola Sturgeon said she would back a plan to pay tribute to NHS staff who have lost their lives

Nicola Sturgeon backs plan to hold minute’s silence for NHS workers

Janice Graham died on Monday, becoming the first nurse in Scotland to die as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

Clapping tribute for first Scottish nurse to die from COVID-19

Ian Murray MP is re-selected to defend seat in Edinburgh South

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The new transport minister will face calls to get a grip on the crisis in Scotland's ferry network

Humza Yousaf to appoint new transport minister at the start of next week

Angus Robertson, SNP MSP for Edinburgh Central, and Daniel Johnson, Labour MSP for Edinburgh Southern.

SNP and Labour MSPs unite against boundary changes to key Edinburgh seats

Janine Reilly and Sharron McKean of Falkirk District Action Group who are delighted Falkirk Council are launching the pilot project to tackle issue of rats in council homes.

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