PRESS RELEASE UNISON Aberdeen City Branch welcomed the commitment today from the Administration Group to protect staff terms and conditions in the 2019/20 Council budget. Branch Secretary, Kenny Luke, said: “We’re really pleased to hear that the Administration has blocked this cut after meeting us on this issue. Our members have been doing their best… Continue Reading UNISON wins concession on staff contracts in ACC budget
PRESS RELEASE UNISON is calling on the administration group at Aberdeen City Council to halt proposals to cut staff and attack their terms and conditions. The 2019/20 budget is proposing £41.2m of cuts, affecting service delivery and the futures of 260 council workers. Kenny Luke, UNISON Aberdeen City Branch Secretary, said: “These proposals will have… Continue Reading UNISON calls on Aberdeen City Council to halt cuts to staff
Aberdeen Trades Union Council (ATUC) has joined other voices across the city to condemn the drastic package of cuts being proposed by Aberdeen City Council to meet a £41million budget deficit. ATUC has organised a lobby of the Aberdeen City Council budget meeting on Tuesday 5th March from 1-4pm outside Marischall College, Broad Street, Aberdeen.… Continue Reading ATUC & UNISON stand up to budget cuts
Over the last few weeks UNISON has been engaging with the Council’s consultation on job cuts as part of the transition to the Target Operating Model. The Branch Committee has agreed to write to all members to update you on the consultation and negotiations we are conducting with the Council. During this consultation we have… Continue Reading Transformation Update: Job cuts consultation
This week we’ve written to all of our members to let them know about a key concession we’ve won on the redeployment policy at Aberdeen City Council. This means that the administration’s commitment to ‘no compulsory redundancies’ can be meaningfully implemented to protect our members’ jobs. Our Joint Branch Secretary, Kenny Luke, explains more: Dear member… Continue Reading UNISON wins key concession on redeployment policy
UNISON is responding to the letters issued to many of our members this week regarding the future of their roles at Aberdeen City Council. A statement was also provided to the BBC and Evening Express by the Council where the administration highlighted that there would be no more than 370 job cuts in total. Our… Continue Reading UNISON responds to letters issued to staff “in scope for change”
On 12 January 2018 UNISON, along with the other Scottish Local Government trade unions, submitted a pay claim for a £1,500 flat rate increase to all spinal column points, or 6.5%, whichever is greater (based on a 37 hour working week). This claim includes an above inflation increase plus an element of restoration. You can… Continue Reading UNISON Survey on Local Government Pay Claim 2018/19
UNISON Aberdeen City has agreed that we would defend members’ jobs and support those who wished to leave ACC voluntarily. There are certain principles which we abide by. The first one of these is that we will oppose redundancy whether straightforward Compulsory Redundancy or by implication / the back door. UNISON is questioning the statement that… Continue Reading Statement on cuts, redundancies and jobs at Aberdeen City Council
UNISON is responding to the changes proposed at Aberdeen City Council as part of its Target Operating Model. As the Council progresses its transformation programme, UNISON is setting out its own principles for change and a commitment to its members. The scale of cuts the Council is proposing is like nothing we’ve seen before. With… Continue Reading UNISON Aberdeen City sets out principles to protect jobs and local services