Trade unions

• Public sector workers doing '40 million hours of unpaid overtime'

  Support staff in the public sector are doing more than 40 million hours of unpaid overtime a year, according to local government union Unison.

  

• Unions offered new pay rise to avert strike action

  A new pay offer has been put forward by councils in Scotland in a bid to avert industrial action.

  

• Council staff urged to reject 3% pay increase in Scotland

  Unison is calling on its local government members to reject the new offer of a 3% pay rise.

  

• School support staff warn of 'intolerable workloads'

  Cuts in funding are having a 'devastating effect' on school support staff, according to trade union Unison.

  

• Parents ‘struggling’ with childcare costs, TUC warns

  Working parents with children under five have seen nursery fees increase three times faster than their wages over the past decade, trades unions have revealed.

  

• Unison appeals against reversal of £400m sleep-in shift ruling

  Unison has lodged an official appeal against the ruling that social care providers will no longer be required to pay £400m in backpay to carers doing sleep-in shifts.

  

• Council facing £5m equal pay bill

  Fife Council has been warned it could face a £5m bill from a new round of equal pay claims.

  

• A cry for help?

  With a survey suggesting half of council workers are considering quitting their jobs, Mark Whitehead considers how important it is for managers to ease the fears of the local government workforce.

  

• Half of council staff considering quitting their job, survey finds

  Half of council workers are thinking of leaving their job for less stressful work elsewhere, according to a new survey by trade union Unison.

  

• Councils must do more to protect workers’ rights globally, union says

  A public sector union has criticised local authorities for ‘not doing enough’ to protect workers’ rights globally.