Trade unions

• Top 100: Our most popular local government stories of 2018

  From council pay rises to troubled outsourcing firms, here is our countdown of the 100 most popular stories on LocalGov during 2018.

  

• Vulnerable children at risk due to school support staff cuts, union warns

  A quarter of school support staff go home worried every day having spoken to pupils about the issues that trouble them, according to their union.

  

• Council pay offer rejected as union moves towards strike action

  The 3% pay offer for council workers in Scotland has been rejected by members of Unison Scotland.

  

• Glasgow - peace on the horizon?

  Mark Whitehead explores the complexities of an equal pay dispute that led to thousands of women striking last month in Glasgow.

  

• Glasgow and unions agree meetings to resolve dispute

  Talks following the two-day strike by more than 8,000 women in Glasgow this week were described as positive and constructive by both sides.

  

• Council workers borrowing money to cope with low pay

  Council staff are being forced to rely on credit cards, pawn possessions and borrow money from friends and family due to low pay, a new survey has revealed.

  

• Hopes emerge as talks resume following Glasgow strike

  Mark Whitehead explores what led thousands of council staff to strike in Glasgow this week.

  

• Equal pay strike closes council facilities and hundreds of schools

  Unions were today claiming the strike by 8,000 women staff in Glasgow over equal pay was solid and council facilities had shut down as other workers refused to cross picket lines.

  

• Council staff to strike over equal pay claims

  Thousands of women at one of the UK's biggest councils are set to walk out on strike for two days this week over equal pay.

  

• Local government workers: an uncertain future

  With some councils forcing staff to take unpaid holiday leave in an effort to save money, Mark Whitehead explores what impact this will have on the workforce.