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Facing a New Decade Let's Make a Difference We need your views UNISON Police Staff Strength is our on social care - make menopause a members and PUBLIC Experience of front line workplace issue - activists - Josie essential to Scottish Women’s Committee takes Bird, President, at WORKS: Parliament inquiry - p4 campaign out to AGMs - p3 Scottish Council - p2 February 2020 No 142 ScotlandinUNISON scottish council activists’ bulletin Use these stories in your branch newsletter or circulate the pdf version to members UNISON SCOTLAND’S AGENDA FOR 2020 Facing a new decade Let’s make a difference s we move into the new LILIAN MACER, Scottish convener, and The debate about independence Adecade, UNISON itself is also an arena where members will face STEPHEN SMELLIE, depute convener, lay out UNISON members’ interests will significant challenges and the agenda for Scotland as a fair work nation, need to be represented and so, demands and they will tackling inequality, ending austerity, investing engaging with that debate, we will expect their union to be at challenge the independence the forefront in organising to in services and acting on climate change movement to consider how meet those and to use our austerity and child poverty can be power and influence to eliminated in an independent protect and advance their Scotland should it come. interests. However we are an The wider economic and internationalist union and this political impact of Brexit, the rise year will see the world come to in right wing politics advanced by Glasgow for COP26, the United Johnson, Trump and others and Nations’ conference on the the global impact of climate climate crisis. change will all impact on our This is an opportunity for members and the services they UNISON to take part and give deliver. leadership to a movement that is The need is pressing, we need genuinely trying to save the to dramatically reverse the world! increasing inequalities that blight Plans are already in place to the lives of so very many of our mobilise UNISON members to citizens - tackling the scourge of strength of the trade union voice advance the issues affecting devolved powers give us some influence world leaders to agree poverty and inequality, ending at all levels of Scottish life. UNISON Scotland. protection but even these the kind of ‘Green’ policies we austerity and investing in public Our work plan this year will The result of the general devolved powers are under attack. have been promoting for a number services are key. include our participation in the election was a disappointment and As an advocate for devolution of years. Scotland must become a fair review of the union’s Devolution a further five years of Tory and the Scottish Parliament we There is a role for every work nation where effective Protocol and the Branch Resource government is not good news. will be to the fore in arguing for UNISON activist to play in voice, opportunity, fulfilment, Review (BRR). Five more years of austerity, the right of Scotland to make its security and respect are at the core We are very well placed to exacerbated by Brexit and the own decisions. helping us achieve that different of all our agenda. These issues shape and influence both and will likely attacks on workers, That includes the right of Scotland, and world, that we dictate UNISON Scotland’s of course look to engage with consumer and environment rights the Parliament to decide if know is possible. Let’s get priorities over the coming years. members and activists to ensure and protections is frightening. another referendum on organised. Let’s use our talents. Last year the Scottish we take every opportunity to In Scotland, our parliament and independence should be held. Let’s make a difference. Committee agreed an overhaul of how we progress our objectives, ‘one book, three chapters,’ IBM members gear up for action as job cuts loom integrating our bargaining, NISON members who which runs the contract for ago and a number of large IT they were losing their jobs organising and political strategies, provide IBM’s client, Scottish Power’s IT systems. companies have held the contract months ago, but these improving the effectiveness of U Scottish Power, with Staff were notified by IBM in since, with the workforce being multinational companies are still UNISON Scotland. information technology October 2019 that their jobs transferred over to their new not talking to UNISON about the 2020 will give us the (IT) services have voted were coming to an end, but IBM employer under the Transfer of 65 workers whose livelihoods opportunity to realise the benefits overwhelmingly in favour and Scottish Power have refused Undertakings Protection of are threatened. of the changes, benefits including of industrial action after to talk to the workforce since Employment (TUPE) “This is a stressful time for better workplace conditions for the company said their then about either redundancies or regulations. this very loyal workforce – most our members and a better jobs would end on 30 the transferring of their jobs. UNISON will now move to of whom have been with the understanding of the impact of the June 2020. Fort nine staff work in IBM’s hold an official ballot for company for over 20 years. workplace on Scottish lives and UNISON announced the East Kilbride office and 16 staff industrial action, which has the “UNISON has done its best to Scottish society. results of its consultative ballot work in Cheshire. All of these potential to bring Scottish meet with IBM but they have In creating the right conditions on Monday 20 June which employees have worked on Power’s IT system to a standstill. continually refused to engage. to make that possible, we also revealed a massive 90% voted in Scottish Power’s IT service for Gerry Crawley, UNISON We now have no choice but to recognise that we will need all favour of strike action. over 20 years. regional organiser for Scottish ballot for industrial action and sections in our union to work The move affects 65 workers Scottish Power’s IT function Power, who represents the recommend UNISON members effectively together with a shared who are employed by IBM, was contracted out over 20 years workforce, said: “Staff were told vote for strike action.” focus on improving the overall www.unison-scotland.org ScotlandinUNISON page 2 february 2020 SSE branch Supporting Denis Goldberg’s House of Hope vision NISON Scotland has a years has contributed to better support for Ulong history of access to education, HIV/AIDS supporting veteran anti- projects, supporting those affected foodbank apartheid campaigner Denis by violence against women, Goldberg’s Community health projects, and housing HEART charity. projects. The latest project is the Denis Denis, a frequent visitor to Goldberg House of Hope arts and Scotland and an honorary culture education centre where he UNISON member, was one of lives in Hout Bay in South Africa. those sentenced in 1964 alongside Denis explained: “It is a vision Nelson Mandela for their part in that combines the passions of my the struggle against apartheid. On life: the creation of cohesive, non- Denis at a House of Hope dance event his release 22 years later, he racial and non-prejudiced continued to work to overcome communities, the realisation of exhibition on Denis’s life and art range of activities rooms and an the apartheid regime,. young people’s potential and a collection, an office, activity room auditorium. He is a patron of the Nelson celebration of creativity and and space where young people can Full details of the plans and Mandela Scottish Memorial expression.” spend time together. how to contribute are at Foundation campaign to build a Meanwhile fundraising https://goldberghouseofhope.co.za/ Ann Forsyth (right) Funds have already been raised statue to Mandela in Glasgow and continues for phase 2 to build a Community HEART over the delivering donations to for the first phase, a gallery for an education programme. Perth & Kinross Foodbank. NISON SSE Branch has President: ‘UNISON’s strength Upledged to continue its support for Perth and Kinross Foodbank for is our members and activists’ another year. It is supporting the food By Kate Ramsden them from their land. banks with food collections, SiU editor Nomadesc works with employee volunteering days his year’s UNISON organisations campaigning for and making special donations TPresident, Josie Bird justice for victims of violence, for Easter and Christmas. gave a stirring address to helping to mobilise mass Last year the branch, which December’s Scottish demonstrations, supporting organises in energy company Council of branches, telling communities, by giving them the SSE, donated a large batch of delegates that our strength tools to defend themselves, easter eggs for families with as a union comes from our training community leaders, in small children, and at members and activists. particular women and young Christmas they made a large “We must keep up the pressure people, accompanying people donation of advent calendars. for UNISON to be an even bigger, through legal processes, and Ann Forsyth, UNISON SSE even better union,” urged Josie. seeking justice for the families of branch secretary, said: “We “Without this power behind them, murdered trade union and human have built a strong relationship our leaders and negotiators would UNISON President Josie Bird and the leaflet for her rights activists. with the Perth & Kinross not stand a chance.” presidential charity which is on the UK website “It is often said, but it doesn’t Foodbank, which has been Josie paid tribute to the many make it any less true, that Colombia running for six years. successes that UNISON has wider battles – and we have.” international issues, “one of those is the most dangerous place in the “Last year, they supplied achieved over the past year, Josie hails from the Northern things that really sets us apart world to be a trade union activist, 3,424 three-day emergency including in Scotland.
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