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24,000 council staff to be sacked - and rehired - as pay talks fail

A floating wind turbine from the Kincardine offshore windfarm off the coast of Scotland (Image: Flotation Energy)

Exclusive Warning Scottish floating wind plans could be 'delayed or cancelled'

Ming Yang announced plans to build the UK’s largest wind turbine manufacturing facility in Ardersier near Inverness (PA)

Exclusive Swinney pressures Burnham on blocked Ming Yang wind factory

Coastguard rescue officers will no longer receive payments under plans by UK authorities

UK set to push on with dropping hourly fee for coastguard volunteers

Navantia UK took over the Methil shipyard in January last year (Pic: Submitted)

Exclusive Faslane floating docks must be built at Scots yard, UK Government told

Andy Burnham is expected to become the next prime minister

Exclusive Pressure on Burnham to 'rethink' Labour's oil and gas ban

Shipyard worker strikes ‘will risk delays to Clyde warships’

Jobs are being lost in the North Sea oil and gas sector as fossil fuels declines

'Industrial catastrophe' as unions rally against oil and gas decline

First Minister John Swinney speaking to Alexander Dennis team members.

Alexander Dennis to put 115 jobs at risk despite Scot Government help

The UK Government wants a small modular reactor on the Torness site. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Exclusive Scotland 'missing out on 5,000 jobs' due to SNP ban on new nuclear

ScotWind is planning floating wind farms in deep waters off Scotland (Picture: Miguel Riopa/AFP via Getty Images)

Exclusive SNP ministers warned China energy investment 'cannot come at any cost'

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer pictured in July last year

UK Government harming Scottish Labour in the polls - union boss

Union bosses want the door opened to harnessing hydrogen for heating homes

Exclusive Ministers warned not to 'close the door' on hydrogen for heating homes

Carers from Falkirk take to the picket lines in Denny during the first day of strikes in Denny(Picture: Michael Gillen, National World)

'Corrosive cycle of overworked' staff blamed for council sickness hike

Cesscon Decom has told staff it faced ceasing trading

Exclusive Union demands action over energy company collapse and 'decimated' jobs

US President Donald Trump on the first tee during the official opening of the New Course, the second championship course at Trump International Golf Links, on the Menie Estate in Balmedie, Aberdeenshire

Aberdeen business chiefs welcome Trump's North Sea drilling comments

The transition from fossil fuels to green energy is a serious challenge that needs serious people in charge (Picture: Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty Images)

Exclusive Poll reveals 'confidence collapsing' SNP can secure clean energy jobs

An oil platform standing amongst other rigs. PIC: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

Anas Sarwar 'cannot win election' without Labour ending oil field ban

Mummy Pig gives birth to new piglet - Evie Pig

Peppa Pig gets a new sister - and she has an adorable name

Kirsteen Sullivan MP at the International Workers Memorial Day event in Bathgate

Ensuring safety in a changing world of work

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, leaves 11, Downing Street to deliver her Spring Statement to Parliament on March 26, 2025.

Watch: Rachel Reeves to make case for free trade at IMF talks

Sir Chris Hoy and Sarra Hoy pose for a photo last year. Picture: Mark Thompson/Getty Images

Wife of Sir Chris Hoy insists dual health battles 'can't define us'

Deputy First Minister and Finance Secretary Shona Robison. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Exclusive SNP warned not to use workers as 'scapegoats' for budget cuts

The Scottish Government “reluctantly” used up to £460 million of money raised via the ScotWind scheme – where parts of the Scottish seabed are leased out for offshore wind farms

Exclusive Shona Robison told to halt ScotWind funds 'scandal' after Budget boost

Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves (Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)

Exclusive Reeves in Budget warning not to 'hollow out' energy jobs in Scotland

The Royal Mile during the Fringe. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

'Urgent' plea to save Edinburgh museum from closure

Workers in the hall at the Harland & Wolff construction yard in Methil. Picture: PA

Harland & Wolff enters administration amid fears on 400 Scottish jobs

Torness could be considered as the site for a new nuclear reactor in Scotland. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Exclusive SNP told to rethink nuclear opposition after Grangemouth jobs losses

The Methil Harland & Wolff site in Fife

Exclusive How 600 jobs would be lost under Harland & Wolff collapse

An overflowing bin on Edinburgh's Royal Mile during previous bin strikes

SNP braced for £77.5m of 'painful choices' to avert bin strikes

Exclusive Harland & Wolff union demand as 400 jobs 'must not be sacrificed'

The Harland and Wolff cranes in Belfast. Picture: PA

The Scottish shipyards where almost 400 jobs face the axe

Piles of rubbish and overflowing bins on August 29, 2022, the last day of Edinburgh's bin strike. (Photo by Andrew Milligan/PA)

Why union says council worker strike action will go ahead in dispute over pay

Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes (left) visited Ferguson Marine's Port Glasgow shipyard on Thursday

Ferguson Marine boss vows 'aggressive' ferries bid

Overflowing bins on Edinburgh's Royal Mile in August 2022. Picture: Katielee Arrowsmith/SWNS

Could rubbish pile up in Edinburgh's streets again across festivals?

The long-delayed Glen Sannox ferry at the Ferguson Marine shipyards. Picture: John Devlin

Forbes vows to leave 'no stone unturned' over Ferguson Marine future amid summit

Aberdeen City, where a redesign of education services will be held

Exclusive Redesign of Scottish council schools after pupil violence surge

Ferguson Marine shipyard chief executive David Tydeman sacked amid new delay

Public Health Scotland said MUP had reduced deaths directly caused by alcohol consumption

Union says 'untested tax' with minimum unit pricing will 'punish poorest Scots'

Hallaig was the first of CalMac's hybrid diesel-electric ferries built by Ferguson Marine in 2012. (Photo by CalMac)

Ferguson Marine: Award contract for seven new CalMac ferries to yard – GMB union

About 5,000 heat pumps were installed in 2022, a long way short of the target number (Picture: stock.adobe.com)

It’s time to rethink this flawed heat pumps policy - David Alexander

Old attitudes of male trade unionists against women appear to die hard
A show of male trade unionist hands against a motion designed to protect women’s sex-based rights was a chilling sight, writes Susan Dalgety.
Susan Dalgety

Hugely delayed Glen Sannox ferry to sail under own power for first time

School pupils. David Jones/PA Wire

GMB and Unite members vote to accept council pay offer after Unison's rejection

Schools will close in 24 council areas in Scotland next week, including in Fife. Picture: PA

School strikes to go ahead in 24 council areas after weekend talks break down

Edinburgh City Chambers. Picture: Neil Hanna.

Edinburgh councillors challenged by trade union to back school strike action

Wilko suspends redundancies amid last minute rescue bids

Breaking Wilko temporarily stops redundancies amid last minute rescue bids

Non-teaching staff at schools are set to strike in 24 council areas across Scotland. Picture: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

School staff to strike in 24 Scottish council areas

The James Hutton Institute is researching the development of food crops resilient to climate change

Readers' letters: Cuts in funding to scientific research must be reversed

Female Student Raising Hand To Ask Question In Classroom. Picture: Adobe Stock

School closure fears rise across Scotland as strike action backed

UK Amazon workers have announced a three-day strike during the Prime Day sale in an ongoing pay dispute. (Photo by Nathan Stirk/Getty Images)

UK Amazon workers announce Prime Day walkout

Thames Water CEO Sarah Bentley quits after Reading-based company’s poor environmental performance

Water company boss resigns with immediate effect

Plans for the redesigned George Street.

Safety concerns over plans to pedestrianise Edinburgh city centre street

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer will urge unions to support his plans.

Keir Starmer faces showdown with unions over transition plan for green energy

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer had faced criticism over his promise to block new North Sea oil and gas exploration.

Oil and gas will be part of UK energy supply for 'many years', Starmer insists

The check-in worker said some passengers got angry if their hand baggage was ruled too big or heavy, or their travel documents were questioned. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Airport check-in worker tells of horrific abuse by passengers

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

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Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

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