Trade unions

Transport Scotland has been holding stakeholder talks on the future of the bus network.

Exclusive Trade union 'alarm' after being locked out of talks on future of buses

Monica Lennon in the Scottish Parliament

Exclusive High-profile Labour MSP Monica Lennon faces bullying claims

Roz Foyer, general secretary of the STUC.

Exclusive Gender pay gap a 'failure of the state', says top trade unionist

First Minister John Swinney has fired the starting gun on reshaping Scotland's public services

Analysis Overdue reforms could be scuppered by a lack of joined-up thinking

Michael Marra MSP

'Labour will rediscover its soul' under my leadership, says Marra

Michael Marra is running for Scottish Labour leader

Exclusive Michael Marra vows 'national renewal' in Scottish education

Douglas Alexander

Exclusive Douglas Alexander 'remains neutral' in Scottish Labour leadership race

Monica Lennon (Jane Barlow/PA)

Exclusive Unite set to back Monica Lennon for Scottish Labour leader

Katy Clark

Left-wing MSP is not standing in Scottish Labour leadership contest

Michael Marra

I would 'unite and renew' Scottish Labour as leader

Monica Lennon

I will end the factional infighting in Scottish Labour

A BP worker on the North Sea oil rig Sea Quest in 1973

BP North Sea sell off branded a 'defining moment' amid call for action

Michael Marra, Monica Lennon, and Joe Fagan

Analysis How union support could be key to Scottish Labour leadership

Monica Lennon announced last week she would run for the Scottish Labour leadership (Andrew Milligan/PA)

Exclusive Monica Lennon confirmed as MSP and 'has numbers for leadership race'

Joe Fagan MSP

MSP elected just two months ago running for Scottish Labour leadership

Katy Clark is considering running for Scottish Labour leader

Exclusive Left-wing MSP considering Scottish Labour leadership bid

Scotland faces population decline unless migration can be boosted as the number of people coming to Scotland stalls

Stalling migration to Scotland and the 'critical shortage' of workers

Andy Burnham is set to become prime minister on Monday - with a flurry of announcements to follow

Burnham to 'approve new North Sea drilling' on Monday - reports

Coastguard rescue officers had been due to no longer receive payments

UK government pauses decision to scrap coastguard callout payments

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

The Tories are on the right side of oil and gas argument Brian Wilson

Callum Chomczuk

'Historic' pay deal on offer for college lecturers

A general view of MSPs in the Holyrood chamber

Is social class Holyrood's hidden inequality?

SNP ministers need to cut civil service jobs to balance the books, but that could lead to strikes (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

4.7 billion reasons why SNP and civil service are about to go to war Stephen Jardine

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

Unison said the NHS needs a 'fundamental reboot'

Exclusive Next government 'will be held to the fire if NHS does not improve'

First Minister John Swinney speaking to Alexander Dennis team members.

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

St Andrew's House, headquarters of the Scottish government in Edinburgh

Top civil servant 'not scared' of unions over Holyrood office return

Callum Chomczuk

College employers and unions will put 'decade of disrespect' in past

SNP ministers have only enough allocated funding for a 1 per cent pay deal for public sector workers next year, a real-terms pay cut

Economists attack SNP for 'can-kicking' over looming pay crisis

Exclusive Colleges boss: Union disputes marred by 'aggression and disrespect'

An oil rig in the North Sea

Oil and gas windfall tax 'didn't feature' in North Sea board meeting

An oil rig in the North Sea

Aberdeen facing coal mining-style collapse, new report warns

SNP ministers have only enough allocated funding for a 1 per cent pay deal for public sector workers next year, a real-terms pay cut

Clash over public sector pay as workers dragged into higher tax bands

Westminster campaigned for the Union during the Scottish referendum in 2014 and should – in the unlikely event of a vote in Northern Ireland – do so again, says shadow NI Secretary Alex Burghart

The key UK business committee with no Scottish representatives

The Grangmouth industrial hub

Ex Grangemouth workers to have 'priority consideration' for green jobs

The Scottish Government has halted plans for a National Care Service

Exclusive Care service board dubbed 'SNP talking shop' as meeting spend revealed

People demonstrate outside the Scottish Parliament earlier this month, calling for the Scottish Government to implement the Supreme Court ruling on gender (Picture: Jane Barlow)

Why unions' attempt to defy Supreme Court’s gender ruling cannot stand Susan Dalgety

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

Stress, mental health and fatigue have been cited as key contributors to rising sickness absences

Sickness absence among teachers and council staff hits record high

The University of Edinburgh's Old College

Renewed call for Edinburgh University bosses to be grilled by MSPs

Parts of Scotland could see strikes this summer if pay deals are not agreed (Picture: Andrew Milligan)

Exclusive Unions warn of summer of strikes if pay demands not met

Old College at the University of Edinburgh

University funding model criticised after 350 job losses at Edinburgh

Sir Keir Starmer with Anas Sarwar (left) after delivering his keynote speech at the Scottish Labour Party conference in Glasgow. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Exclusive Labour accused of leaving 'political vacuum' for Reform to exploit

Trans rights activists. Picture: PA

Exclusive SNP U-turn urged over gender Cass Review amid 'discrimination' claims

The Cabinet Office has a second headquarters in Glasgow.

Exclusive Scottish jobs 'deprioritised' as 2,100 Cabinet Office roles to be cut

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