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Oxgangs Primary School was the first school in Edinburgh to close Campaigners have called for a “root and branch inquiry” into public private partnerships (PPP) after building defects were uncovered in schools across Edinburgh earlier this year.

Newell McGuiness An unprecedented four year wage deal has been agreed between SELECT, the campaigning trade body for the electrotechnical industry in Scotland, and trade union Unite the Union.

Brian Rye A two-year pay deal for more than 400,000 workers has been agreed between contractors and construction unions.

The Union of Construction, Allied Trades & Technicians (UCATT) has reached the end as an independent union after members voted to merge with the larger Unite union. The decision was taken at the union's conference yesterday following what was described as “a full, frank and passionate debate a

Over 250 workers who say they were blacklisted by construction companies are set to share more than £10 million in compensation following a long-running legal battle. Unite, the country's biggest union, said is understood to have secured a further £4m for 97 of the 256 claimants, whose original co

The latest pay talks for the largest construction industrial agreement have broken up after unions and employers were unable to agree a deal. Around 500,000 construction workers are affected by The Construction Industry Joint Council Working Rule Agreement.

About 70 scaffolders and labourers began two days of industrial action today at a Glasgow waste-to-energy plant in a long-running pay parity dispute. The workers, who are members of the Unite union, are employed by Interserve Industrial Services.

Brian Rye Unions representing workers employed under the largest collective agreement in the construction industry have described the employer’s paltry pay offer as “insulting”.

Some of Britain's biggest construction firms could have to pay out tens of millions of pounds in damages after admitting that they defamed workers and infringed their rights. Eight high-profile contractors made an ‘amended defence’ of their role in blacklisting at a High Court hearing in London

Eileen Howat South Ayrshire Council has defended its conduct following a dispute which has seen workers in its property maintenance division go on strike.

Around 100 council workers at South Ayrshire Council have started a week-long strike over allegations that a manager had bullied and intimidated staff. The striking staff, all employed within the council’s property and maintenance department, claim a manager was allowed to remain in his post despi

Neil Findlay MSP Britain’s biggest union, Unite is urging MSPs to back MSP Neil Findlay’s motion in a debate in the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday and help end “the scandal of umbrella companies in the construction industry”.

Student accommodation provider Unite is to expand its presence in Aberdeen after acquiring its fifth development site in the city.