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A pay dispute involving Inverness-based road maintenance workers at BEAR Scotland has been resolved following a deal that delivers pay rises of up to 7.25%, improved standby payments, and formal union recognition for the first time.

Major roads including the A9 trunk road from Perth to Inverness are set for travel disruption after maintenance workers overwhelmingly backed industrial action.

The local government craft membership of the Unite union has voted to accept a pay offer from the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA). The craft workers' agreement covers a two-year period running from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2027.  It comprises a 4% uplift in pay, which will run

More than 100 former Stewart Milne workers from Tayside are set to share in a £1 million payout following the firm’s collapse.

Unite the union and building engineering services employers have agreed a three-year pay deal for operatives that will come into force on October 6 this year.  Worth nearly 10% over its lifetime, the deal includes a 3.7% increase for hourly paid, site-based operatives from Monday 6 October, wit

Almost a third of women construction workers have been sexually assaulted in the workplace, according to one of the UK's largest trade unions.

More than 1,500 workers at Scottish Water will go on strike for two days later this month in a dispute over pay. Staff represented by Unison and Unite will walk out on 22 and 23 April, following a one-day strike on 28 March.

The Unite union has secured a pay uplift for thousands of electrical apprentices across the UK.

An investigation into the construction of a hotel and conference centre owned by one of the UK’s largest trade unions has been passed to the UK Serious Fraud Office. The four-star venue in Birmingham commissioned by Unite as a commercial venture has been valued at tens of millions of pounds be

The Building and Allied Trades Joint Industrial Council (BATJIC), managed by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB), has agreed a 4% wage rate increase with Unite the Union for small builders. The agreement, which comes into effect from today, also includes one extra day of holiday.

The Scottish Government has pledged to provide “every possible support” for those impacted by the collapse of Stewart Milne Group (SMG) while a union has threatened to take legal action against the company.

A major trade union has voiced concern after news that a nearly century-old scheme to support apprentices in the Scottish construction industry will stop accepting new registrations at the end of the year. The Scottish Building Apprenticeship and Training Council (SBATC), a body recognised by those

Campaigning trade association SELECT has said it is “extremely pleased” that a two-year wage agreement has been agreed for Scotland’s electricians. The deal, which will see rates of pay for electricians, apprentices and adult trainees rise by 7% in 2024 and a further 5% in 2025, wi

Scotland’s leading electrical bodies are celebrating another training boost for the industry after it was confirmed that the next intake of electrical apprentices and adult trainees will again be financially supported.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) must be given the power to investigate all suicides where work is a factor in someone taking their own life, according to the Unite union.