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UNISON Scotland blasted the country’s national skills agency today for refusing to pilot a four-day week despite it being Scottish government policy.
The union said that Skills Development Scotland (SDS) has knocked back a proposal to trial the initiative which arose from last year’s pay deal.
A ballot of members had shown overwhelming support for the plan, Unison said, and the policy is backed by most political parties in Holyrood including the governing SNP.
KENNY MacASKILL says the lines between party, government and Civil Service in Scotland have been blurred and we need a thorough investigation into how
Working-class women lead the fight for fair work and equitable pay and against sexual harassment, the rise of the far right and years of failed austerity policies, writes ROZ FOYER