Dave Watson
Sunday, 30 May 2010

UNISON Welfare

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I spent a very pleasant Sunday with UNISON members, their families and friends in day of fun to celebrate the Centenary of the founding of t...
Saturday, 29 May 2010

Culture and Sport Glasgow

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UNISON members at Culture and Sport Glasgow (CSG) are on strike over the holiday weekend. CSG runs libraries, sports centres, museums and...
Friday, 28 May 2010

Living Wage

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The Scottish Living Wage Campaign held a conference in Glasgow yesterday. A really useful event that brought together a range of interested...
Wednesday, 26 May 2010

Queen's Speech

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Not a lot in the Queen's speech that was new as far as Scotland is concerned. Thankfully most of the dafter public service 'reform...
Monday, 24 May 2010

Towards May 2011

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It was our annual Labour Link policy seminar at the weekend. Obviously some looking back at the recent UK General Election and the political...
Friday, 21 May 2010

Equal pay ruling

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Great decision from the Employment Appeal Tribunal in Edinburgh on equal pay that will benefit thousands of low paid council workers. Many...
Thursday, 20 May 2010

UK Coalition Programme

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The UK government has today published their full programme for government that expands on the original publication (see UNISON P&I Brief...
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Dave Watson
I am a semi-retired trade union policy wonk, now working on a range of projects. I am the Interim Director of the Jimmy Reid Foundation, Secretary of the Keir Hardie Society and Secretary of the Socialist Health Association Scotland. Past Chair of the Scottish Labour Party. Graduate in Law from University of Strathclyde. Fellow of the RSA. I have worked in government and in the public sector. I am the author of chapters in several books and a range of publications.
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