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International Day of the Midwife falls on Friday, 5 May in 202

Happy International Day of the Midwife 2023: How to get involved Beth Franklin

Nursing strikes 2023: Royal College of Nursing, the GMB & Unison back new pay offer - but it’s not over yet

Nursing strikes 2023: Unions back pay offer - but it’s not over yet Will Millar

National ambulance and NHS trade unions have announced a day of strike action to take place tomorrow.

NHS advise when to use 999 as ambulance driver strikes begin today Benjamin Jackson

List of all the strikes taking place in the lead up to Christmas 2022 Ethan Evans

Army staff helped operate ambulance services during the COVID-19 pandemic.

1,200 troops to cover for striking ambulance & Border Force staff Dennis Morton

A group of fraudsters have been posing as ambulance staff and knocking on doors asking for financial support ahead of upcoming industrial action.

Fraudsters posing as ambulance staff seen asking for donations Dennis Morton

Rubbish piled high during strikes in August

Refuse workers could be on strike again in weeks, says Union Jolene Campbell

Up to 75,000 council staff would be transferred to the new National Care Service, say Cosla and the unions.

Unions and Cosla slam Government ‘power grab’ Ian Swanson

Readers' letters: Labour right to worry about Scotland By The Newsroom

Craiglockhart campus of Edinburgh Napier University

University staff strike over pay dispute Jolene Campbell

West Lothian Council leader Lawrence Fitzpatrick.

Council leader calls for strike deal funding Stuart Sommerville, LDR

Edinburgh bin strikes: Unions recommended pay rise offer be accepted by members as strikes suspended

Unions recommended pay rise offer be accepted by members as strikes suspended Rachel Mackie

Bin workers are now clearing up the rubbish that piled up during their 12-day strike.

All you need to know about scheduled bin strikes next week Ian Swanson

Edinburgh will be clean by next week, says council leader Hannah Brown

A major clear up operation is under way in Edinburgh after a first wave of strikes by council bin workers came to an end.

Major clear up under way after city bin strike Gary Flockhart

Strikes in cleansing and education are set to go ahead next week after a union rejected the latest offer from local authorities. Photo: Lisa Ferguson

Bin strikes set to continue as unions reject ‘unacceptable’ council pay offer Gary Flockhart

Overflowing bins in the Grassmarket area of Edinburgh where cleansing workers from the City of Edinburgh Council are on strike.

New offer made to cleansing staff in bid to halt strikes Gary Flockhart

Pedestrian crossing installation delays - your views online By The Newsroom

An overflowing bin at Waverley Bridge.

Rubbish piles up as strike begins to bite Ian Swanson

Strike action by council workers will go ahead after union members rejected a “derisory” pay offer, Unison has said.

Edinburgh bin workers to strike this week Gary Flockhart

Bins are set to go unemptied in the Capital

Bin strike set for peak of Festival Ian Swanson and Hannah Brown

Trade union leaders warn that scenes like this of uncollected refuse could be common across Scotland as council workers vote to strike over pay

'Waste could pile high' warning as council workers vote to strike Lauren Gilmour

Owen Thompson MP at the Unison event.

Midlothian MP supports ethnicity pay gap reporting Kevin Quinn

John Stevenson is remembered as a "sensitive and skilful" social worker and tireless campaigner.

Celebration for life of leading trade unionist Ian Swanson

Frontline workers at the city's largest hospital told the Evening News frustration over the controversial staff permit scheme has reached boiling point – and caused several workers in at least one team to quit.

Nurses threatened by angry residents as RIE parking row boils over Jolene Campbell

The EIS teachers' union is pushing for a 10 per cent pay rise for teachers. Picture: TSPL

Unions warn of 'huge period of unrest' as strike ballots loom Alistair Grant

Permits at the Royal Infirmary are 'at capacity'

Parking crisis continues at ERI as permits already 'at capacity' Jolene Campbell

Staff parking permits will be reintroduced on 17 January

Staff at ERI "on their knees" launch petition warning parking permits will force... Jolene Campbell

Demand for parking at Little France site has caused significant congestion

Queuing cars at hospital could delay ambulances, says hospital chief Jolene Campbell

Local government workers have indicated that they are prepared to take industrial action over pay, a union has said.

Local government workers willing to strike over pay, says union Lucinda Cameron

A&E at the city's Royal Infirmary

Permits to be reintroduced at ERI to tackle parking crisis Jolene Campbell

Jewel House care home is one of those proposed for closure Picture: Greg Macvean

Care home closures decision delayed till after election Ian Swanson

Helen Neilson faced being abandoned without care in her own home

Care staff shortage raises questions over home closure strategy Ian Swanson

Protesters demonstrated against the care home closures outside the City Chambers ahead of the IJB meeting

Go-ahead for Drumbrae care home closure Ian Swanson

Delegates at the British Society of Lifestyle Medicine's annual conference at the EICC in Edinburgh city centre earlier this month. Picture: Stewart Attwood

Edinburgh's EICC heralds 'return in confidence' and reveals string of event wins Scott Reid

Fords Road care home is on of those proposed for closure

Care home talks ‘a box ticking exercise’ says union Ian Swanson

Drumbrae care home is proposed to close and be handed over to the NHS

Strike ballot at closure-threatened care home Ian Swanson

Hundreds of nursing posts are still to be filled

NHS Lothian accused of 'making excuses' over hundreds of unfilled nursing posts Jolene Campbell

The A&E at the ERI is under strain

A&E on brink warns union as patients left on trolleys for hours at ERI Jolene Campbell

Buses are being delayed at the Infirmary because of the queues to find parking spaces

Staff safety fears if buses pull out of ERI Ian Swanson

Drumbrae care home, seen with residents taking part in a Clap for Carers in April last year, could be closed and turned into a complex clinical care facility (Picture: Andrew O'Brien)

Proposed care home closures may be decided by party politics – Steve Cardownie Steve Cardownie

Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Unions warning over self-isolation exemption for health staff Elsa Maishman

Tom Connolly of Unison said the closures were 'devastating' for care home residents

Union launches campaign to save care homes Ian Swanson

Jewel House care home is among those earmarked to shut Photograph: Greg Macvean

Edinburgh care crisis: Five council-run homes to close Ian Swanson

Unison is in dispute with Scottish Borders Council

Union wrangle over Scottish Borders Council's £500 Covid 'thank you' payments Jolene Campbell

Picture: PA Media

Unison members vote to accept 4% NHS pay rise Elsa Maishman

Parking woes at new hospital

Council planning chiefs deny claims of blocking increase to hospital parking Shona Elliott

Union leaders have called on Edinburgh City Council to value their staff and have warned that budget cuts are putting services “at the point of collapse.” Pic: Paul Rushton/Shutterstock

Union chiefs warn council services 'at point of collapse' Evening News Reporter

Staff at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh could lose their jobs.

Union enter redundancy dispute with Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh Conor Matchett

(Photo by Lindsey Parnaby / AFP) (Photo by LINDSEY PARNABY/AFP via Getty Images)

Call for clarity after first jags cancelled Ian Swanson