{"content":[{"text":"Council Vehicle Tracking - Big \n Brother is Watching \n Last year (UNISON driver behavior being able to use this engineer unwanted staff \n News, May 2018), we monitoring in the majority system to bully staff. out of the organisation. \n wrote about the Council’s of Council vehicles; However, we have been \n plans to introduce live given assurances by the Final meetings are \n GPS tracking to all The Council will be heads of service in Place planned for September. \n council vehicles and the spending significantly that improvements will \n introduction of driver less on the system; be made to the policy. Now we need to hear \n behaviour monitoring in Management have so far from you. \n some vehicles (“O- Live tracking information refused our calls for the \n License”). These will no longer be system to be used only What are your concerns \n systems have been accessible by line for its primary stated with this system? Are \n collectively known as managers; purpose, of vehicle there any further \n Telematics. usage monitoring and safeguards you would \n Managers will not be maintenance, by suggest? Or should we \n We have already won a able to carry out phishing excluding it’s use for be opposing this system \n number of concessions exercises to target disciplinaries. all together? \n from management on the individuals. \n original system that was UNISON is aware of E-mail or call the branch \n due to be introduced, After the latest meeting cases with other with your views. E-mail \n including: on 23 July, there are still employers where these branchoffice@unison- \n insufficient safeguards to systems have been edinburgh.org.uk or \n There will no longer be prevent rogue managers abused by managers to phone 0131 558 7488 \n Consolidation of Living Wage and the Fallout \n There still has been no could entail changes to Pay Talks Re-Opening? \n news from management the pay bands, working \n on when and how the time payments, \n You will know the pay agreement included a re- \n living wage will be increments, etc and \n opener which provided a “commitment to re-open \n consolidated from a current estimates are \n negotiations with the Trade Unions in the event of \n supplement in our low that this will cost the \n another Local Government bargaining group’s \n paid staff’s wages. council an additional \n total pay offer value being revised such that it \n £20million. Instead of \n becomes greater than the sum agreed between \n Although Unison funding this additional \n COSLA Employers and the SJC Trade Unions for \n Scotland campaigns for cost, management \n the SJC workforce for the period of the \n this to happen as soon propose to cover it from \n agreement” \n as possible, we are the existing pay bill, \n concerned that our resulting in thousands of \n We argued that COSLA should be bound by the \n Council is taking a staff gaining or losing \n re-opener and this decision of COSLA leaders \n possible divisive route in pay through alterations \n and make an approach to the Scottish \n implementing it. to their grades or \n Government. We understand that they have now \n working time payments. \n done so and we have also, along with other trade \n Instead of, as some \n union colleagues, written to the First Minister \n councils have done, When we have any \n requesting a meeting to discuss pay parity and \n implementing the living further details, we will \n the wider issue of local government funding. \n wage at little cost, our consult fully with our \n council is proposing members and seek to \n Initial indications coming from the Scottish \n another version of have the impact reduced. \n Government are so far not positive but we will \n modernising pay. This \n keep you up to date with any news. \n Join us in UNISON 0131 558 7488 or www.unison-edinburgh.org.uk","bbox":{"left":0.049718,"top":0.058396,"width":0.8922559999999999,"height":0.91032}}],"images_bbox":[{"left":0.830032,"top":0.036381,"width":0.125529,"height":0.018491}],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[{"left":0.830032,"top":0.036381,"width":0.125529,"height":0.018491}]}