Scottish Health Care Branch

Being a UNISON member gives you a huge range of benefits, including:

• Unrivalled protection and representation at work.
• Help with pay and conditions of service.
• Health and safety guidance and support.
• Confidential welfare services for you and your dependents in difficult times.
• Excellent legal services including free help with work problems and legal support for members and their families.
• Pensions advice.
• A special hotline, UNISONdirect, for help and advice on workplace issues.
• Online employment and workplace advice.
• Education and training advice and courses, leading to vocational and professional qualifications.
• Cash benefits for accidents and injuries at work.
• A colour magazine sent to your home four times a year, a fortnightly newspaper for our stewards and activists and a full range of publicity.
• Special deals on everything from computers, tax returns, holidays, mortgages, car breakdown services, insurance and credit cards.
• Our own holiday centre for members and families at the Devon seaside.

Local stewards are there to represent you at work and help find the answers to your problems. They are volunteers and play a vital role in recruiting new members and organising your branch. If you have a problem, talk to your local steward. If they can’t handle the problem on their own, they can talk to other branch officers or full time union experts on your behalf.

Anyone can face problems at work sometimes, but if you are a member of Unison, you don’t have to face them alone. We can provide advice or representation on things like pay, rotas, leave and sickness procedures. We are also there to help you make sure your workplace is healthy and support you in case of disciplinary action, dismissals or redundancy.