Shared services could cost 1,000 jobs in the west of Scotland reports the
Herald http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/politics/joint-services-could-cost-1000-jobs-at-councils-1.1071200 UNISON's Mike Kirby tells the paper: “The Scottish Government has promised the public service workforce that a pay freeze would be in exchange for job security. The figures coming out of Arbuthnott
(the shared services report) fly in the face of that pledge and show the severe personal cost the unions always said would come with shared services.”
