Ballot comes after union members overwhelmingly rejected pay offerRead more…
TUC publishes guide to epilepsy in the workplace
Publication will be a valuable resource for trade union officials who are supporting members with epilepsyRead more…
Housing Demonstration:
Demonstrators Take Fight against the National Homelessness Scandal to Downing Street Hundreds took part in a mass rally outside Downing Street on April 15, as part of March for the Homeless 2015, an…Read more…
Got a vote? Here’s how to “Keep it Co-op”
If you are a voting member of the Co-operative Group you should have received a ballot paper for this year’s crucial AGM. If you believe it needs to retain its political voice and link with the Co-operative Party then vote “For” on motions 9 and …Read more…
No “Ordinary Bloke” , that Nigel
Making Plans for Nigel
A Beginner’s Guide to Farage and UKIP, by Harry…Read more…
On the critical list
Who would have ever thought that pathologists would be locked out of their own lab? That ambulance workers would go on strike? That a private equity group would run a hospital? And yet…Read more…
Putting working people first
When Graeme Morrice says he has “pursued an agenda of putting working people first” since being elected to Parliament in 2010 you know he’s not joking. The Livingston MP is an active supporter…Read more…
Why this election matters for workers rights
This election matters for workers rights. The ConDems have organised a race to the bottom and if the Tories win this election we can expect at lot worse. In contrast, Ed Miliband left the STUC today…Read more…
A cynical attack on caring staff
Plan to scrap unsocial hours payments is nothing more than a cynical cost-cutting exercise as part of the Conservatives.continuing austerity agendaRead more…
How can Tories be trusted with NHS?
The coalition government has left a huge hole in NHS finances and services under significant strain with a real risk that patient care will suffer according to a new report published by The…Read more…
Last-ditch talks scheduled to end Barking bin strike
GMB reps say they will attend tomorrow’s talks at ACASRead more…
Practical policies
The first hurdle facing Mary Galbraith in her quest to win on May 7 is geography, for Argyll and Bute is a vast and beautiful expanse of western Scotland with long stretches of road and water…Read more…
Infrastructure spending: BBC and now FT coming out in favour – the politicians from the 3 main parties next?
The TUC has long championed increases in infrastructure spending, but the government has instead cut severely this vital expenditure. In an editorial in the weekend edition, the Financial Times took a big step in our direction. The shifting view was se…Read more…
End exploitation of young vulnerable workers
#stuc15 The STUC will press the Scottish Government to set up and fund an STUC administered vulnerable workers’ project as part of a wide ranging strategy to end the exploitation of young vulnerable workers in the fast food and related sectors.
Delegates condemned discriminatory practices which adversely affect all low paid, unorganised workers, but which particularly impact on young workers.Read more…
John Park’s article on Rebalancing the Economy
Today Unions21 was at Scottish TUC Congress with a standing-room-only fringe event in Ayr entitled: ‘The rebalancing act: How should we tackle inequality?’ . The event was the Scottish launch of…Read more…
Labour: 1m green jobs in climate change plan
At the heart of Labour’ Green Plan for the next parliament is a transformative industrial strategy to create a million high productivity green jobs through investment in renewable energy, home insulation retrofits, zero carbon homes, community energy projects, carbon capture & storage, new…Read more…
Flexible working good for life and the workforce
#stuc15 The STUC will campaign for a legal right to flexible working and will support affiliate trade unions to challenge unreasonable and discriminatory management practices.
Seconding the motion from the teaching union NASUWT, UNISON’s Maggie Cook told delegates that flexible working, when handled well, can enhance workers’ quality of life and lead to a happier and more productive workforce.Read more…
Stop slash and privatise agenda
When Aneurin Bevan, chief architect of the NHS, said, “The NHS will last as long as there are folk left with the faith to fight for it,” perhaps he had a premonition of the state the service would be…Read more…
Listen to strategy plea
Workers at Tory controlled Bromley council have voted by 87 per cent in favour of a second round of strike action against the council’s plans for mass privatisation of services. The…Read more…
Partnership means rights on both sides – repeal anti-union laws
#stuc15 STUC delegates slammed the attacks on equalities, employment rights and trade union freedoms and backed a UNISON led composite to continue the fight for the repeal of all anti-trade union laws.
STUC reiterated its support for the Mather Commission “Working Together” report and pledged to make sure that the fundamental principles of trade union rights, including the right to strike, areRead more…