24-year-old ecologist Roisin McLaren has been elected national co-spokesperson of the Scottish Socialist Party and joins Colin Fox in the role which is shared on a gender-balanced basis. Here she sets out her ideas. ‘Things can only get better”. The song echoed in my mind as the first news item I can remember. It was […]
Commenting on today’s defeated proposal in Holyrood on exercising the “break clause” in the ScotRail tendering contract, SSP Trade Union organiser, Richie Venton said: “ScotRail passengers and ScotRail workers today witnessed the grotesque spectacle of SNP MSPs lining up with Tory MSPs to defeat the modest proposal of applying a contract break clause in Dutch […]
At the SSP National Conference 2018, after full hustings for contested posts and statements from the nominees, the party elected its office-bearers. The 2018/2019 members of the committee are as follows: Joint National Spokespeople: Colin Fox, Róisín McLaren National co-Chairs: Calum Martin, Christine McVicar National Secretary: Hugh Cullen National Treasurer and Membership Secretary: Jim McVicar National […]
by Ken Ferguson The news that tyre company Michelin are to close their Dundee plant with the loss of 850 jobs is a tremendous blow offsetting much of the optimistic economic talk around the recent opening of the V and A in the city Commenting on the announcement STUC General Secretary Grahame Smith said: ‘This […]
The Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) has begun balloting its members on a ‘final’ pay offer from the Scottish Government and COSLA. The SSP attended and supported Saturday’s march and rally to support teachers and support workers in their modest demand of 10%. Today, SSP workplace organiser Richie Venton said: “Like millions of other workers, […]
Commenting on Philip Hammond’s budget SSP spokesman Colin Fox said; “This is a pre-Brexit giveaway budget designed to put pressure on dissident MP’s Remainers and Brexiteers alike on the spot ahead of a likely Westminster vote in December.” “Chancellor Philip Hammond promises to find £20bn more for the NHS over the next 5 years, £2bn […]
by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser – reporting from the Glasgow strike There’s no exaggeration in these words from a woman who works in the language unit for kids. 8,000 members of Unison and GMB unions on strike for equal pay, mostly women, makes it the biggest action of its kind, ever, in the […]
by Richie Venton Over 7,500 Glasgow city council workers — overwhelmingly women — are set to strike next week for equal pay, after 12 years of brutal discrimination. Staff in education and Cordia feel they’ve had enough of being treated like second class citizens. There are 13,000 equal pay claims already. “We’ve had our marches, […]