by Ken Ferguson Knife crime is much in the news these days but it is unusual to read reports of victims who have been stabbed with a weapon that they bought for their assailant. But that is what has happened in the case of New Labour cabinet minister Lord Adonis as he stuck the knife […]
by Richie Venton Two major trade union events in the space of 48 hours demonstrate the seething anger at public sector cuts, the potential for a united resistance across the trade unions, and the potency, increasing popularity and urgent necessity of the Scottish Socialist Party’s alternatives to this assault on jobs, services and conditions. EIS […]
by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser The first 24-hour strike by Rail Maritime and Transport union members who work as guards/conductors on Scotrail was a resounding success. These guards/conductors are standing up for public safety – as well as jobs and the threatened erosion of the ‘rate for the job’ – against First Scotrail’s […]
by Richie Venton Royal Mail workers have voted by a record-breaking majority to take national strike action against the concerted assault on their jobs, pay, workloads, the service they deliver to the public – and the attempts to smash the Communication Workers’ Union as a national union. They voted by over 3:1 for national strikes […]
by Richie Venton Royal Mail workers are currently balloting for a national strike, after several months of local and regional stoppages, both officially balloted-for actions and ‘unofficial’ walkouts. Anger has been boiling at a range of attacks on jobs, terms and conditions, workloads, pension rights, and the services delivered to the public. Attacks conducted by […]
by Tam Dewar – CWU Area Delivery Rep, Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway (in a personal capacity) In a sense of déjà vu, postal members of the CWU have voted three to one for national strike action in Royal Mail Group. A similar strike mandate was given in 2007 over the same issues. Strike action then, over […]
by Richie Venton They poured into Howard Park, Kilmarnock, in their thousands on Sunday, despite the monsoon rain and lashing wind that poured down on Ayrshire for hours before. 20,000 of them according to most press reports. This was the biggest event in Kilmarnock’s modern history, certainly since the town’s team won the cup in […]
by Richie Venton The Scottish Socialist Party is in full support of the thousands of postal workers who are staging strike action and other protests on Friday 17th July, in anger at arbitrary cuts to staffing levels and service levels to the public. These cuts are being imposed by Royal Mail bosses in flagrant breach […]