Public meeting by the Communication Workers Union Highland AMAL. Speakers confirmed are Drew Hendry of the Scottish National Party, MP for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey, Colin Fox – national co-spokesperson of the Scottish Socialist Party and Carl Maden of the CWU National Executive. […]
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 […]
By Ken Ferguson Union activist, shop steward and workplace convenor Richie Venton has won a resounding victory in a hard fought contest for two Scottish seats on the UK executive of the retail and distribution union USDAW. Richie fought the contest on a platform of progressive left demands including an immediate wage of £10 an […]
by Richie Venton In an important victory for all workers fighting austerity, the High Court has ruled (on 20 September) in favour of Unite the union and ordered Birmingham Labour city council to withdraw the compulsory redundancy notices they’d issued to 113 safety critical refuse collection workers. As part of the legal ruling, the union […]
by Richie Venton Even before the election of the Tories – by a mere 24% of registered UK voters – Britain boasted the reprehensible record of having some of the most repressive anti-worker, anti-union laws in the western world. Now David Cameron and his Business Secretary, Sajid Javid, have declared a war on workers’ rights […]