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Labour, SNP: Not the Parties for Workers

Labour and the SNP are not the parties of workers in Scotland. More and more Trade Union members are losing faith in Labour and the SNP. […]

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10 September 2021
Labour SNP Trade Unions

Richie Goes to Holyrood: Sacking raised at FMQs – what next?

With the wave of solidarity from across the UK and beyond, and the ongoing demonstrations at a growing number of IKEA stores, the pressure on the arrogant bosses to change course is growing daily. […]

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26 September 2020
Richie Venton Trade Union Trade Unions USDAW 1 Comment

SNP & Tories Vote Down Collective Union Bargaining Rights for Care Workers

On the very same day (19 May) a new report on Scotland’s care homes described the crisis in care for older people as “the greatest failure of devolved government since the creation of the Scottish parliament”, SNP and Tory MSPs combined forces to defeat calls for collective bargaining rights for workers in the private care home sector. […]

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20 May 2020
Carers Social Care Trade Unions 1 Comment

Stand Up Against Repression by Stirling University Bosses

by Richie Venton, SSP trade union organiser In an outrageous act of repression, the bosses of the University of Stirling have suspended 13 students who staged an entirely peaceful occupation […]

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20 February 2020
Protest Stirling University Trade Unions UCU University 1 Comment

UNISON defends the right to independence vote

Richie Venton, SSP Workplace Organiser  Well done UNISON! At the Scottish Council of branch delegates in Scotland’s biggest trade union, an overwhelming majority voted in support of a second independence […]

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2 February 2020
Independence Referendum Scottish Independence Trade Unions UNISON

Victory to the UCU Strikers!

Richie Venton, SSP National Workplace Organiser Nobody likes to strike, nobody likes to lose 8 days’ salary, nobody likes to cancel classes. But honestly, I’m exhausted. That one comment from […]

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24 November 2019
Morgan Lewis-Wilson Richie Venton Stirling Stirling University strike action Trade Unions UCU 1 Comment

Support Your Striking Posties

SSP National Workplace Organiser Richie Venton comments on the recent ballot for strike action from Royal Mail workers, sending solidarity from the Scottish Socialist Party: Royal Mail Group workers have […]

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16 October 2019
CWU Postal Workers strike action Trade Unions 1 Comment

Further Education: Swinney intervenes

Colleges Scotland’s national pay bargaining dispute has reached a new head. Yesterday, thousands of Further Education lecturers across Scotland were on the fourth week of strikes and these continue today. […]

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17 May 2017
EIS EIS FELA John Swinney strike Trade Unions Video
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