anti union laws

Better to break bad laws than break workers’ backs!

June 5, 2015 // 0 Comments

by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser The Queen’s Speech, written by a Tory government elected by only 24.4 per cent of all eligible voters and in the case of Scotland, a government ...

Now defy Tory class war

May 22, 2015 // 0 Comments

by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser Words fail to adequately convey the enormity of the ‘ballot box revolution’ witnessed in the General Election. But an emboldened Tory ...

For workers’ action – not pleas to politicians

April 30, 2015 // 0 Comments

by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser The woman serving me a coffee at the STUC Conference spoke volumes in a short chat. After asking where I was from, and me explaining I represent the ...

Standing up for Scotland’s working class majority

April 10, 2015 // 0 Comments

by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser It was Easter Monday. As I drove to work, the car radio announced the next programme, ‘Wake up to Money’. Aye, right, is that what they call ...

Workers ask: Whose side are the parties on?

March 26, 2015 // 0 Comments

by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser You could be forgiven for forgetting that the working class make up the vast majority of the population, judging by how our interests and ...