VOICE EXTRA: Demand an immediate £12-an-hour minimum for the ‘Minimum Wage Heroes’
by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser · As even the BBC’s Panorama was obliged to express it, “millions of minimum wage heroes are putting their ...
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SSP activists mark minimum wage increase with push for £10-an-hour
by Voice Reporter · The National Minimum Wage went up by 38p on Monday April 1st from £7.83/per hour to £8.21. The SSP marked this over the weekend by taking campaigns ...
Record numbers swindled out of statutory minimum wage
by Colin Fox, SSP national co-spokesperson • One million people in Scotland live in poverty today according to Government figures and most of them are working. It used to ...
For action against poverty and insecurity
by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser • The British TUC meets in Manchester for its annual congress, 150 years after its founding meeting in the Mechanics ...
Scottish Socialist Party £10/hr demo puts the bite on Apple
by Hugh Cullen and Michael Davidson • The Lothians branch of the SSP organised a demonstration at the Apple Store on Princes Street recently, demanding a £10-an-hour ...
Unions must take action for £10NOW
by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser • The season of major trade union conferences is kicking off, amidst the cacophony of barefaced lies about the ...
From Spain to Scotland, the power of money must be tamed
by Ken Ferguson As the Tories unveil their assault on vital services, democratic rights and trade unions amidst the establishment pomp of the Queen’s speech, the need for ...
‘We can’t give up on Zero Hours Contracts just because the Tories have a majority’
Richie Venton spoke to Alan Milne, Scottish Organiser of the Bakers, Food & Allied Workers Union (BFAWU) on current events and campaigns What’s been happening lately on ...
Standing up for Scotland’s working class majority
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, ...
Recovery: what recovery?
by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser If you believe George Osborne, David Cameron and a chunk of the media, workers are back in the land of milk and honey. ...
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