minimum wage

VOICE EXTRA: Demand an immediate £12-an-hour minimum for the ‘Minimum Wage Heroes’

April 1, 2020 // 0 Comments

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 lives on the line.” ...

SSP activists mark minimum wage increase with push for £10-an-hour

April 11, 2019 // 0 Comments

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 onto the streets with stalls ...

Record numbers swindled out of statutory minimum wage

October 5, 2018 // 0 Comments

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 be the case that work was ...

For action against poverty and insecurity

September 7, 2018 // 0 Comments

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 Institute of the same city. ...

Scottish Socialist Party £10/hr demo puts the bite on Apple

February 9, 2018 // 0 Comments

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 Living Wage for all their UK ...

Unions must take action for £10NOW

April 15, 2016 // 0 Comments

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 Tories’ £7.20 for over-25s ...

From Spain to Scotland, the power of money must be tamed

June 5, 2015 // 0 Comments

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 resistance to this ...

‘We can’t give up on Zero Hours Contracts just because the Tories have a majority’

June 5, 2015 // 0 Comments

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 the campaign amongst ...

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 ...

Recovery: what recovery?

March 13, 2015 // 0 Comments

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. We’re told our wages are ...