richie venton

Refuse to be slaves – defend the right to strike!

January 6, 2023 // 0 Comments

The Tories are hellbent on turning workers into slaves. They are rushing through legislation on so-called Minimum Service Levels that would effectively ban the right to strike for countless workers... writes RICHIE VENTON ...

Danny O’Donnell: a lovely man, friend and comrade

July 31, 2021 // 0 Comments

by Richie Venton · The world has lost a chunk of its warmth and humanity with the recent death of dear friend and long time comrade, Danny O’Donnell. Anyone who ever met Danny, regardless of their ...

Colleges fire-and-rehire victory as McVitie’s workers fight on

June 25, 2021 // 0 Comments

An outright victory against fire-and-rehire at Forth Valley College by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser · Strike action and solidarity has won an outright, astonishing victory for ...

Stop the Tollcross massacre: fight to save every job at McVitie’s

May 24, 2021 // 0 Comments

We need decisive action to halt devastation • by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser · Nearly 500 workers and their families at the last major manufacturing site in Glasgow’s ...

A victory for strikes and solidarity

April 28, 2021 // 0 Comments

by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser · Lecturers in Scotland’s Further Education colleges have won an important victory that should boost the fighting morale of all workers, as we ...

Fight on for fair pay: reject the offers in NHS and local government

April 15, 2021 // 0 Comments

by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser · Workers in both the NHS and local authorities are balloting on pay offers from the Scottish Government and COSLA, the local government ...

Shame on O’Shea and the British Gas boardroom thugs!

March 30, 2021 // 1 Comment

Demand industrial action to reinstate workers and their contracts – nationalise under workers’ control! by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser · Within 3 short months of being ...

Workers need socialist Gordon Martin as RMT General Secretary

March 5, 2021 // 0 Comments

As the Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers’ Union RMT holds elections for its new General Secretary, SSP national workplace organiser Richie Venton spoke to one of the candidates, socialist Gordon ...

ScotRail: Abellio bully boys try divide-and-rule

November 20, 2020 // 0 Comments

by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser · As the RMT union ballots 2,500 ScotRail workers for action in pursuit of an extremely reasonable pay claim, ScotRail bosses have come out all ...

Wave of solidarity for Richie signposts fightback we need

September 4, 2020 // 0 Comments

by Ken Ferguson · The brutally engineered sacking by furniture giant IKEA of USDAW Shop Steward and Convener Richie Venton must serve both as a warning and a rallying cry to us all. The trumped up ...