Nationalise to save Springburn rail depot
by Richie Venton, SSP workplace organiser · Workers at the historic railway depot in Springburn, Glasgow, are battling against its closure, with the loss of nearly 200 ...
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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 ...
University bosses on the run: keep chasing them!
by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser • Strikes work! Well organised collective action, with full involvement and mobilisation of union members, can put to ...
Victory to the UCU!
by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser • The breadth and depth of strike action by staff at ten Scottish universities, and 61 across the UK, is unprecedented. ...
Elite Brexit power play locks people out
by Ken Ferguson • The Voice goes to press as Jeremy Corbyn announces a Labour policy shift to endorse “a customs union” with the EU and beleaguered Premier May is ...
Safety before profit – victory to the guards
by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser • The strike by ScotRail conductors/guards against the Abellio bosses’ mad dash towards Driver Only Operated (DOO) ...
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 ...
Better to break bad laws than break workers’ backs!
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 ...
‘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 ...
Ferries: sold down the river?
by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser Back in May 2012, the Northern Isles ferry service was privatised by the Scottish Government, who handed the £350million ...
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