Fight on for fair pay: reject the offers in NHS and local government
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 ...
Scottish Government
Just Transition only can solve Mossmorran’s pollution and preserve jobs
by Councillor Mary Lockhart · On 5 October 2020, pilots of aircraft approaching Edinburgh Airport radioed Air Traffic Control to ask if it was safe to land. Their flight ...
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 ...
Publicly owned railways: the surest way to end rip off fares
by Gordon Martin, RMT Regional Organiser • Along with activists from RMT branches, I was out on Wednesday 3 January distributing postcards to rail commuters making their ...
Protecting the most vulnerable… Tory style
by Sandra Webster • The mantra of the caring, sharing Tory party is “We will protect the most vulnerable.” It was banged out during the last general election campaign ...
Scottish democracy needs a vibrant, diverse media
by Paul Holleran, Scottish Organiser National Union of Journalists • A major measure of any functioning democracy is the state of its media and anyone looking closely at ...
Where is the SNP going on fracking?
by Allan Grogan Thomas Carlyle once wrote that “the greatest of faults… is to be conscious of none”. I am often reminded of this as I see the Scottish ...
Water privatised, ferries tendered, fracking test drills roll as SNP govern
by Ken Ferguson The long Teflon-coated SNP administration in Holyrood is facing growing turbulence as it struggles to square its public image as a left wing anti-austerity ...
Benefit cuts link to deaths
by Sandra Webster, SSP national co-spokesperson All deaths impact on the family and friends of the person who has died. Especially so when it is by someone’s own ...
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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