Scottish Government

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 ...

Just Transition only can solve Mossmorran’s pollution and preserve jobs

November 20, 2020 // 0 Comments

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 decks appeared to be full of ...

Nationalise to save Springburn rail depot

March 1, 2019 // 0 Comments

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 highly skilled jobs and 160 ...

Publicly owned railways: the surest way to end rip off fares

January 12, 2018 // 0 Comments

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 way to work on the first ...

Protecting the most vulnerable… Tory style

March 24, 2017 // 0 Comments

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 at regular intervals. ...

Scottish democracy needs a vibrant, diverse media

May 28, 2016 // 0 Comments

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 the newspaper and ...

Where is the SNP going on fracking?

October 17, 2015 // 1 Comment

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 Government attempt to be all ...

Water privatised, ferries tendered, fracking test drills roll as SNP govern

October 17, 2015 // 0 Comments

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 government with the reality ...

Benefit cuts link to deaths

October 2, 2015 // 1 Comment

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 hand. Frequently, suicide is ...

Ferries: sold down the river?

June 5, 2015 // 0 Comments

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 contract to private ...