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 ...
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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 ...
From Athens to London: elites entrench rich minority rule
by Ken Ferguson The brutal crushing of the Greek people by the unelected Troika heaps further economic misery on them in order to sustain a neoliberal economic order whose ...
From Spain to Scotland, the power of money must be tamed
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Mass action central to defeat Tory brutality
by Ken Ferguson First of all, there is no doubt that the election result in Scotland is quite simply historic, sweeping away a Labour dominance which lasted for over half a ...
Now defy Tory class war
by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser Words fail to adequately convey the enormity of the ‘ballot box revolution’ witnessed in the General Election. But an ...
Militant celebration marks abortion act anniversary
by Norman Lockhart In Edinburgh on Saturday 25 April there was an international militant celebration of the 47 years since the passing of the Abortion Act which started to ...
For workers’ action – not pleas to politicians
by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser The woman serving me a coffee at the STUC Conference spoke volumes in a short chat. After asking where I was from, and me ...
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