stuc – Scottish Socialist Voice

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 ...

Unions must take action for £10NOW

April 15, 2016 // 0 Comments

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 Tories’ £7.20 for over-25s ...

From Athens to London: elites entrench rich minority rule

August 7, 2015 // 0 Comments

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 central aim is to reverse ...

From Spain to Scotland, the power of money must be tamed

June 5, 2015 // 0 Comments

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 resistance to this ...

Better to break bad laws than break workers’ backs!

June 5, 2015 // 0 Comments

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 Scotland, a government ...

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 ...

Mass action central to defeat Tory brutality

May 22, 2015 // 1 Comment

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 century. From pretend ...

Now defy Tory class war

May 22, 2015 // 0 Comments

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 emboldened Tory ...

Militant celebration marks abortion act anniversary

May 22, 2015 // 0 Comments

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 decriminalise women taking ...

For workers’ action – not pleas to politicians

April 30, 2015 // 0 Comments

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 explaining I represent the ...