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Colleges fire-and-rehire victory as McVitie’s workers fight on

June 25, 2021 // 0 Comments

An outright victory against fire-and-rehire at Forth Valley College by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser · Strike action and solidarity has won an outright, astonishing victory for ...

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 ...

Workers need socialist Gordon Martin as RMT General Secretary

March 5, 2021 // 0 Comments

As the Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers’ Union RMT holds elections for its new General Secretary, SSP national workplace organiser Richie Venton spoke to one of the candidates, socialist Gordon ...

VOICE EXTRA: Corporate thuggery at British Airways

August 10, 2020 // 0 Comments

by Richie Venton, SSP national workplace organiser · British Airways bosses have given us a toxic taste of the jobs slaughter and wage-slashing that millions of workers face as capitalists and their ...

VOICE EXTRA: Rishi Sunak’s menu – old wine in new bottles

July 9, 2020 // 0 Comments

by Ken Ferguson · Chancellor Sunak’s mini-budget uses smart spin about cheap meals for diners—at a time when tens of thousands rely on food banks—to dress up what is largely reheated soup ...

VOICE EXTRA: Covid-19, poverty and the climate emergency – the global crises that only socialists can solve

April 13, 2020 // 0 Comments

by Graeme Cullen and Hugh Cullen · If the COP26 conference takes place in Glasgow next year, world leaders must discuss the implications of the Covid-19 pandemic on the struggle to reduce global ...

VOICE EXTRA: Four fights – one struggle!

February 18, 2020 // 0 Comments

As University and College Union (UCU) members at 74 universities stage an escalating 14 days’ strike action, SSP national workplace organiser Richie Venton spoke to David McKee, UCU member at ...