Editorial:The fight for a Scotland we want.
This issue is our traditional STUC congress themed issue. In it, and in addition to hearing from the STUC itself,
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Building back better: Fairer and greener for people not profit
Roz Foyer outlines the STUC agenda for the coming period and how it is working to gain these goals. Across
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After the acclaim, the rightful pay claim for our key workers
Roz Foyer ask whether the Scottish Government will pass or fail the test of paying up. Since the first lockdown,
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The struggle for Scotland: from marching to movement for the moment at hand
Keir McKechnie reports on how AUOB is changing not just to meet the times but to shape them too. Support
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The People’s Recovery: A different track for Scotland’s economy
Roz Foyer introduces the Scottish Trades Union Congress’s response to the COVID calamity. We face the biggest economic crisis in
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Fighting for fairness in COVID-19 crisis: workers and unions provide the sensible solution
Roz Foyer reports on what’s been happening in Scotland’s workplaces The STUC supports the Fair Work Convention’s vision that by
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Bringing up the Bairns O’ Adam – the STUC, Scotland and social justice
Grahame Smith reflects on some tumultuous times as he bows out from leading the STUC Writing a reflection on over
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Unions work: planning for growth to tackle pressing problems
It won’t be ‘business as usual’ as Rozanne Foyer leads the STUC to get its ‘business’ done I begin my
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Independence, yes, but for whom and from what?
Grahame Smith says resolving constitutional matters can unlock progress on social and economic issues After such a momentous election result,
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Where now for Corbyn on Brexit?
George Reid wonders whether Corbyn is hamstrung by his attachment to the ‘left analysis’ of the EU ‘Blimey, that was
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Building democracy for the next 20 years
Grahame Smith argues the Parliament has made a good start but has unfinished business. In his iconic speech at the
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Let’s have a just transition for public service workers too
Whether by design or default, Lynn Henderson calls for redistribution of the digital dividends Automation, digitalisation and data are the
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Just Transitioning – marrying environment protection and social justice
Stephen Smellie lays out what is meant by Just Transition and what role unions have to play. The concept of
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Greening economics and politics with social justice
Francis Stuart argues unions are central to creating the Just Transition At STUC’s most recent annual congress, a number of
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