UNISON Archives - RADICAL SCOTTISH POLITICAL WRITING

Are These the Glimmers of a Resurgent Student Movement?

17th April 20233rd May 20231 month ago SLR 4 min read

Coll McCail detecs solidarity between students and staff that is regenerating a united movement that can face current challenges. Thirteen years

Not so much of a care service and more of a complete omnishambles

15th November 202215th November 20226 months ago Scottish Left Review 10 min read

Stephen Low recommends that the Scottish Government rips it up and starts again. The Scottish Government has broken new ground with

Of black clouds and silver linings?

10th January 202210th January 20221 year ago Scottish Left Review 14 min read

Stephen Smellie argues COP26 delivered on the low expectations of it but progress was made in building a bigger and more

The struggle for Scotland: from marching to movement for the moment at hand

12th January 202112th January 20212 years ago Scottish Left Review 4 min read

Keir McKechnie reports on how AUOB is changing not just to meet the times but to shape them too. Support for

All change at the top of the big unions?

9th November 20209th November 20203 years ago Scottish Left Review 4 min read

Stephen Smellie surveys the field and asks whether change at the top will presage change beneath. Over the next 18 months

Pandemic panic of the streets of Dundee, Dunfermline and Dumbarton from cruel continuing cuts

7th September 20207th September 20203 years ago Scottish Left Review 5 min read

Kate Ramsden argues we must take political advantage of the pandemic to rebuild our local public services Covid-19 has highlighted two

Crisis within a crisis: the failure of private sector care

2nd July 20202nd July 20203 years ago Scottish Left Review 5 min read

Stephen Smellie charts a way out of the crisis in both short- and medium-terms Thousands have died in care homes in

Carers amidst the COVID-19 crisis

9th May 202019th June 20203 years ago Scottish Left Review 4 min read

Helen Glancy reports on her work as a carer in the coronavirus crisis and highlights the persistent problems The role of

Rainbow picture with clouds on it to ullustrate the symbol of hope

On the union frontline in a pandemic

9th May 202019th June 20203 years ago Scottish Left Review 4 min read

Stephen Smellie recounts the pressures and learning curve to become a health and safety expert I am not a frontline care

Remembering Rodney Bickerstaffe

9th May 20209th May 20203 years ago Scottish Left Review 2 min read

Bob Thomson recalls the life and work of ‘Bick’ following the launch of a website about his life and work ‘The

Unions: first, last and best line of defence

24th March 202024th March 20203 years ago Scottish Left Review 4 min read

Mike Kirby surveys the terrain on which the battle to defend public services and their workers will be fought The famous

Revisiting funding local government and local services

15th July 201916th July 20194 years ago SLR 8 min read

Mike Danson and Geoff Whittam summarise their research on where new local government funding can come from Local government has had

Equal pay victory – how Weegie women won

18th March 20194 years ago SLR 8 min read

Jennifer McCarey and Brian Smith explain the organising approach that produced strength from weakness October 2018 saw Scotland’s and Britain’s largest

Building power and winning big

18th March 201918th March 20194 years ago SLR 4 min read

Peter Hunter outlines how UNISON has been pushing ahead on the organising front UNISON has a growing confidence in the power