In advance of STUC Congress 2011 which begins on Monday, the STUC is publishing a major discussion paper, the Future of Manufacturing Industry in Scotland. This is a key component of the comprehensive policy agenda being developed and debated at Congress in response to the coalition government’s avoidable, unfair and regressive cuts agenda.
Commenting on the latest set of labour market statistics for Scotland, Grahame Smith, Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) General Secretary said:
STUC WELCOMES DAMAGES SCOTLAND ACT RULING The Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) has welcomed the ruling from the Court of Session rejecting the latest attempts from the insurance industry to deny compensation for thousands of workers exposed to asbestos and who subsequently contracted pleural plaques.
The Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) has welcomed funding from the Scottish Government of £1.4m for union-led learning initiatives until March 2012. The STUC will take forward this work through Scottish Union Learning.
The STUC has condemned the latest attack by the coalition Government on our welfare system as they press ahead with plans to bully vulnerable people into work.
The Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) predicts thousands from Scotland will join hundreds of thousands in London as union members, students and community activists converge to march for the alternative.
Commenting on the Chancellor’s Budget announcement, Grahame Smith, STUC General Secretary said: “The Chancellor argued that this was a Budget for those who wish to ‘start, grow and finance’ a business. It certainly wasn’t a Budget for those who are looking for a job.
Commenting on Vince Cable’s plans to ‘reform’ the regulatory environment for Business, Stephen Boyd, Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) Assistant Secretary said: “Vince Cable’s announcement on ’red-tape’ marks something of a nadir in bad government.
Commenting on the latest set of labour market statistics for Scotland published today, Grahame Smith, Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) General Secretary said
In the last week of the Scottish Parliament before the election campaign the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) and the Poverty Alliance are saying to politicians of all parties “make poverty your priority†in the forthcoming campaign and in the next session of the Parliament.