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Strikers outside Glasgow Council's city chambers for a mass rally during a 48 hour strike by 8,000 GMB and Unison members over an equal pay claim, in October 2018
SCOTLAND’S trade unions are warning of industrial unrest over pay as new figures show public-sector workers have seen a real-terms loss in wages of 15 per cent over the last decade.
The Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) has released research highlighting the key issues affecting workers, calling for action from the next government.
A third of Scotland’s 920,000 key workers are paid less than £10 an hour, the Action on Pay report found, calling for the devolution of employment and equality law to Holyrood.
ROZ FOYER explains the significance and tradition of today’s St Andrew’s Day March and Rally
Working-class women lead the fight for fair work and equitable pay and against sexual harassment, the rise of the far right and years of failed austerity policies, writes ROZ FOYER
Labour’s watered-down legislation won’t protect us from unfair dismissal or ban some zero-hours contracts until 2027 — leaving millions of young people vulnerable to the populist right’s appeal, warns TUC young workers chair FRASER MCGUIRE
