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Fair pay activists take Glasgow

MORE than seven thousand trade unionists and anti-poverty activists took to the streets of Glasgow on Saturday under the banner “Decent Work, Dignified Lives.”

In a barnstorming speech, author and campaigner Owen Jones told the rally in George Square that the democratic spirit of Scotland’s referendum would not go away and demands for more power to Holyrood must be won by direct political action from below.

“We never win anything by asking politely, hoping for goodwill from above — we win by making them fear us,” he said.

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