Women Demand Better!
MSPs urged to place women's voices front and centre of next year's Holyrood election, as the STUC Women's Committee meet in Glasgow for their annual conference and launch their manifesto.
Unions Taking Action on Palestine
The STUC is proud to launch our new Boycott, Divest & Sanctions resource pack.
STUC's Just Transition Project
Scotland needs to move to a low carbon economy. The STUC is working with trade unions to create a worker-led Just Transition.
Taxing Wealth
A new report for Tax Justice Scotland has exposed Scotland’s staggering wealth gap with just five families holding more wealth (£19.3bn) than a quarter of Scotland’s population with the least wealth combined (£18.9bn).
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January 13, 2026: As predicted, this was a budget on electioneering steroids. The Government’s announcements of a private jet tax, progressive income tax measures and the introduction of a mansion tax are wins for workers. These are the type of measures that have been long called for across our movement. But real investment in our communities is still sorely lacking.
Budget must prioritise ‘Scotland not political survival’
January 12, 2026: Scotland’s largest trade union body has urged the Scottish Government to prioritise the ‘people of Scotland and not political survival’ in their budget tomorrow.
STUC Statement on the US Attack on Venezuela
January 8, 2026: The US attack on Venezuela is an unprovoked attack on a sovereign state. It is in breach of international law and is further proof that the Trump administration is willing to undertake flagrant acts of aggression to pursue its own interests.
16 Days of Activism on Gender Based Violence
December 8, 2025: Trade unions can play a crucial role in providing a platform for collective action, legal advocacy, and systemic change in tackling Gender Based Violence
“GAME CHANGER” CULTURE FAIR WORK TASK FORCE REPORT
December 8, 2025: Exploited workers in the arts and culture sector have been handed a lifeline today as an independent report into working conditions and practices within the sector has been labelled a “game-changer” by Scotland’s top trade union body
