STUC General Secretary Retires
Bill Speirs has retired from the post of STUC General Secretary. Bill Speirs has had a distinguished career serving as an officer of the STUC for nearly 30 years. More Details
STUC Water Conference 2006
In 2003, the General Council agreed that the STUC should co-ordinate a campaign to retain Scottish Water in public ownership. As part of this ongoing campaign a conference will be held on Monday 16th October to consider the results of research commissioned by the STUC and water affiliates. More Details
STUC Meet Church of Scotland CSC
As part of the General Council’s work plan for 2006-07, they met members of the Church of Scotland’s Church and Society Council, on Friday 11 August 2006, in the Church and Society Council’s offices, 121 George Street, Edinburgh.
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Bank of England Meeting
An STUC delegation met with Tony Strachan in the Bank of England’s Glasgow offices on 18 August 2006. More Details
STUC Learning News
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St Andrew’s Day
This years St Andrews Day Anti Racism event will be held on Saturday 25 November 2006 The General Council has decided the slogan for this event will be “Love Scotland: Hate Racism”. More Details
STUC Statement on the Middle East
Given the current perilous situation in the Middle East, it was felt appropriate that the STUC make a public statement setting out its position. The statement has been sent to the Prime Minister, the First Minister, the Secretary of State for Scotland, and other appropriate people and organisations. More Details
Public Services Paper
The General Council further considered the Scottish Executive’s discussion document “Transforming Public Services: The next Phase of Reform” and its consultation paper on “A National Strategy for Shared Services” . More Details
STUC 2007 Manifesto
A strategy to highlight STUC priorities for the forthcoming 2007 Scottish Elections including the development of a “policy document highlighting STUC priorities for the 2007 Scottish Elections” was discussed. More Details
EU Trade Union Visit To Brussels
A report on the TUC trade union visit to Brussels, involving the STUC and TUC Northern Region trade unionists. More Details
CCA MAJOR CONFERENCE ON 'CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR WORK-RELATED DEATHS'
This conference will discuss the decision by the UK government to apply its corporate manslaughter bill to Scotland - preventing the Scottish Executive from legislating on the issue itself. Is this the end of a separate law on corporate homicide for Scotland and what impact, if passed in its current form, will the Westminster bill have on Scotland? The conference will also look at the role and limitations of Fatal Accident Inquires and review claims that work-related deaths are being under-counted. More Details
Culpable Homicide Bill Lodged
The STUC and our affiliated organisations are continuing to support Karen Gillon MSP's Private Members Bill, lodged on 14th September, to amend the law of culpable homicide to ensure that it applies across all of our society. Within hours of lodging the Bill it is believed over 50 MSPs have already indicated their support. Currently not one organisation or responsible individual within an organisation has been convicted following the death of a Scottish worker or member of the public as a result of their organisations actions. The STUC share Karen Gillon's view that this is a great injustice and the hundreds of families who have been affected by the inconsistency of our current culpable homicide legislation deserve much matter. The consultation has now closed but we have attached a summary of the responses along with a letter that the STUC would ask everyone to take some time to send to your own MSPs seeking their support for Karen Gillon's Bill. More Details
Control Arms: Stop Violence Against Women Conference
STUC Women’s Committee / Oxfam in Scotland / Scottish Women’s Convention STUC Centre, Glasgow, Monday 9 October 2006 A Conference entitled “Control Arms: Stop Violence Against Women” is being organised jointly between the Committee and Oxfam in Scotland, and supported by the Scottish Women’s Convention. More Details