April 2002
4th : STUC slams Israeli attack on Palestinian trade union leader
We have in the last twenty minutes received word that Israeli tanks have surrounded the house of Shaher Sa?ed, the General Secretary of our sister organisation, the Palestine General Federation of Trade Unions.
22nd : French election result ?significant way beyond France? says STUC General Secretary
The outcome of the first round of voting in the French Presidential election, with fascist Jean-Marie Le Pen going into the run-off with Conservative Jacques Chirac, has at least three messages.
22nd : ?Israelis are planning to destroy Palestine?
Our Palestinian trade union colleagues are now confirming what has been suggested by such news reports as have been able to get out of the areas under Israeli assault.
2nd : Scottish TUC condemns Israeli shooting of British peace campaigners
In an emergency statement from the STUC headquarters in Glasgow General Secretary Bill Speirs fiercely condemned the overnight bombing of the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions (PGFTU) headquarters in Nablus, by Israeli helicopters.
7th : Deir Yassin Remembered
Speaking at a ceremony in Glasgow to mark the 54th anniversary of the massacre of Palestinians in the village of Deir Yassin by Zionist forces, STUC General Secretary Bill Speirs calls for a boycott of Israeli goods and services.
15th : STUC women and youth call on unions to back free school meals
The STUC Women?s Committee, STUC Youth Committee and Child Poverty Action Group are holding a Fringe Meeting to persuade trade unions to back the campaign for universal provision of nutritional free school meals and milk.
5th : Housing stock transfer - ?GHA must now deliver on their promises?
Housing stock transfer ballot comment. However, the choice has been made, and it is now up to the Glasgow Housing Association to deliver on the bold promises they have made.?