September 2006
6th : Black Trade Unionists Celebrate 10 Years of Campaigning in Scotland and Promote Positive Images of Black People
Black and ethnic minority trade unionists will this weekend (Saturday 9th to Sunday 10th September) be promoting positive images of Black people as they celebrate ten years of campaigning and organising in Scotland, at the 10th Annual Black Workers’ Conference in the Salutation Hotel, Perth.
7th : Scottish Trades Union Congress Statement on the Middle East
The STUC General Council joins with the international trade union movement in expressing its horror at the loss of life and the human suffering caused by the conflict in the Middle East
8th : STUC urges new Head of Commission for Equality and Human Rights to address all types of discrimination
Reacting to the announcement of the appointment of Trevor Philips as Head of the new Commission for Equality and Human Rights STUC Assistant Secretary Mary Senior said,
11th : STUC Reaction to Scottish Executive announcement of support for proposed St Andrews Day Holiday
Reacting to the decision of the Scottish Executive to support the proposed establishment of a public holiday to mark St Andrews Day, Scottish TUC Deputy General Secretary, Grahame Smith said:
12th : STUC backs union calls for sacking of Remploy Board
As unions lobbied Prime Minister Tony Blair over Remploy at TUC Conference, STUC Assistant Secretary and Secretary to the STUC Disabled Workers Committee, David Moxham, said:
14th : STUC React To Tories on Public Sector Employment Statistics
Commenting on the reaction to the publication of the latest public sector employment statistics STUC Assistant Secretary, Stephen Boyd, said: “As certain as night follows day, publication of the latest public sector employment statistics has met with the by now obligatory reaction from the free-market fundamentalists at Scottish Tory HQ.
28th : Publication of Executive Damages Bill welcomed by STUC
The Scottish Trades Union Congress has welcomed publication of the Damages Bill by the Scottish Executive which will seek to ensure that all those who suffer from mesothelioma, including the family of the victims, are properly compensated.
29th : STUC calls for positive attitude from employers to spirit of age discrimination
STUC Assistant Secretary Dave Moxham said: “We welcome the legislation which can provide older workers who wish it, the opportunity to continue their working lives.
29th : STUC comment on corporate homicide developments
Commenting on developments on corporate homicide, STUC Deputy General Secretary Grahame Smith said: “The decisions of the Labour Conference in Manchester this week offer the opportunity of strengthening the Westminster Bill on Corporate Manslaughter, particularly in holding individual directors to account if their negligent behaviour results in the death of a member of the public or a worker.