1st November 2007
Glasgow list MSP Sandra White will address tomorrows (Friday 2nd November) meeting of the Glasgow Learning Forum where she will speak on her views of trade unions and their wider learning agenda. It will also give members of the forum an opportunity to raise questions on the new Scottish Government’s attitude to skill and lifelong learning.
5th November 2007
The Scottish Trades Union Congress has joined with Unison in condemning the approach taken by the largest health authority in Scotland to managing sickness absence management within NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
6th November 2007
The Scottish Trades Union Congress has expressed anger at the fines imposed on ABF Grain Products Ltd and TNT Logistics following the death of agency truck driver, Graham Meldrum. The two companies were fined £19500 and £14000 respectively after entering guilty pleas to breaches of health and safety regulations.
6th November 2007
Speaking after Gordon Brown’s first Parliamentary programme was laid out in the Queen’s Speech, Grahame Smith, Scottish TUC General Secretary, said:
7th November 2007
The Scottish Trades Union Congress is to meet MSPs later today to discuss possible changes in Scottish legislation which will reverse the House of Lords decision that will deny pleural plaques sufferers their rightful compensation.
7th November 2007
Reacting to National Statistics figures released today, Stephen Boyd, STUC Assistant Secretary said: “These new statistics show that, in terms of pay, Scotland is performing strongly compared with other nations and regions of the UK. “However, the positive headline figures mask serious problems such as the regional disparities within Scotland. The situation whereby median gross weekly pay is £424 in East Renfrewshire but only £302 in Moray is unacceptable.
7th November 2007
The STUC today expressed its concern at the new gender pay gap figures which reveals that in Scotland, the pay gap has actually widened by 1.2% to 14.9%. Commenting on today’s figures, Grahame Smith, STUC General Secretary, said:
8th November 2007
Over 130 women workers from across Scotland will gather in Glasgow on Tuesday and Wednesday 13-14 November 2007 to call for more action to tackle violence against women. A wide ranging agenda will see debates on human trafficking, abortion rights, closing the gender pay gap and poverty.
8th November 2007
Commenting on the Monetary Policy Committee's decision to hold interest rates at 5.75%, STUC Deputy General Secretary, Dave Moxham, said:
9th November 2007
The Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) today (Friday 9 November) welcomed the announcement of the City of Glasgow’s success in securing the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
13th November 2007
Women workers from across Scotland will today (Tuesday 13 November) call for more action and funding to tackle domestic abuse and provide support for women and children experiencing abuse.
13th November 2007
Speaking after the Scottish Government published its New Economic Strategy, Grahame Smith, General Secretary said:
14th November 2007
Making his first speech to the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) Women’s Conference since his appointment as General Secretary, Grahame Smith today (Wednesday 14 November 2007) spoke of the challenges faced by the trade union movement in highlighting and combating human trafficking in Scotland. He reminded delegates that much of Scotland’s prosperity in recent centuries was achieved on the foundation of slavery and drew parallels with the vile trafficking trade of the 21st Century.
14th November 2007
Reacting to the Scottish Budget Spending Review 2007 the General Secretary of the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) Grahame Smith said
15th November 2007
Addressing the seventh annual Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) Learning Conference today (Thursday, 15th November 2007) at Hampden Park, Glasgow Cabinet Secretary for Education & Lifelong Learning, Fiona Hyslop MSP announced that the Scottish Government is committing just under £4.25m over the next three years to union learning in Scotland.
29th November 2007
Leading voluntary sector groups in Scotland have formed an unprecedented alliance with Scottish trades unions to press for reforms in the ways local councils and other public sector bodies purchase services from the third sector organisations.
30th November 2007
Following a meeting in Dublin of the Presidents and General Secretaries of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU), the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC), and the Welsh Trades Union Congress (WTUC), a united call has been made for the critical meeting of the European Union (EU) Social Affairs Ministers on Wednesday (5th December 2007) to break a longstanding deadlock and agree on a new deal for agency workers.