5th January 2009
Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) General Secretary Grahame Smith, has signed up to a letter sent by Scottish politicians and community leaders to the Foreign Secretary and First Minister on the worsening situation in the Gaza strip.
7th January 2009
The Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) has today urged the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, to do all in his power to put pressure on Israel to halt its attacks on the people of Gaza.
8th January 2009
Speaking after the Monetary Policy Committee decided to cut interest rates by half a percentage point to 1.5%, Grahame Smith, Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) General Secretary said: “Although this substantial cut is welcome, it seems inevitable that another cut of similar magnitude will be necessary next month. It is therefore disappointing that the MPC didn’t opt for a full percentage point cut today.
12th January 2009
Commenting on the announcement by the Cabinet Secretary for Education & Lifelong Learning, Fiona Hyslop, of enhancements to the Partnership Action for Continuing Employment Initiative (PACE), Grahame Smith, Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) General Secretary said:
12th January 2009
Speaking after he had participated in the Prime Minister’s Jobs Summit in London, Grahame Smith, Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) General Secretary said:
19th January 2009
Commenting on the announcement today of a second package of Government measures designed to get the Banks lending again, Grahame Smith, Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) General Secretary said:
21st January 2009
Commenting on statistics released today, Grahame Smith, Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) General Secretary said:
23rd January 2009
Commenting on today’s statistics confirming that the UK entered technical recession in the last quarter of 2008, Grahame Smith, Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) General Secretary said:
23rd January 2009
The Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) have expressed alarm at reports that five out of twenty of the UK’s largest private sector companies are announcing intentions to close final salary pension schemes to all employees within the next few years. The STUC believe these companies are using the recession as a cover to escape a pension obligations problem that was largely of their own making and that valuations of future liabilities based on the current state of the stock market is short sighted and wrong.
26th January 2009
The General Secretary of the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC), Grahame Smith, has today written to the Director General of the BBC expressing the STUC’s deep disappointment at the BBC’s decision not to air the Disasters Emergency Committee Gaza Appeal.
28th January 2009
The trade unions representing the thousands of staff in Scotland’s colleges, today warmly welcomed the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning’s proposals to take a collaborative look at pay in the college sector.
28th January 2009
The Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) has welcomed the decision of the Court of Appeal to increase a discounted fine of £3750, imposed on a Highland based company with a similar discounted penalty of £30000. The fine was imposed following an incident where a wheeled loader rolled from an articulate lorry killing 24 year old Christina Fraser who was travelling in a car behind.
30th January 2009
Commenting on ongoing negotiations to secure agreement on the Scottish Budget, Grahame Smith, General Secretary, Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) said: