9th June 2011
This year’s Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) Highlands and Islands Conference will be held on Saturday 11 June in the Town House, Inverness. Building on the STUC’s national campaign, the theme of the conference will be ‘There is a Better Way in the Highlands and Islands’.
15th June 2011
In advance of the June labour market statistics for Scotland, the STUC is drawing attention to the serious divergence in the male and female unemployment trends in Scotland.
15th June 2011
Commenting on official labour market statistics for Scotland released today, Grahame Smith, Scottish Trade Union Congress (STUC) General Secretary said:
16th June 2011
Commenting on the announcement today by the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning in the Scottish Parliament, Scottish Trades Unions Congress (STUC) General Secretary Grahame Smith said:
20th June 2011
The Scottish Trade Union Congress (STUC) has added its voice to campaign groups calling for the Government to honour their pledge not to discriminate against women as they try to force through change in the state pension age.
21st June 2011
Speaking in advance of the Members debate in the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday 22nd June, Grahame Smith STUC General Secretary said “The STUC‘s priorities remain Jobs, Services, Fair Taxation and a Living Wage.
22nd June 2011
The Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) welcomes the tone and much of the content of the statement made by John Swinney, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth, on the crisis facing members of public sector pension schemes. In recognising that the proposals put forward by the Coalition Government to increase contributions are unfair and unjust, the Cabinet Secretary shows understanding of the damage the proposals will do to ordinary public service workers at a time when public sector pay freezes are already reducing their standard of living by hundreds and in many cases thousands of pounds per year.
24th June 2011
The 71st Annual STUC Youth Conference will take place in Glasgow at the STUC Centre, over the coming weekend, Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th June, 2011. The Conference takes place during growing uncertainty for young people in Scotland. Over the weekend young trade unionists from across Scotland will debate a number of issues including, youth unemployment, protecting public services, education and housing.
28th June 2011
The Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) has given a cautious welcome to the news this morning that workplace fatalities have fallen significantly in Scotland. The HSE have released figures for the year to 31 March 2011 showing that fatal injuries at work have fallen from 23 in 2009/10 to 15 this year.
29th June 2011
In welcoming the report Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) General Secretary Grahame Smith said: “There is little in the report to help Mr Swinney with his impending budget problems. It was, after all, never the Commission’s role to offer immediate solutions to the short-term public sector funding crisis.
