Scottish Parliament commends trade union women
15th November 2012
Anne McTaggart MSP today lodged a Members Motion in the Scottish Parliament, commending the recent Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) Women’s Conference.
15th November 2012
Anne McTaggart MSP today lodged a Members Motion in the Scottish Parliament, commending the recent Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) Women’s Conference.
14th November 2012
Once homeless, Robert Higgins of Wishaw has been working as a Cleaner at the First Bus Depot in Blantyre for the last seven years. Robert is a member of Unite the Union, and earlier this year, he approached his Union Learning Rep, Ewan McLean, in the workplace learning centre for help with his literacy and numeracy skills. Robert has been named as the 2nd Learner of the Year by Scottish Union Learning, which is part of the Scottish TUC.
25th July 2012
Commenting on today’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures which confirm that the recession deepened in the second quarter of 2012, Grahame Smith, Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) General Secretary said:
18th July 2012
Responding to the latest GDP and labour market statistics for Scotland published today, Grahame Smith, Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) General Secretary said:
17th July 2012
The Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) has welcomed the formal celebration of Mandela Day (Wednesday 18 July) in Scotland. To mark the inaugural celebrations the STUC General Secretary Grahame Smith will join the First Minister, Alex Salmond and the South African High Commissioner, Dr Zola Skweyiya in events to celebrate Nelson Mandela’s 94th birthday by taking part in events to send 50,000 donated books in a container to Eastern Cape libraries in South Africa.
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