STUC urges Scottish Government to adopt Fair Rents Bill
12th August 2020
With precarious work increasing, and low pay remaining endemic, many workers are facing a triple whammy of a fall in relative wages, increases in rent and high fuel bills.
Grades debacle
11th August 2020
Grades debacle has been a slap in the face for pupils and hard-working teachers and exposed the failure of successive governments to tackle the root causes of an unequal and class ridden economy
Increase in Zero-hour contracts could be thin end of the wedge unless employers are held to account says STUC
11th August 2020
The STUC has called on bar, restaurant and accommodation workers to monitor employers and share information with colleagues as figures released today indicate a shortage of work and increase in zero hours contracts that risks putting workers even more at the mercy of bosses.
STUC Black Workers Committee Raises Concerns with SQA
10th August 2020
The Scottish Trades Union Congress Black Workers Committee has today written to the SQA to raise concerns about the re-grading of pupil’s exam results and the lack of ethnicity data gathering from the SQA.
Scottish Government’s Economic Recovery Implementation Plan does not match up to the scale of the crisis
5th August 2020
Despite some welcome initiatives and commitment to Fair Work, Scottish Government’s Economic Recovery Implementation Plan does not match up to the scale of the crisis and the need to build back better
