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STUC Launches Workers’ Manifesto for the Scottish Parliament Elections
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More newsSTUC affiliation rises as workers win ‘generational’ upgrades to rights at work
April 22, 2026: Affiliation to Scotland’s largest trade union body has grown this past year as the Scottish Trades Union Congress embed their national project for trade union organising within local trades councils.
Summit called by STUC leader on ‘broken’ council tax
April 22, 2026: STUC Leader Roz Foyer is expected to announce a summit on replacing the ‘broken’ council tax during her keynote speech to STUC Congress later today. Accusing politicians of ‘political cowardice’ and ‘broken promises’, the STUC leader is expected to say: “communities have been failed by those unwilling to deliver the changes we need.”
‘Deplorable’ 1100 jobs lost in low carbon economy as STUC launch call for Industrial Strategy
April 22, 2026: New information from Scotland’s largest trade union body has shown a “deplorable” 1100 jobs lost in the Low Carbon and Renewable Energy Economy (LCREE) as the Scottish Trades Union Congress announce demands for a new Industrial Strategy for Scotland.
‘Ditch the drain’ – 40% increase in outsourcing across Scotland as STUC launch plan to combat £3 billion drain in public sector.
April 20, 2026: Scotland’s largest trade union body has launched a plan for the recovery of Scotland’s public services as new analysis from the STUC estimates up to a 40% increase in outsourcing across Scotland’s local authorities, compounding earlier data from the union body showing up to £3 billion being lost in profit from Scotland’s public sector.
True colours of Reform on show after ‘Anti-Worker Offord’ reveals “bizarre” attack on workers’ rights
April 19, 2026: Reform cannot be trusted as representatives of the working class after their latest brazen attack on workers' rights.
