Women Demand Better!
MSPs urged to place women's voices front and centre of next year's Holyrood election, as the STUC Women's Committee meet in Glasgow for their annual conference and launch their manifesto.
Unions Taking Action on Palestine
The STUC is proud to launch our new Boycott, Divest & Sanctions resource pack.
STUC's Just Transition Project
Scotland needs to move to a low carbon economy. The STUC is working with trade unions to create a worker-led Just Transition.
Taxing Wealth
A new report for Tax Justice Scotland has exposed Scotland’s staggering wealth gap with just five families holding more wealth (£19.3bn) than a quarter of Scotland’s population with the least wealth combined (£18.9bn).
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More newsSTUC Statement: Iran and conflict in West Asia
March 6, 2026: The STUC condemns the war initiated by the US and Israel being waged in the West Asia. This not only contravenes international law but continues to expand on a daily basis. The use of force outside clear United Nations authorisation represents a?breach of the fundamental principles of peaceful settlement of disputes?enshrined in the UN Charter.
Ardrossan Harbour and Ferguson Marine announcements ‘positive’ for workers
March 3, 2026: This is a welcome move from the Scottish Government that could benefit workers, communities and the surrounding areas.
STUC response to the final report of the Just Transition Commission
February 18, 2026: The Commission’s final report, aptly named, shows that there really is no time to lose. It’s time to do much more, much faster, or the Scottish Government will lose what little faith workers still have in the political promises of a just transition.
Scottish Budget: real investment in our communities is still sorely lacking
January 13, 2026: As predicted, this was a budget on electioneering steroids. The Government’s announcements of a private jet tax, progressive income tax measures and the introduction of a mansion tax are wins for workers. These are the type of measures that have been long called for across our movement. But real investment in our communities is still sorely lacking.
Budget must prioritise ‘Scotland not political survival’
January 12, 2026: Scotland’s largest trade union body has urged the Scottish Government to prioritise the ‘people of Scotland and not political survival’ in their budget tomorrow.
