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No more Creative Standards - Cement Fair Work in the Art of Scotland

We are calling on all political parties to put Fair Work in the creative industries at the heart of their election campaigns.

What does this mean in practice?

Following the work carried out by the STUC and Trade Unions within Scotland’s Culture Sector, the Scottish Government commissioned two Independent reports into Creative Scotland and Fair Work within Scotland’s cultural and creative industries.

These reports proposed a combined total of 52 recommendations to improve the conditions of the estimated 90,000 workers across Scotland.

None of the 52 recommendations were enacted before the Scottish Parliament session ended for the 2026 elections.

We need all political parties to pledge the immediate adaption and implementation of the recommendations as soon as possible following the election period.

Sign our petition to party leaders today

International Workers Memorial Day 

International Workers’ Memorial Day (IWMD) is the day that the trade union movement unites to remember workers at home and across the globe who have paid the ultimate price, those who left for work and never returned.

International Workers’ Memorial Day is on Tuesday 28th April 2026.

There will be wreath laying events taking place across Scotland, to find your nearest event click the link below. 

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May Day 2026 - Glasgow

Sunday, 3 May 2026, 10.30am Barrowland Park

The theme of this year’s march and rally is the ‘The Fight of Our Lives!’, focusing on the plethora of challenges facing our city’s trade unionists today — from the rise of the far-right and the scourge of falling living standards to Trump’s new imperialism and implications at home.

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Public Meeting ‘Healthcare and Welfare, NOT Warfare!’

Tuesday, 26 May, 7pm, The Hub Community Centre, Clydebank

Clydebank TUC will be hosting a public meeting to put forward the Scottish trade union case for investment in healthcare and welfare of citizens instead of further increased military spending by the UK Government. As the Trump and Netanyahu administrations in the US and Israel drive the world into deeper conflict at the expense of working people, listen to the case against war and further military spending from leading trade unionists and anti-war campaigners; Andrea Bradley, Secretary Educational Institute of Scotland, Gordon Martin, RMT Regional Organiser, Drew Gilchrist, STUC General Council Trades Council Rep and Sophie Johnson, Secretary of Stop the War (Scotland).

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