TUC general secretary PAUL NOWAK speaks to the Morning Star’s Berny Torre about the increasing frustration the trade union movement feels at a government that promised change, but has been too slow to bring it about
CWU will not stand back and allow BT workers to be thrown on the scrapheap
Support our members working in BT who are key workers in your community as they fight to protect not only their jobs but the service they provide to you, urges CRAIG ANDERSON
DIANE ABBOTT exposes the misconceptions, rumours and downright lies perpetrated around immigration issues
With 12,000 fewer teachers since 2010 and dwindling resources, Scotland’s schools desperately need investment to support diverse learners rather than empty promises from politicians, writes ANDREA BRADLEY
Reversing outsourcing is the pre-election promise the government must honour, says Unison general secretary CHRISTINA McANEA
EMAN ABU ZAYED reminisces about the perilous time her family and neighbours endured in northern Gaza and how they were forced, in fear of their lives, to flee south
The EIS president who defended Marxist politics in the 1980s fought Thatcherite educational policies while organising Teachers for Peace rallies and ensuring Morning Star circulation in Scotland’s pit villages and factories, writes JOHN FOSTER
SCOTTISH TUC 2020 convenes against the backdrop of the most difficult year many of us have ever seen, in Scotland and right across the UK.
However, it has been the working class who have stepped up and endured the most of these challenges — continuing to tend to the sick and vulnerable, to maintain our nation’s utilities and infrastructure, to provide food, to educate our young and to care for all.
Members of our union, the CWU, have proudly taken their place among the UK’s army of essential, key workers — our fantastic Royal Mail members keeping our people posted and our superb BT members keeping our country connected.
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