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A recovery programme for Scotland’s workers
A new report from the Scottish TUC calls for the introduction of a National Care Service, a green stimulus package, sectoral collective bargaining and democratic public ownership, reports ROZ FOYER
Last week's package of £3.6 billion over 6 months for may sound like a hefty sum, but it is in all truth small beer compared to the challenges we face — we need investment in new green industries and a greater say for workers
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NEXT week sees the start of Challenge Poverty Week co-ordinated by the Scottish Poverty Alliance. Their key message is that “as we plan our economic recovery, we must redesign our economy to reflect the values of justice and compassion we all share.”
This reflects the view, widely held among Scotland’s civil society and campaigning organisations, that recovery must not mean going back to the place we were before the pandemic.
That place is a Scotland where the two richest families now have as much wealth as the poorest 20 per cent of the population, while Scotland’s richest twenty families are wealthier than the bottom 30 per cent of the population combined. Low pay is endemic and work is insecure for hundreds of thousands of people.
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