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Pickets and police outside the Timex factory in Dundee, 1993
WORKERS on strike in one of Scotland’s biggest industrial disputes were spied on by undercover police officers, a new report suggests.
Calls are growing for a new public inquiry into police spying in Scotland, a proposal backed by politicians including Scottish Labour’s Neil Findlay, or to extend the remit of the controversial ongoing Mitting inquiry, which covers only England and Wales.
Now the Scottish Campaign Opposing Police Surveillance has compiled evidence showing that undercover officers from the elite police squads, which the inquiry is investigating, also operate north of the border.
A past confrontation permanently shaped the methods the state will use to protect employers against any claims by their employees, writes MATT WRACK, but unions are readying to face the challenge
Campaigns against nuclear weapons on the Clyde, financial backing for arms firms and rising militarism are converging with solidarity for Palestine, as Scotland’s peace movement builds momentum ahead of the 2026 Holyrood election, says ARTHUR WEST
