SCOTTISH Trades Union Congress agreed unanimously today to campaign for improved trans and non-binary rights following the Supreme Court ruling on the definition of woman in the Equality Act.

An emergency composite motion from the LGBT committee and the UCU said the court’s decision on the protected characteristics of sex refers to “biological sex for interpreting sex-based rights and protections under the Act and is likely to be used as a pretext for removing protections for trans and non-binary people in the workplace and elsewhere and undermining their rights.”

Moving the motion, Unison’s Michael Craig told delegates: “Guidance on legislation that directly affects trans people is being issued with little or no consultation with those that live this reality.