NEARLY eight out of 10 doctors in Scotland are willing to strike over pay, according to a survey by the British Medical Association.
Nine out of 10 consider the current pay offer too low, while a whopping 88 per cent complain their contribution to the NHS was not reflected in the offer.
Scottish medics are not unique in feeling this way. Millions of workers share their sentiments. An unacceptable pay offer is normal. When, in the context of runaway price inflation, it amounts to a massive pay cut, it is a provocation.
As Unison launches its Year of Women Workers, ANNIE COGAN-THOMAS argues that stronger organisation and collective bargaining are essential to winning equality
We cannot refuse to abolish the unjustifiable two-child benefit cap that pushes children into poverty while finding billions of pounds for defence spending — the membership and the public expect better from Labour, writes JON TRICKETT MP
DAVID MATTHEWS looks at what a collective future for welfare might have in store for us


