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Springburn no more
The SNP’s attitude to the closure of a 163-year-old train works does not bode well for its version of an independent Scotland, writes NEIL FINDLAY
ANDY McDONALD MP says Labour must show it is capable of delivering real improvements in people’s lives — bold action is required
ANGUS REID and ANDREW JOHNSTONE report on an initiative that we must take this summer
ALLISON FEWTRELL on what Plaid Cymru's historic election victory means for the communities being failed by Wales’s housing crisis, and four things the new government can do right now
France Insoumise MP JEROME LEGAVRE speaks to Christophe Domec on building the Europe-wide peace movement that came together in the International Conference Against War last weekend
At last weekend’s International Conference Against War, LINDA PENTZ GUNTER talks to the Palestinian physician and politician about the struggles ahead to achieve a truly free Palestine
LAST Friday the Caley Rail works in Springburn, Glasgow, closed. This plant manufactured and refurbished trains since 1856.
To mark the occasion trade unions, led by Unite, held an event at the plant — the community gathered in an act of solidarity with a pipe band leading the railway workers out of the plant for the last time in emotional scenes.
This closure was fought tooth and nail by Unite and the RMT in a brilliant and energetic campaign, leaving no stone unturned in their effort to save the jobs and livelihoods of their members. The proposed closure was debated in the Scottish and Westminster Parliaments.
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