Congress 2025
The 128th Annual Congress will be held between 28th & 30th April in Dundee
Join a union
More than six million workers in the UK are in a union – from nurses to pilots, actors to lorry drivers. Find the right union for you by using the TUC's union finder tool
Fair Care for Scotland
The National Care Service Bill will do little to alleviate the crisis in the health and social care sector. Moreover, the Bill undermines local accountability; fails to address fundamental issues of profit and ownership in the sector; does not address trade union collective bargaining rights; and risks further outsourcing and undermining of Fair Work.
Justice for Sheku Bayoh
Sheku Bayoh died in Scotland in 2015 after he was held face down by up to nine police officers after subjecting him to CS spray, pepper spray, batons, handcuffs and leg restraints. The STUC and our affiliated trade unions fully support the Justice for Sheku Bayoh campaign.
Past Its Peak - End Scotland's Peak Fare Pricing
Scotland’s largest trade unions and environmental groups have joined together to demand an end to peak rail fares on Scotland’s railway.
Just Transition
Tackling the climate emergency will require action across every part of Scotland, including every workplace and sector. Your experience and skills are essential to identify what support will be needed to protect and improve your jobs. The move to a net zero economy is an opportunity to create good work, to rebuild our communities, to get cleaner air and build warmer homes.
Latest news
More newsSTUC Response to Labour UK Spring Statement
March 26, 2025: STUC Response to Labour UK Spring Statement
Chancellor must choose assistance not austerity
March 26, 2025: Scotland’s leading trade union body has issued a stark warning to the UK Chancellor ahead of the Spring Statement, saying she must choose “assistance not austerity”.
Labour Government welfare reforms "punches down"
March 18, 2025: These are reforms that could well have been delivered with a blue rosette. Actively making it harder for people who cannot work and who need support is not the change that was promised during the election.
STUC Statement on Nicola Sturgeon to step down as an MSP
March 12, 2025: Reacting to the news that former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will step down as an MSP at the end of this parliamentary term, STUC General Secretary Roz Foyer said: “The STUC wish to thank Nicola for her long-standing public service to our parliament, our politics and the wider social fabric of Scotland
United to defeat the far-right
February 26, 2025: The threat of the far-right is a real and present danger both in our politics and our communities. This announcement from the First Minister is commendable, welcome and shows the seriousness of purpose required to tackle the danger at hand.
