1st January 2021
Mary McArthur (1880 – 1921) campaigned on behalf of ‘sweated’ workers who were forced to work in poor conditions for little pay. She advocated for a legal minimum wage and helped to organise a number of strikes involving female workers.
4th January 2021
STUC strongly welcomes extension of blended learning in schools and extra lockdown requirements but is disappointed at failure to protect all non-essential workers
13th January 2021
STUC General Secretary Roz Foyer has voiced union frustration at the absence of definitive new restrictions to meet the upsurge in infection risk and new virus strain.
14th January 2021
Scottish unions renew calls for public inquiry into the Carillion scandal despite last ditch Government moves to ban 8 former directors. STUC General Secretary, Roz Foyer, says legal action ‘perilously late for sanctions on the former directors ’ which exposes current system of business regulation as ‘totally unfit for purpose’.
18th January 2021
These are understood to include abandoning the commitment to the EU Working Time Directive which lays down a maximum 48-hour working week and guarantees the statutory right to work breaks.
26th January 2021
Ahead of the Scottish Budget later this week, STUC General Secretary Rozanne Foyer has laid down a challenge to the Scottish Government to use its real terms budget increase to meet union pay claims for public service workers.
28th January 2021
STUC comment on the latest budget from the Scottish Parliament.
3rd February 2021
STUC welcomes the recommendations from the Independent Review of Adult Social Care in Scotland
12th February 2021
STUC welcomes the statement from Interstrata plc that it has purchased BiFab from administration
15th February 2021
Covid-19 still presents a major threat to contact centre workers and action needs to be taken to protect them, according to a letter from the STUC to the Scottish Government.
16th February 2021
Bright spots in Scottish Government Budget announcement clouded by failure to fund local government services. Clear need for more accountability from businesses receiving support.
16th February 2021
16th February 2021
A National Care Service comparable to the NHS needs to have at its core, dignity, equality and fair pay for its workers.
19th February 2021
Today the Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that taxi app firm Uber must classify its drivers a workers rather than self-employed. They will be entitled to the minimum wage and holiday pay.
22nd February 2021
Responding to the Prime Minister’s statement in the House of Commons, STUC General Secretary, Roz Foyer said. “The Prime Minister was clearly desperate to announce some good news today. He may have indicated an outline plan for emerging from lockdown but there are many uncertainties along the way"
23rd February 2021
Record redundancies and large rise in youth unemployment present a major challenge and rise in average earnings is caused by largest proportion of those losing work being low paid.
23rd February 2021
STUC broadly welcomes cautious approach set out by First Minister in Framework announcement and that future decisions will be driven by data not dates. STUC remains concerned about precautions required for safe return of more pupils to schools.
1st March 2021
STUC Women’s Committee is calling on the Scottish Government to expand Universal Free School Meals to all children and young people, including those of secondary school and nursery age
3rd March 2021
Chancellor announces some necessary interim steps but falls well short on job creation and protecting workers and communities into the future
8th March 2021
But STUC urges Scottish Government to provide adequate funding to meet sectoral public sector pay negotiations.
9th March 2021
We have strongly pressed the Scottish Government to reject the real terms pay cuts approach of the Tories at Westminster and we recognise the different course that the Finance Secretary has taken on Public Sector Pay Policy in Scotland.
16th March 2021
Responding to the First Minister’s announcement on an indicative timeline for lifting restrictions, STUC General Secretary said: “We welcome this cautious approach that is entirely reliant on continuing progress in suppressing the virus. The implications for public health and sustainable economic recovery of moving too fast would be catastrophic.
22nd March 2021
Ground-breaking survey of over 3000 workers reveals their experiences of working from home and hopes and fears for the future
24th March 2021
Workers at Liberty plants in Scotland have been buoyed by the progress that has been made since the takeover in 2016, with growing order books, a solid customer base and a skilled workforce.
8th April 2021
If we need a super majority for anything in this next parliament it should be for a radical plan to increase pay, create good jobs and for a Scottish National Care Service.” – Roz Foyer
14th April 2021
Hundreds of workers at British Gas (which trades at Scottish Gas in Scotland) will today be sacked by the company for refusing to sign ‘fire and rehire’ contracts attacking pay and conditions.
16th April 2021
290 jobs will be created at Methil following the winning of a contract by Harland and Wolff to build eight jackets for the NNG offshore wind development.
20th April 2021
However bad policy choices would create a quarter of a million fewer. Employment in low carbon economy has actually fallen over past five years.
20th April 2021
20th April 2021
21st April 2021
The STUC Congress has voted in support of a motion stating that the Scottish Parliament should have the power to hold a referendum on Scotland’s future and should not require UK Government consent.
24th April 2021
Current levels of youth unemployment will cost between £2.4 billion and £3 billion in lost wages for Scotland’s young people, without significant intervention to address Scotland’s youth unemployment crisis.
27th April 2021
On International Workers’ Memorial Day, the STUC and Scottish Hazards will remind Governments, health and safety enforcement bodies and employers that health and safety is a fundamental right that every worker should be able to enjoy and expect.
4th May 2021
Next Government will face immediate trade union pressure to follow through on urgent reform of residential care.
10th May 2021
The STUC General Secretary has congratulated the SNP on returning the largest number of MSPs and called for a radical recovery plan to be the urgent priority for the Scottish Parliament.
10th May 2021
The STUC has called on the UK and Scottish Governments to condemn the action of the Israeli Government in occupied East Jerusalem, including forced relocation through the demolition of Palestinian homes in Sheikh Jarrah to create new settlements.
11th May 2021
The STUC has given a welcome to the belated plan to outlaw conversion therapy but blasted the Government’s support for Voter ID. It also said that legally binding environmental targets would only be achievable and fair if accompanied by a step change in Government investment.
13th May 2021
“The scenes unfolding at Kenmure Street are nothing short of disgraceful. The forced eviction and detainment of asylum seekers, on Eid of all days, shows the contempt and cruelty levelled by the UK Government to those seeking asylum."
18th May 2021
25th May 2021
We welcome many aspects of this report which highlights how low pay and insecure work is bad for workers and bad for the economy. We support the call for an increase in the Living Wage, an end to Fire and Rehire and a ban on zero hours contracts and unpaid trial shifts.
2nd June 2021
The STUC has responded to the Scottish Government’s plan for recovery calling for an new industrial strategy and a plan for jobs requiring much more ambition, more government investment and a greater role for the public sector.
15th June 2021
Commenting on today’s slight rise in unemployment in Scotland and the potential pause in re-opening the economy, the STUC has called for an immediate announcement that the furlough scheme will continue to at least the end of the year for workers in affected industries.
15th June 2021
Commenting on today’s slight rise in unemployment in Scotland and the potential pause in re-opening the economy, the STUC has called for an immediate announcement that the furlough scheme will continue to at least the end of the year for workers in affected industries.
24th June 2021
This Saturday, young workers from across Scotland will meet online at the 81st STUC Youth Conference.
13th July 2021
21st July 2021
As the UK Government rejects the chance to raise sick pay levels, the STUC has warned that doing so risks the health of us all at this crucial time.
21st July 2021
As International Trade Secretary Liz Truss launches a new trade report in Glasgow, the STUC slams it's claims that the UK should reject 'green protectionism', stating that we need regulation not ideological claims to address climate change.
3rd August 2021
STUC responds to Scotland's move to 'beyond level 0'
30th August 2021
Our new address, as of Monday 30 August 2021, will be: 8 Landressy Street, Bridgeton, Glasgow G40 1BP
7th September 2021
Branding the Scottish Government as “hypocritical” for claiming to be committed to eradicating child poverty and choosing not to introduce Universal Free School Meals (UFSM) to all, the STUC Women’s Committee believes that the Scottish Government is contributing to the continued escalation of poverty, food insecurity and hunger experienced by children and families in Scotland.
7th September 2021
The STUC welcomed the Scottish Government’s Programme for Government, specifically highlighting the commitments from the First Minister to implement national bargaining in the care sector, additional funding for the health service, gender recognition reform and justice for Scotland’s miners wrongfully arrested in the 1980s.
8th September 2021
The STUC LGBT+ Committee welcomed the Scottish Government’s Programme for Government plan to introduce a Gender Recognition Reform Bill within the next year to improve the lives of trans people.
10th September 2021
The STUC is predicting growing tensions and an upsurge in activity as local trade unions and community campaigners press national and local government on services, funding and green job creation.
14th September 2021
“This another bitter blow and further evidence of the lack of an industrial strategy for Scotland. Lifeline ferries sailing in Scottish waters need to be built in Scotland."
20th September 2021
29th September 2021
The STUC has called on employers to end uncertainty for workers. It also warned bosses not to take back furloughed workers on lower pay or fewer working hours. Reducing contractual terms and conditions would be a breach of employment law.
6th October 2021
• 40% of Universal Credit Claims, over two million people, are in work.
7th October 2021
We will vigorously oppose any move towards outsourcing the vital project of creating a National Care Service to companies with a vested interest in privatised provision.
13th October 2021
Scotland’s trade unions have joined forces with tenants unions, anti-poverty groups, environmentalists and academics to launch a nationwide campaign to upgrade Scotland’s homes.
15th October 2021
This Saturday the 16th of October, trade unions and campaigners will join hundreds of concerned Glasgow residents in protest against the closure of vital cultural and sport facilities.
25th October 2021
The Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) 94th Annual Women’s’ Conference takes place this week online, where the major issues affecting women workers in the labour market and wider society will be debated by around 160 delegates from unions across Scotland.
26th October 2021
Ahead of the Chancellor’s Budget on Wednesday, the STUC has warned against an austerity budget that would be a crushing blow for workers, strangle the recovery and set the worst possible conditions for green growth.
26th October 2021
The Government has based its rejection on economic reasons and the fact that the legislation would not cover all shopworkers despite strong representations and campaigning from trade union USDAW.
27th October 2021
Lots of smoke and mirrors but no solutions to the cost-of-living crisis nor the urgent need to tackle climate change
28th October 2021
Calls for Scottish Government to change track on transport policy.
2nd November 2021
Up to 16,700 direct jobs could be offshored if Scotland falls behind other countries in taking action to reduce emissions from manufacturing and heavy industry.
10th November 2021
Trade union delegates at COP26 have today (Wednesday) written an urgent letter to COP26 President Alok Sharma warning him that he is putting progress at risk by neglecting the need for international commitments to a ‘just transition’.
10th November 2021
Scottish Government must change track on transport policy.
2nd December 2021
As part of 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence and their wider work on tackling GBV and Sexual Harassment at Work, STUC Women’s Committee have today launched a survey to gather women in Scotland’s views on their experiences of Sexual Harassment at Work.
6th December 2021
The STUC and our affiliates trade unions movement have long supported the struggle for democracy and human rights in Chile, whether through the the workers at Rolls Royce in 1974 who refused to work on Air Force parts for the Pinochet regime or through welcoming political prisoners who arrived during the dictatorship.
9th December 2021
The STUC acknowledged the increase in public sector pay floor to £10.50 and insisted that pay rises must be fully funded by Scottish Government to avoid cash strapped councils having to make other cuts to pay the increased rate.
10th December 2021
STUC calls on the Scottish Government to lift the burden of Omicron safety from workers’ shoulders. Employers must take immediate responsibility and the Scottish Government should legislate imminently if they won’t. UK government must reinstate furlough now.
