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The Future of the North East economy – we need your views! - The STUC will hold themed focus groups in Aberdeen during the week 27-31 May as part of their research into the Aberdeen/Shire economy. *The dates and ven...
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AGM – 15 June 2019 - The Keir Hardie Society AGM will be held on Saturday 15 June 2019 at Cumnock Town hall starting at 11am. All the details and more in our latest Bulletin. ...12 hours ago
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Highlights from the UCU LGBT+ Research conference - Mel McKenna, UCU@GCU I recently attended the 2019 LGBT+ research conference at the University of Manchester and wanted to share the highligh...1 day ago
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Bamidele Chika Agbakuribe - UCU is critical of UK government policy on immigration and the creation of a deliberately hostile environment. One aspect of government policy is that uni...1 day ago
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UNISON News May 2019 - UNISON City of Edinburgh branch newsletter May 2019 is now available online health and social care cuts sexual harassment The post UNISON News May 2019...1 week ago
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Improving Line Management - A good line manager improves workers lives and the effectiveness of the organisation they work for. These are the findings of the latest TUC research into...
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GLC statement on the reclaiming motion appeal in Ali v. Serco Ltd and others - Govan Law Centre (GLC) has been instructed by Mrs Shakar Omar Ali, a Kurdish Iraqi national, to pursue a reclaiming motion (appeal) before the Inner House ...
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Putting the 'Public' back into Scottish Water - Scottish Water is a public corporation, accountable to Scottish Ministers and parliament. It was created in 2002 by a merger of three regional water author...
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Private schools aren't charities - let's stop endorsing the lie that they are. - Morning Star piece about a Bill going through Holyrood on Thursday (25/04) amongst other things it seeks to perpetuate the lie that private schools are cha...4 weeks ago
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On the occasion of retiring from social work - *Beautifully written by my daughter Seonaid Stevenson on her train journey through to my social work leaving party on 15 March 2019 - and much appreciated*...1 month ago
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Hope and love will conquer hate - I attended a very moving vigil this evening to remember the innocent victims killed in the terror atrocity in two mosques in Christchurch and to stand in ...
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Scottish Local Government Pay Ballot Jan 19 - COSLA is now proposing an offer which covers a three year period, from 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2021. If agreed the award for 2018 will be backdated to t...4 months ago
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No more cuts to public services summit - Clydebank - Clydebank TUC and West Dunbartonshire Joint Trade Unions are holding a local summit in Clydebank on Saturday. The event is called "No More Cuts to Public S...
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SEC Report – September 2018 - A relative short and sweet SEC meeting today, not just because it was my last! Richard reported on his summer tour across Scotland and the issues raised wi...8 months ago
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Lights! Camera! Revolution! - film from Russia and Cuba - I've written before about the role of Trades Union Councils in promoting (or should that be fomenting) working class and left political culture. Another exa...
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“The functions of the British Transport Police in Scotland will be a devolved matter” - That’s what the Smith Commission had to say about the future of railway policing in Scotland. The British Transport Police comes within the purview of the...1 year ago
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HMRC “Build Of Future” (Regional office closures debate Thursday 28th April) - HMRC is embarking on its “Build Of Future” (BoF) programme to close almost all of its current estate – going from 160+ offices to 13 regional hubs and fo...3 years ago
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What are Class Politics - Morning Star Conference - Part of "Redeveloping Class Politics" Conference.3 years ago
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Hillsborough – a broader awakening? - As the justified anger of the Hillsborough revelations unfolds will the events now bring a broader awakening to the depths the establishment and the media ...6 years ago
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