Defending rights won by sacrifice and hardship

#STUC2016 UNISON’s Rakiya Suleiman has called on trade unions to unite in fighting the Anti-Union Bill and defend rights won over decades, ‘involving sacrifices and hardships that we find difficult to imagine.’
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She said: “Our movement did not arise out of a spirit of benevolence and partnership on the part of employers. The rights we have were won over decades, and involving sacrifices and hardships that we find difficult to imagine.

March Scotland in UNISON out now

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Defeat the Trade Union Bill - STUC public meeting in Glasgow Tue 25 Aug

The Scottish TUC has called a public meeting to mobilise opposition to the vindictive Tory Trade Union Bill. Renfied St Stephen's Centre, Bath Street, Glasgow on Tuesday 25 August from 6.30pm - 9pm. 

Chair: Helen Connor, STUC Vice-President & EIS Speakers:
Jackson Cullinane, Political Officer, Unite the Union Scotland 
Lillian Macer, Convenor , Unison Scotland
Mark Serwotka, General Secretary PCS
Elaine Smith MSP, Labour, Coatbridge & Chryston
Grahame Smith, STUC General Secretary   
SNP MP (name tbc) 


We will campaign vigorously against this vindictive Bill. We will mobilise our members and our political and civic society allies to defend the legitimate human right of workers to withdraw their labour in protest against the unreasonable actions of their employers and to protect our civil liberties and the right to peaceful protest

Grahame Smith, STUC General Secretary, 15 July 2015
STUC News release on Trade Union Bill
http://www.stuc.org.uk/news/1177/stuc-on-the-trade-union-bill

Partnership means rights on both sides – repeal anti-union laws

#stuc15 STUC delegates slammed the attacks on equalities, employment rights and trade union freedoms and backed a UNISON led composite to continue the fight for the repeal of all anti-trade union laws.

STUC reiterated its support for the Mather Commission “Working Together” report and pledged to make sure that the fundamental principles of trade union rights, including the right to strike, are at the heart of the Fair Work Convention.