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Diageo wants to walk away from Ayrshire

Diageo wants to walk away from Ayrshire

In just the last 6 months of 2008 - yes, half the year - Diageo piled up 1.63billion in profit! The SSP will fight all the way alongside workers and…

SSP supports postal workers strike

SSP supports postal workers strike

The Scottish Socialist Party is in full support of the thousands of postal workers who are staging strike action and other protests on Friday 17th July, in anger at arbitrary…

Fighting back against redundancies

Fighting back against redundancies

Hardly a day passes without new announcements of devastating job losses, sometimes outright company closures, at levels not seen since at least the 1980 recession. Workers’ lives are being made…

Challenges facing the unions in 2009

Challenges facing the unions in 2009

The unions should resist the calls from Brown and Cameron to allow the UK continued opt-out from the European Working Time Directives, which is only a mild-mannered protection from being…

PCS strike for a living wage

PCS strike for a living wage

On top of these pay cuts, civil servants are doubly disadvantaged compared to the rest of the public sector, because pay progression (from the minimum to maximum of the pay…

SSP: Supporting workers in struggle

SSP: Supporting workers in struggle

Trade  union organisation is at the heart of the Scottish Socialist Party, with hundreds of active trade unionists in the partys ranks and dozens of our members holding key positions…

United against poverty pay

United against poverty pay

Public services ground to a halt on 24 September, as nearly 200,000 council workers across Scotland walked out in anger at low pay. Every area of the country reported at…

United strike on 24th September

United strike on 24th September

Unity in action is the strength of the working class. And a one-day strike of 200,000 workers, members of three different unions, workers in 32 different local authorities, cannot be…