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RICHARD LEONARD has given his “wholehearted endorsement” to labour law reforms which would give workers a “Nae Pasaran” right to solidarity action.
The Scottish Labour leader, who will address trade unionists at the three-day gathering today, has backed the Charter of Workers’ Rights for Scotland, a new document published by the Institute of Employment Rights (IER) calling for a massive shake-up of Scottish workplaces.
It calls for the Scottish government to establish a new position of labour secretary and says the devolved administration should use “coercive powers” to shift the balance of labour laws in favour of workers.
Assistant general secretary of the General Federation of Trade Unions HENRY FOWLER reports on day 1 from the GFTU’s residential Summer School at Quorn Grange Hotel
Witnessing a war of words at a meeting on tackling militarism at The World Transformed, BEN COWLES spoke to a union rep who is organising against war from inside the arms industry itself, to hear about worker-led solutions to ending weapons production