STUC Congress 2022 Workers have shown the best in people Covid demonstrated that it’s our class — the cleaners, carers, nurses, supermarket workers, delivery drivers, transport workers, teachers and postal workers — that really matters, not the financiers and their Tory allies, writes PAT RAFFERTY
Tuesday 06th Apr 2021 Voices of Scotland We need to show more care for social care workers Ahead of the Scottish Parliament elections PAT RAFFERTY introduces the five demands of Unite’s manifesto for those that look after society’s most vulnerable
Tuesday 21st Jan 2020 Zero-hours contracts - are they banned or not? We must hold Holyrood to account over its shaky commitment to regulating the practice, writes PAT RAFFERTY
Tuesday 18th Jun 2019 Voices of Scotland: Fife faces a fresh renewables scandal SCOTLAND is at a critical juncture when it comes to the nation’s renewable energy sector.
Wednesday 17th Apr 2019 Free bus travel – fanciful idea or radical ambition? The Scottish Labour Party announced at its conference in March its plan to introduce free bus travel across Scotland. PAT RAFFERTY assesses the feasibility of the idea
Tuesday 19th Jun 2018 Voices of Scotland For too long the Scottish government has used constitutional wrangling as an excuse for inaction People should be under no illusions that our employment and human rights are now being targeted by the Conservative government, under the cloak of Brexit, says PAT RAFFERTY
Monday 16th Apr 2018 STUC Conference ’18 It's time for a new debate on the structures of public services The broken model of outsourcing and privatisation must be challenged, writes PAT RAFFERTY
