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GLASWEGIANS vowed at the weekend to “fight for the future” before standing in silence to remember those killed at work.
At an International Workers’ Memorial Day event outside the People’s Palace on Glasgow Green, speakers from trade unions and justice campaigns warned of the importance of maintaining health and safety standards in the face of cuts.
Glasgow Lord Provost Eva Bolander told the crowd: “Someone’s red tape is another worker’s lifeline.”
Working-class women lead the fight for fair work and equitable pay and against sexual harassment, the rise of the far right and years of failed austerity policies, writes ROZ FOYER
ANN HENDERSON looks at the trailblazers of the Women’s Trade Union League and their successful fight for female factory inspectors — a battle that echoes in today’s workplace campaigns
On the eve of the 157th Trades Union Congress, MICK WHELAN, general secretary of Aslef, the train drivers’ union, celebrates victory in his campaign to get dignity for drivers at work