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TRADE UNIONS sensationally withdrew from a partnership working committee at a major Scottish council yesterday, the Star can exclusively reveal.
Shop stewards at West Dunbartonshire warned that a botched assault on facility time had “damaged industrial relations.”
Last week the SNP council was forced to back down on its plans to cut the number of council-funded posts for union conveners.
The new Employment Rights Act is a step forward, but restoring collective bargaining and union power remains essential to tackling insecurity, outsourcing and low pay, says PAUL WHITEHOUSE
As Unison launches its Year of Women Workers, ANNIE COGAN-THOMAS argues that stronger organisation and collective bargaining are essential to winning equality
JOHN LANG recalls how Murdoch used scabbing electricians and even devised a fake newspaper to force a confrontation with printers – then sacked them all