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RUBBISH could pile up on the streets across Scotland in a summer of discontent.
As the Scottish TUC Congress kicks off in Aviemore today, the federation’s leader Grahame Smith warned that “the industrial temperature in Scotland will continue to rise in the face of further cuts to local services.”
General union GMB is set to run a consultative ballot to reject a 3 per cent pay offer by Scottish councils.
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
With 12,000 fewer teachers since 2010 and dwindling resources, Scotland’s schools desperately need investment to support diverse learners rather than empty promises from politicians, writes ANDREA BRADLEY
