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17 May 2017
Corbyn could re-win Scotland with a socialist approach to independence
Sympathy towards Jeremy Corbyn in Scotland, as elsewhere, is widespread, including among those who voted Yes to independence in 2014.
8 February 2017
SNP and Greens agree cuts budget in Scotland
TUSC and unions call for legal no-cuts budgets: A Scottish National Party (SNP) government austerity budget passed in Scotland on 2 February with the support of the Scottish Greens.
31 August 2016
Offshore investment firms part-own 277 Scottish state schools.
2 December 2015
Protesters demand system change not climate change
Protesters around the country marched on 29 November, to demand action to tackle climate change. Organisers claim 50,000 demonstrated in central London with thousands more on the streets in Cardiff, Bristol, Edinburgh, Belfast, Southampton and more.
25 November 2015
Protest demands reinstatement of John Vasey
Supporters of the National Shop Stewards Network (NSSN) protested on 23 November outside the final appeal hearing of sacked CWU postal union rep John Vasey.
11 November 2015
Short reports on some of the latest trade union struggles. College and uni lecturers lead the fightback.
23 September 2015
Short reports on some of the latest trade union struggles. 'Kill the Bill' meetings, environment research council strikes, Open University job threats and victimised postal union rep John Vasey.
16 September 2015
"You can relax. There's no trick questions - this isn't an Atos work capability assessment." The Daily Mirror justly placed this shrewd aside in the top three gags at this year's Edinburgh Fringe
2 September 2015
Royal Mail union rep sacked - reinstate John now!
John Vasey, a CWU (postal workers' union) workplace rep at Royal Mail Delivery Office in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, was sacked on 21 August on a charge connected with non-delivery of election material.
13 May 2015
CWU telecoms oppose Openreach changes
The recent CWU telecoms conference voted to vigorously oppose, with industrial action if necessary, BT Openreach's plans to concentrate all office-based jobs into just 23 'centres of excellence', writes Clive Walder.
11 August 2014
East Coast Mainline cleaners strike for decent pay
Low paid workers employed by ISS struck on Friday 8 August for 24 hours, with a 48-hour strike to follow
23 September 2013
Scotland: 20,000 march for a Yes vote in 2014
Over 20,000 supporters of Scottish independence marched through Edinburgh on 21st September. This significant mobilisation was double the attendance at the same Yes Scotland demonstration in September
27 September 2012
Thousands march for an independent Scotland
Over 10,000 people took part in the March and Rally for Scottish Independence in Edinburgh on the 22 September, writes For full report, see:.
7 September 2011
Edinburgh University is the third university in Scotland to announce how much it will charge students from outside Scotland (Scottish students will continue to not pay fees) and has made itself the most expensive place in the UK to get a degree...
18 August 2011
Nothing Left about the Scottish National Party
Working class communities in Scotland will pay the price of the SNP's savage austerity measures - while SNP ministers are taking huge cash windfalls
25 October 2010
20,000 march against government savagery in Edinburgh
There was an emphatic response to the savagery of the Con-Dem spending cuts on Saturday in Edinburgh...
25 August 2010
Privatisation and cuts in Edinburgh
Edinburgh Council is set to continue its attempt to sell off vital and key services to private contractors...
17 May 2007
Protest against the G8 Rostock 2007
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ISR demonstrating at the G8 in Edinburgh 2005 |
29 March 2007
Edinburgh postal workers fight back
SCOTLAND NO 2 CWU branch officials have just negotiated a return to work of over 1,000 postal workers in the Edinburgh Mail centre, after a management climb-down....
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