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By Philip Stott. Posted 18th April 2013
 The Scottish Trade Union Congress have passed a motion in support of a one-day general strike in Scotland in response to the savage austerity being carried out by the ConDem government. The debate and vote at the STUC was overwhelmingly in favour of the composite motion which called on the STUC general council to: "coordinate among affiliates and with the British TUC an industrial action strategy, including a Scotland-wide one-day strike, aligned with any industrial action at a UK level as appropriate."
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By Jim Halfpenny, EIS member. Posted 1st February 2013
 The EIS, the biggest education union in Scotland, is to ballot its members on the prospect of further industrial action should current negotiations with the Scottish Government on pensions fail to reach agreement. The teachers union had held back from industrial action, following the mass strike on N30 2011, after assurances from the Scottish Government about entering into meaningful discussions.
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By Jim McFarlane. Posted 21st January 2013
 The 29th January 2013 marks the 20th anniversary of the start of the historic 1993 struggle of Timex workers in Dundee. The almost 8 month long dispute was the most significant industrial struggle in the history of the city, involving mass picketing and demonstrations, solidarity walkout’s and strike action as well as clashes with the police who acted as a private security force for the Timex corporation. The struggle of these courageous workers has important lessons for today at a time of savage attacks on workers' rights and living standards. And at a time when mass trade union struggle is back on the agenda.
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By Philip Stott. Posted 31st October 2012
 The National Shop Stewards Network (NSSN) conference in Glasgow on 27th October heard uplifting reports from an array of trade unionists from the public and private sector on the theme of fighting the austerity onslaught and building towards a 24-hour general strike. Shop stewards and trade union activists from Unison, Unite, EIS, Usdaw and PCS attended from a range of sectors including local government, the NHS, education, construction, retail and the civil service.
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By Philip Stott. Posted 22nd October 2012
 10,000 trade unionists and anti-cuts campaigners took to the street of Glasgow on Saturday 20th October to protest against cuts and austerity. Organised by the STUC, and taking place at the same time as demonstrations in London and Belfast, the mood on the demonstration was serious and determined but with a clear understanding that another demo was not going to be enough to halt the austerity juggernaut.
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cialist Party Scotland and the CWI
