THE Scottish Trades Union Congress has resolved to redouble its efforts to defeat hate after praising the efforts of comrades in Erskine and Elgin to counter fascist incursions.

Trades councils, the bodies who have led much of the anti-fascist activity around the country, came together to call on the STUC to demand the nation’s elected representatives “step up a gear to protect us from the right-wing threat to our way of life and the hard-won rights of the working people.”

Calling for support for trades councils in the battles ahead, Tam Kirby of Fife TUC told comrades: “Trades councils have been on the front line in fighting racism and fascism.