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TRADE unionists from across Scotland will gather to call for an end to discrimination against women in the workplace at this year’s Scottish Trades Union Congress Women’s Conference.
The 94th annual congress takes place this week online, where the major issues affecting women workers in the labour market and wider society will be debated by about 160 delegates from unions across Scotland.
The conference’s theme this year is women organising against discrimination at work, and delegates will debate a range of motions over the weekend, including sexual harassment, domestic abuse, women’s health and the impacts of Covid-19 on women.
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
ANN HENDERSON looks at the trailblazers of the Women’s Trade Union League and their successful fight for female factory inspectors — a battle that echoes in today’s workplace campaigns
Women are a vital part of the labour movement and have much to contribute, but there’s far more to be done to make sure that our sisters’ voices are truly heard, says PHILIPA HARVEY
