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Teachers from the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) union hold a protest outside the offices of Clackmannanshire Council in Alloa, as they strike over pay during an EIS 16-day rolling programme of regional action
UNIONS demanded “less talk and more action” from SNP ministers on workers’ pay today, as 50,000 employees in Scotland joined “walkout Wednesday” across Britain.
Up to 500,000 civil servants, teachers, higher education staff and train and bus drives downed tools nationwide, demanding an end to years of attacks on wages, jobs and working conditions.
Holyrood was closed to visitors as some Scottish government and Parliament staff were part of a massive strike of 100,000 civil servants, represented by the PCS union.
The new Scottish Parliament looks set to continue a cycle of managerial tinkering while public services face the axe, writes STEPHEN LOW
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
