As Palestine Action prisoners go weeks without food, alleging dangerous neglect and detention without trial, campaigners warn that a near-total media blackout is hiding a crisis that could turn fatal – and fuel a growing wave of public anger. ELIZABETH SHORT reports
AS the 122nd president of the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC), I spoke yesterday to offer fraternal greetings to the Scottish Labour Party conference in Dundee.
Our history is the history of Scottish Labour. The STUC was founded as an independent trade union centre in 1897, splitting from the British TUC over a dispute on political representation for the labour movement.
Our struggle for independent working-class political representation led to the formation of the Scottish Labour Party, taking the name of workers, which it has proudly retained.
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
JACKIE OWEN and DYLAN LEWIS-ROWLANDS argue that Welsh Labour conference this weekend is the be-all and end-all moment if Labour wants to avoid a rout at next year’s election



