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STUC calls for Erskine solidarity on 21 May
Unite Community activists outside the Clyde Hotel in Erskine
THE STUC has called on trade unionists from across Scotland to converge on Erskine on May 21 to show solidarity with refugees and fight fascism.
For months, local trades unionists — organised by Paisley and District Trades Council — the Young Communist League, Stand Up To Racism and local residents have held regular rallies to support refugees housed at the isolated Muthu Hotel and repel far-right group Patriotic Alternative.
The fascists had sought to mobilise the local community amid a complete absence of Home Office information on the placements, but recent splits in the far-right ranks and community work by local trade unionists has caused their support to dwindle to a hard core.
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