THE STUC has united behind the family of Sheku Bayoh as their fight for justice continues.

Mr Bayoh died in police custody in 2015 of asphyxiation when he was cuffed at the hands and ankles after being batoned to the ground and physically restrained by six police officers.

The aftermath of the incident led the outgoing chief constable of Police Scotland to admit his force was “institutionally racist” —  a position also held by his successor Jo Farrell as the public inquiry into Mr Bayoh’s death continues.

Congress resolved not only to continue to support the family of Mr Bayoh — who still struggle from pay cheque to pay cheque on agency work without a penny of compensation for their loved-one’s death — but join a mass vigil outside the inquiry in Edinburgh on June 6.

Moving the motion, the UCU’s Grant Buttars encouraged comrades to attend the vigil.

He said: “Go back to your branches, your trades councils and your communities  and organise to make this happen.

“The fight for justice for Sheku Bayoh is a fight for justice for all.”