Despite promises of a new era under state control, the SNP government backs massive cuts to ticket office hours while ignoring safety concerns and excluding disabled passengers from consultation, writes ANN HENDERSON

ANN HENDERSON, of RMT Scotland, reports from STUC women’s conference in Glasgow earlier this week where sisters gathered to highlight the issues facing women in the workforce

In light of Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre being found to have constructively dismissed a worker who held that service users should be able to know the sex of the staff they were seeing, ANN HENDERSON argues that lessons need to be learned in order to uphold women’s rights

The 1967 Abortion Act always was regarded as a compromise — now is the time to further cement and improve the right to free, safe, legal abortions for all women, argues ANN HENDERSON

Festival board member ANN HENDERSON reports on the opening of a cultural behemoth determined to now embrace a more social role

ANN HENDERSON reports from an RMT rally in Berwick-upon-Tweed where trade unionists and disability rights campaigners were spreading the word about the battle for the future of rail safety

The Scottish gender reform Bill is unworkable, unpopular and could impinge on reserved law with harmful results for women and girls. Labour should support the application of S33 and 35 of the Scotland Act to prevent it passing into law, argues ANN HENDERSON

ANN HENDERSON reports on a moving event to commemorate the struggles of those men and women involved in the famous Upper Clyde Shipbuilders work-in of 1971-72

The centrepiece of culture in Britain, they are also a huge employer and symbol of how we as a society are dealing with our challenges — this year, that means making sure we overcome Covid-19 and deliver live events once more, writes ANN HENDERSON

From health and safety, to job security, to forthcoming local and mayoral elections, there’s lots of areas where Labour, and Scottish Labour, must put forward positive action proposals, says ANN HENDERSON

In Scotland and Britain women members are setting up meetings to look at recognition for care work, low pay for women, climate change and environmental justice, reports ANN HENDERSON

Scottish Labour Conference in Dundee this weekend will mark significant progress in re-establishing a Labour Women’s organisation, writes ANN HENDERSON