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MENTAL HEALTH should be at the top of the employment rights agenda, Scottish TUC conference delegates said today as the issue was described as “a crisis of capitalism.”
Kat Lord from teachers’ union NASUWT linked the wellbeing of pupils to that of their teachers in proposing a motion which called for the STUC to recognise and address specific health and wellbeing issues in schools.
She said: “Our education system is broken and the teachers responsible for delivering it are themselves starting to break.”
CWU leader DAVE WARD tells Ben Chacko a strategy to unite workers on class lines is needed – and sectoral collective bargaining must be at its heart
Women are a vital part of the labour movement and have much to contribute, but there’s far more to be done to make sure that our sisters’ voices are truly heard, says PHILIPA HARVEY
MATT WRACK issues a clarion call for a rejuvenation of public services for the sake of our communities and our young people
The FBU is demanding 52 weeks of full pay for women firefighters, highlighting the unique health risks they face — and the continuing need to recruit and retain more women if policies like this are still not in place, writes SEONA HART