A VICTORY over SNP plans to cut facility time shows that workers will “always win” when they stand together, shop stewards said.
At the Scottish TUC Congress today, the federation’s general secretary Grahame Smith announced that West Dunbartonshire Council had abandoned a proposal to slash paid time for union conveners.
He was speaking shortly before Nicola Sturgeon addressed the congress. It was expected that union reps from West Dunbartonshire would challenge the SNP First Minister over the plans.
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