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STUC delegates line up to condemn attacks on workers
Holyrood urged to step up to back industrial democracy

Delegates at the opening session of the STUC congress in Dundee yesterday condemned the continuing attack on workers’ rights and trade union freedoms.

It was “a litmus test” for government at all levels — including Holyrood — STUC vice-president June Minnery said.

“Either they seek to support an agenda for collective bargaining or they cease with the platitudes about inequality, low wages and decent work.”

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