Communications & Campaigns Committee reports on UNISON speakers on the main issues every day at 126th STUC Congress, Monday 17 April – Wednesday 19 April 2023, Caird Hall, Dundee.
Stories by Kate Ramsden, Davena Rankin, Stephen Low Photos by Kate Ramsden & Inez Kirk
Reports will also appear in Scotland inUNISON’s June issue. For an overview of the whole Congress go to the STUC website
STUC 2023 – Supporting further education staff
Congress showed support for staff in further education about to take industrial action – after rejecting a miserly 2% pay ...
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STUC 2023 – Colombia needs peace, and Chile ” the other 9/11″
Congress heard that the collapse of the ceasefire in Colombia and the attack on 29 March 2023 attributed to the ...
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STUC 2023 – Accountability and public boards
Congress noted that many places on Scotland’s Public Boards are held by a “wealthy class of executives” including ‘influential’ bankers, ...
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STUC 2023 – Racism is everyone’s problem
Congress recognised the reality of present racism and the legacy of historic racism in Scottish society. A wide ranging motion ...
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STUC 2023 – World Cup legacy must be protections for migrant workers
Congress was warned that although the 2022 World Cup in Qatar is over, the impact continues on the families of ...
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STUC 2023 – Protecting women’s right to choose
Congress overwhelmingly supported Gillian Mackay, MSP’s Members Bill calling for the introduction of buffer zones outside health care centres offering ...
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STUC 2023 – Supporting our right to know
Congress supported a call to update Scotland's Freedom of information legislation by backing the proposal being put to Holyrood by ...
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STUC 2023 – Justice doesn’t come cheap
Congress backed calls for improved resourcing for the criminal justice system. This came in the form of a motion highlighting ...
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STUC 2023 – Additional support needs additional support
Congress backed calls for more resourcing for pupils in Scotland’s schools who have additional support needs. It has been established ...
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STUC 2023 – Value Scottish workers with better pay
Congress recognised the pressures that years of austerity and the cost of living crisis has had on workers, exacerbated by ...
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STUC 2023 – Against the National Care Service Bill, for a real national care service
Congress delivered a stinging condemnation of the Scottish Government’s National Care Service Bill. With a call from UNISON that the ...
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STUC 2023 – Publicly owned energy and climate change
The STUC will campaign for democratic public ownership and an integrated industrial strategy to tackle climate change and the energy ...
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STUC 2023 – Time for coordinated action
Congress unanimously backed a motion that called for a united campaign of coordinated industrial action across both the private and public sectors ...
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STUC 2023 – Fairness in funding, staffing, wages and housing
Congress gave it’s full backing to UNISON’s demand for fair funding, fair staffing, fair wages and decent housing for Scottish ...
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STUC 2023 Fringe – Procuring Human Rights Home and Abroad
UNISON has joined forces with human rights and corporate accountability campaigners to fight for a new law on Human Rights ...
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STUC 2023 – Invest in our children
Recognising the importance of valuing school staff, including teachers, as they take action to support pupils to recover from the ...
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STUC 2023 – Poverty Blights Children’s lives
Delegates backed a call on the Scottish Government to use its Education Reform programme to facilitate improved outcomes for disadvantaged ...
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STUC 2023 – Flexible working, the four day week – and a better life
Congress recognised the importance of flexible working, especially for the recruitment and retention of women workers, and the STUC pledged ...
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STUC 2023 – Defending our freedoms
The first debate of this year’s Congress has seen the Tory government’s attacks on workers’ rights and freedoms slammed by ...
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