Scottish Trades Union Congress
@scottishtuc.bsky.social
Our purpose is to co-ordinate, develop and articulate the views and policies of the trade union movement in Scotland.
Public services are stretched to breaking point and it's frontline staff who bear the brunt.
Investment in these services is vital for all of us.
@rozfoyer.bsky.social / @heraldscotland.bsky.social
Investment in these services is vital for all of us.
@rozfoyer.bsky.social / @heraldscotland.bsky.social
When services break, people snap — and workers pay the price
As violence against public service workers reaches alarming levels, Roz Foyer argues that the real threat isn’t rising crime — it’s the…
www.heraldscotland.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Public services are stretched to breaking point and it's frontline staff who bear the brunt.
Investment in these services is vital for all of us.
@rozfoyer.bsky.social / @heraldscotland.bsky.social
Investment in these services is vital for all of us.
@rozfoyer.bsky.social / @heraldscotland.bsky.social
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We’re striking to save jobs next week. Whether you’re a member, a colleague or student, please visit us on our picket line to support us or chat about why we’re on strike.
If you have any questions about our action, you can drop us an email at [email protected]
If you have any questions about our action, you can drop us an email at [email protected]
November 3, 2025 at 9:59 PM
We’re striking to save jobs next week. Whether you’re a member, a colleague or student, please visit us on our picket line to support us or chat about why we’re on strike.
If you have any questions about our action, you can drop us an email at [email protected]
If you have any questions about our action, you can drop us an email at [email protected]
Checklist - www.stuc.org.uk/resources/st...
November 4, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Checklist - www.stuc.org.uk/resources/st...
Women are at the forefront of Scotland's trade union movement, leading the fight against inequality with the newly launched STUC Women's Committee's Women Demand Better Manifesto.
@rozfoyer.bsky.social / @heraldscotland.bsky.social
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/hol...
@rozfoyer.bsky.social / @heraldscotland.bsky.social
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/hol...
From picket lines to Parliament: women are leading Scotland’s fightback
At last week’s STUC Women’s Conference, Scotland’s trade union women made it clear: they’re organised, mobilised, and demanding better. From…
www.heraldscotland.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Women are at the forefront of Scotland's trade union movement, leading the fight against inequality with the newly launched STUC Women's Committee's Women Demand Better Manifesto.
@rozfoyer.bsky.social / @heraldscotland.bsky.social
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/hol...
@rozfoyer.bsky.social / @heraldscotland.bsky.social
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/hol...
Checklist here - www.stuc.org.uk/resources/st...
October 31, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Checklist here - www.stuc.org.uk/resources/st...
Scottish Union Learning Funding Officer role applications deadline is tonight at midnight! All details:
www.stuc.org.uk/about-vacanc...
www.stuc.org.uk/about-vacanc...
October 31, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Scottish Union Learning Funding Officer role applications deadline is tonight at midnight! All details:
www.stuc.org.uk/about-vacanc...
www.stuc.org.uk/about-vacanc...
Black women and the STUC Black Workers Committee proudly represented this week at the STUC Women’s Conference 2025. #STUCwomen25
October 30, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Black women and the STUC Black Workers Committee proudly represented this week at the STUC Women’s Conference 2025. #STUCwomen25
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Tara seconding the composite motion on Misogyny, Extremism & the Rise of the Far Right.
Women teachers are disproportionately targeted, with increased challenges to their authority, as well as abuse and assaults.
@scottishtuc.bsky.social
#STUCwomen25
Women teachers are disproportionately targeted, with increased challenges to their authority, as well as abuse and assaults.
@scottishtuc.bsky.social
#STUCwomen25
October 29, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Tara seconding the composite motion on Misogyny, Extremism & the Rise of the Far Right.
Women teachers are disproportionately targeted, with increased challenges to their authority, as well as abuse and assaults.
@scottishtuc.bsky.social
#STUCwomen25
Women teachers are disproportionately targeted, with increased challenges to their authority, as well as abuse and assaults.
@scottishtuc.bsky.social
#STUCwomen25
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Day 2 of the STUC Women's Conference 2025.
👋Come say hello and pick up our resources on advancing gender equality in your workplace.
@scottishtuc.bsky.social
#STUCwomen25
👋Come say hello and pick up our resources on advancing gender equality in your workplace.
@scottishtuc.bsky.social
#STUCwomen25
October 30, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Day 2 of the STUC Women's Conference 2025.
👋Come say hello and pick up our resources on advancing gender equality in your workplace.
@scottishtuc.bsky.social
#STUCwomen25
👋Come say hello and pick up our resources on advancing gender equality in your workplace.
@scottishtuc.bsky.social
#STUCwomen25
🔊 St Andrew's Day Anti-Racism & Anti-Fascism March and Rally 2025! 🔊
📍🚶🏾🪧 Barrowlands Park to Adelaide Place
⌚ 10:30am > march at 11am > rally 12pm
Please share!
📍🚶🏾🪧 Barrowlands Park to Adelaide Place
⌚ 10:30am > march at 11am > rally 12pm
Please share!
October 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
🔊 St Andrew's Day Anti-Racism & Anti-Fascism March and Rally 2025! 🔊
📍🚶🏾🪧 Barrowlands Park to Adelaide Place
⌚ 10:30am > march at 11am > rally 12pm
Please share!
📍🚶🏾🪧 Barrowlands Park to Adelaide Place
⌚ 10:30am > march at 11am > rally 12pm
Please share!
📈 The gender pay gap in Scotland has increased by a staggering 20% since last year.
Employers need to take a look at themselves if they think they’re doing anywhere near enough to close the gap. #STUCWomen25
@rozfoyer.bsky.social / @hannahmargbrown.bsky.social / @heraldscotland.bsky.social
Employers need to take a look at themselves if they think they’re doing anywhere near enough to close the gap. #STUCWomen25
@rozfoyer.bsky.social / @hannahmargbrown.bsky.social / @heraldscotland.bsky.social
Scotland’s gender pay gap revealed
New data shows Scotland’s gender pay gap has jumped once again as the STUC calls the rise “staggering" and calls for urgent action.
www.heraldscotland.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:37 AM
📈 The gender pay gap in Scotland has increased by a staggering 20% since last year.
Employers need to take a look at themselves if they think they’re doing anywhere near enough to close the gap. #STUCWomen25
@rozfoyer.bsky.social / @hannahmargbrown.bsky.social / @heraldscotland.bsky.social
Employers need to take a look at themselves if they think they’re doing anywhere near enough to close the gap. #STUCWomen25
@rozfoyer.bsky.social / @hannahmargbrown.bsky.social / @heraldscotland.bsky.social
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When women demand better, society moves forward. Scotland’s women are not asking politely for small improvements — we’re demanding a transformation rooted in dignity, equality & solidarity
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/wome...
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@rozfoyer.bsky.social
@scottishtuc.bsky.social
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/wome...
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@rozfoyer.bsky.social
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Women demand better: the fight for a fairer Scotland
AS we prepare for the 2025 STUC Women’s Conference, women trade unionists across Scotland are, once again, proving that the struggle for equality, fair work and justice is being driven forward by work...
morningstaronline.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 7:59 AM
When women demand better, society moves forward. Scotland’s women are not asking politely for small improvements — we’re demanding a transformation rooted in dignity, equality & solidarity
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/wome...
@mstaronline.bsky.social
@rozfoyer.bsky.social
@scottishtuc.bsky.social
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/wome...
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@rozfoyer.bsky.social
@scottishtuc.bsky.social
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Work is increasingly failing to protect people from hunger.
We need action to ensure fair, well paid work that protects people from hardship.
Today we’re at @scottishtuc.bsky.social Women’s conf & we’re looking forward to discussing how we make work more accessible & rewarding. #STUCwomen25
We need action to ensure fair, well paid work that protects people from hardship.
Today we’re at @scottishtuc.bsky.social Women’s conf & we’re looking forward to discussing how we make work more accessible & rewarding. #STUCwomen25
October 29, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Work is increasingly failing to protect people from hunger.
We need action to ensure fair, well paid work that protects people from hardship.
Today we’re at @scottishtuc.bsky.social Women’s conf & we’re looking forward to discussing how we make work more accessible & rewarding. #STUCwomen25
We need action to ensure fair, well paid work that protects people from hardship.
Today we’re at @scottishtuc.bsky.social Women’s conf & we’re looking forward to discussing how we make work more accessible & rewarding. #STUCwomen25
Huge thanks to Mercedes Villalba MSP for supporting our STUC Women’s Conference which is taking place this week.
October 29, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Huge thanks to Mercedes Villalba MSP for supporting our STUC Women’s Conference which is taking place this week.
Women in Scotland are demanding better.
As STUC Women's Conference starts today, we're uniting to launch our STUC Women's Manifesto ahead of the election next year.
Read more exclusively with @scotnational.bsky.social and @lucyajackson.bsky.social
www.thenational.scot/news/2557877...
As STUC Women's Conference starts today, we're uniting to launch our STUC Women's Manifesto ahead of the election next year.
Read more exclusively with @scotnational.bsky.social and @lucyajackson.bsky.social
www.thenational.scot/news/2557877...
MSPs told to put women's voices 'front and centre' of Holyrood election campaign
MSPs have been urged to place women's voices at the "front and centre" of next year's Holyrood election campaign, ahead of a major…
www.thenational.scot
October 29, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Women in Scotland are demanding better.
As STUC Women's Conference starts today, we're uniting to launch our STUC Women's Manifesto ahead of the election next year.
Read more exclusively with @scotnational.bsky.social and @lucyajackson.bsky.social
www.thenational.scot/news/2557877...
As STUC Women's Conference starts today, we're uniting to launch our STUC Women's Manifesto ahead of the election next year.
Read more exclusively with @scotnational.bsky.social and @lucyajackson.bsky.social
www.thenational.scot/news/2557877...
Unions throughout the country are demanding better; they're demanding employers sign our Fair Work checklist - the workers' pledge for respect and dignity in the arts.
@heraldscotland.bsky.social / @brianjaffa.bsky.social
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2557906...
@heraldscotland.bsky.social / @brianjaffa.bsky.social
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2557906...
October 29, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Unions throughout the country are demanding better; they're demanding employers sign our Fair Work checklist - the workers' pledge for respect and dignity in the arts.
@heraldscotland.bsky.social / @brianjaffa.bsky.social
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2557906...
@heraldscotland.bsky.social / @brianjaffa.bsky.social
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2557906...
Politicians, including those in the Labour UK Government at the upcoming budget, must take bold, decisive steps to redistribute wealth.
Otherwise more defeats and despair will be coming down the line.
Their inaction is a gift to the far-right.
@rozfoyer.bsky.social on Scotland Tonight.
Otherwise more defeats and despair will be coming down the line.
Their inaction is a gift to the far-right.
@rozfoyer.bsky.social on Scotland Tonight.
October 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Politicians, including those in the Labour UK Government at the upcoming budget, must take bold, decisive steps to redistribute wealth.
Otherwise more defeats and despair will be coming down the line.
Their inaction is a gift to the far-right.
@rozfoyer.bsky.social on Scotland Tonight.
Otherwise more defeats and despair will be coming down the line.
Their inaction is a gift to the far-right.
@rozfoyer.bsky.social on Scotland Tonight.
Onshore and offshore wind creates one job per £1million of investment.
Workers cannot be short-changed like this.
Listen to @davemoxham.bsky.social on BBC Radio Scotland.
Workers cannot be short-changed like this.
Listen to @davemoxham.bsky.social on BBC Radio Scotland.
October 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Onshore and offshore wind creates one job per £1million of investment.
Workers cannot be short-changed like this.
Listen to @davemoxham.bsky.social on BBC Radio Scotland.
Workers cannot be short-changed like this.
Listen to @davemoxham.bsky.social on BBC Radio Scotland.
One job created per £1million of turnover shows that the Scottish Government’s current market-led approach for offshore and onshore wind is little more than hot air.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2557568...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2557568...
Wind farms lagging behind oil and gas firms in jobs creation
New analysis by the STUC on Scotland’s low carbon and renewable energy economy has revealed the extent of the spending gap.
www.heraldscotland.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:58 PM
One job created per £1million of turnover shows that the Scottish Government’s current market-led approach for offshore and onshore wind is little more than hot air.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2557568...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2557568...
📰New STUC analysis shows that for every £1 million of investment in offshore and onshore wind, just one job is created.
🌬️Government strategy will be little more than hot air unless they seriously start creating sustainable jobs.
Exclusive with @heraldscotland.bsky.social / @joshpizpom.bsky.social
🌬️Government strategy will be little more than hot air unless they seriously start creating sustainable jobs.
Exclusive with @heraldscotland.bsky.social / @joshpizpom.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 1:56 PM
📰New STUC analysis shows that for every £1 million of investment in offshore and onshore wind, just one job is created.
🌬️Government strategy will be little more than hot air unless they seriously start creating sustainable jobs.
Exclusive with @heraldscotland.bsky.social / @joshpizpom.bsky.social
🌬️Government strategy will be little more than hot air unless they seriously start creating sustainable jobs.
Exclusive with @heraldscotland.bsky.social / @joshpizpom.bsky.social
Scotland's workers can't wait. We need a proper industrial strategy for Scotland otherwise workers will pay with their livelihoods.
@rozfoyer.bsky.social / @heraldscotland.bsky.social
@rozfoyer.bsky.social / @heraldscotland.bsky.social
What should be in the government's industrial strategy?
The lack of a coherent industrial strategy in Scotland is alarming, particularly with a Holyrood election looming. argues Herald columnist Roz Foyer.
www.heraldscotland.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Scotland's workers can't wait. We need a proper industrial strategy for Scotland otherwise workers will pay with their livelihoods.
@rozfoyer.bsky.social / @heraldscotland.bsky.social
@rozfoyer.bsky.social / @heraldscotland.bsky.social
