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The fight against austerity and racism doesn’t end with the new government

Homelessness caseworkers in Glasgow are into their fifth week of an all-out strike as council bosses desperately claim that it’s “business as usual”.

Hospital porters at Dundee’s Ninewells and Victoria hospitals are now in the fourth week of an indefinite strike and the ninth week of industrial action.

Two rallies in Glasgow reveal the radical mood behind the rise of the Scottish National Party—and a swing to the left that a socialist alternative could build on, reports Raymie Kiernan

the backdrop to the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) last week was the demise of Labour in Scotland and rise of the Scottish National Party.

Workers at Dundee university walked out on Tuesday of this week against management plans to impose compulsory redundancies.

Edinburgh museums strike; Sellafield workers vote to strike; packaging strike suspended; Catching History on the Wing conference; Barking bins dispute

The Scottish National Party (SNP) and its leader Nicola Sturgeon have become the story of the general election. 

Porters in Dundee are the second set of workers to start an indefinite walkout, reports Raymie Kiernan

As Glasgow’s homelessness caseworkers enter the third week of their indefinite strike over pay grading, solidarity is growing and they are having an impact.

Hundreds of protesters blockaded the Faslane naval base in Scotland on Monday of this week.

The Labour leadership hung its Blairite Scottish leader Jim Murphy out to dry this week and essentially gave up in Scotland.