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Ineos has threatened to close Grangemouth if it doesn’t get its own way.

A 25,000-strong march for Scottish independence filled the streets of Edinburgh last Saturday—more than double last year.

More than 1,000 workers are being balloted for industrial action at the Grangemouth oil refinery near Falkirk, Scotland.

A year from now people in Scotland will vote on independence. Dave Sherry says a yes vote in the referendum is a chance to put forward a socialist vision that can expose the limitations of nationalism

The Common Weal Project, set up by the left wing Jimmy Reid Foundation thinktank, offers one of the few practical visions of what independence might be like. 

The government’s commitment to nuclear weapons shows that the attacks on welfare are ideological. There is no austerity for weapons of mass destruction. 

Campaigners are planning a major rally in Edinburgh on Saturday 21 September

Journalists at the Herald group of newspapers began a ballot for industrial action over job cuts on Monday of this week.

Some 200 people turned out to protest against the racist Scottish Defence League (SDL) in Dumfries last Saturday.

The Unison union is recommending that local government workers in Scotland reject a below-inflation pay offer of 1 percent.

Signallers escalate dispute in Scotland Railway signallers across Scotland could walk out to support signallers in Stirling.

Lawyers and solicitors in Scotland are continuing action against plans to cut legal aid. The changes would force people with a disposable income of more than £68 a week to contribute towards their legal costs.