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More than 120 delegates from Unison local government branches across Scotland met in Glasgow last week to discuss the way forward for their pay campaign.

Scottish council pay talks collapsed this week as it became clear that bosses from the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) wanted to have their cake and eat it.

Following on from the magnificent local government workers’ strike in Scotland last month, another group of workers have taken strike action.

Last week saw the latest challenge to Gordon Brown's curbs on wages as over 150,000 council workers in Scotland struck against a below-inflation three-year deal.

Today, in the latest challenge to Gordon Brown’s curbs on wages, over 150,000 council workers in Scotland are striking against a below-inflation three year deal.

Around 5,000 members of the PCS civil service workers’ union are to join the Scottish local government workers in striking over pay on Wednesday of this week.

Up to 150,000 council workers in Scotland were to stage a one-day strike on Wednesday of this week.

The spin from inside New Labour is that the party leadership accepts that it will lose the forthcoming Westminster by-election in Glenrothes to the Scottish National Party (SNP). It would be a shocking indictment of New Labour to lose yet another rock solid Labour seat.

A company that profits from the privatisation of public services has been awarded over £5 million in a government grant to set up a base in Scotland.

Scotland’s public sector looks set to be brought to a standstill when up to 150,000 local government workers strike against below-inflation pay offers on Wednesday of next week.

The official rate of inflation soared to record levels this week at the same time as millions of workers across Britain are told they have to "tighten their belts" and swallow below-inflation pay deals.

The position of leader of the Scottish Labour Party is up for grabs – in a tightly controlled internal election.