Scotland

• Dundee porters win talks
  • 23 June 2015
  • Striking hospital porters in Dundee have forced bosses back to the negotiating table after 12 weeks of indefinite strike. Talks are set to take place this week.

• SNP’s latest exploits should ring alarm bells for the left
  • 16 June 2015
  • Many have understandably looked to the Scottish National Party as an alternative to Tory austerity. But as Raymie Kiernan shows, its leaders are cosying up to bosses and making cuts

• Scotland - we can forge a new left in the workplaces and in the streets
  • 26 May 2015
  • Raymie Kiernan argues there’s a big potential for a new united left. But it has to focus on more than just the elections

• Council bosses panic as homelessness workers' all-out strike bites in Glasgow
  • 26 May 2015
  • An all-out walkout by homelessness workers in Glasgow has entered its ninth week—and has got council leaders running scared, reports Raymie Kiernan

• Scottish ferry workers ballot over threat of takeover
  • 26 May 2015
  • Workers at the Scottish state-owned ferry operator CalMac began balloting for industrial action on Wednesday of last week.

• Dundee porters' strike piles pressure on SNP and the bosses
  • 26 May 2015
  • Striking Dundee NHS porters have called a protest at the Scottish parliament on Thursday of this week to demand the Scottish National Party (SNP) supports their pay dispute.

• Redundancies off the table at Dundee University?
  • 26 May 2015
  • A major victory against compulsory redundancies could be on the cards this week for UCU union members at Dundee University. 

• Solidarity maintains the Dundee porters’ strike
  • 19 May 2015
  • The indefinite strike by porters at Ninewells and Royal Victoria hospitals in Dundee is going strong as it enters its seventh week. 

• Sailor warns of Trident 'disaster'
  • 19 May 2015
  • A Royal Navy sailor has warned that the Trident missile system is a “disaster waiting to happen”.

• New day of action for the Glasgow strikers
  • 19 May 2015
  • Glasgow homelessness caseworkers called for mass pickets involving other Glasgow City Council workers, Unison union members and stewards on Wednesday of this week.