A Genuine Debate
Peter Welsh responds to assumptions that the trade unions sector is going to slavishly follow a political path set for them during the referendum campaign by explaining that it’s much more open than that
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It’s Scotland’s Wind
The current plans for the development of off-shore wind in Scotland will hand control of and profit from this natural resource to Chinese multinationals. There are better ways to proceed, arges Gordon Morgan.
Reviews
Posthuman International Relations, Cudworth, Erika & Hobden, Stephen
Kick Up The Tabloids
Thatcher Spare Room Eviction Tragedy
Issue 75: Where Now for the Scottish Trade Union Movement?
Writers consider what next for Scotland's trade unions
Comment
This STUC Congress special edition of the SLR may have come out more critical of the trade union movement than we expected, but that is a message of hope
Hard truths and hope
Labour MP John McDonnell looks at the momentum for radical transformation in Britain and finds it only among the smaller and more radical trade unions. It is time for the others to up their game, he argues.
Between Union and union
Bill Ramsay explores the relationships between the trade unions and the constitutional debate. He suggests a leadership that may be growing apart from its own membership.
Our generation is your friend
The trade unions are in decline in terms of membership, days of action and political power. What does this mean for the next generation of trade unionists asks Sarah Collins?
Yes isn’t good enough
Yes Scotland’s response to the STUC’s A Just Scotland report has not convinced the trade union movement but still manages to be better than Better Together’s disinterest. Lynn Henderson asks when will the debate get real?