4th July 2006
STUC today welcomed the overall aim of the Government White Paper to support and encourage people to work but warned that the initiative would founder without adequate action to ensure that employers provide employment opportunity, sustainable jobs and progression.
5th July 2006
Bill Speirs has retired from the post of STUC General Secretary it was announced today. Bill Speirs has had a distinguished career serving as an officer of the STUC for nearly 30 years.
12th July 2006
Commenting on the publication of the Government’s Energy Review, Stephen Boyd, STUC Assistant Secretary said: “The STUC believes the review represents a step in the right direction towards the balanced energy policy for which trade unions have long campaigned.
21st July 2006
The STUC has expressed concern that the new Corporate Manslaughter Bill will result in many involuntary deaths in Scotland will going unpunished with the real perpetrators able to hide behind the corporate veil while innocent people lose their lives