independenceRoz Foyer , general secretary of the STUC, said: “Voters in Scotland stand on the brink of consigning this crooked“For too long have they engineered the destruction of the social fabric of our communities and extinguished people’s hopes for a brighter future. That can all change tomorrow.from government is the utmost priority. Our voices and our votes matter and we must not be complacent about the outcome of this election.
The SNP have also pledged to devolve employment rights and the minimum wage, to amend the definition of worker to strengthen protections for those with unfair contracts, to scrap the sick pay threshold, to increase paid maternity leave to one year and to protect the right to strike.proposes an annual wealth tax for the top 1% of households in the UK – those with £3.4 million and above. This would rise to 5% for those with £5.7m and above, and 10% for those with £18.2m.
The manifesto reads: “The Alba Party wholeheartedly support the workers at Grangemouth and the work of Unite the Union in defending jobs dependent on the refinery.” The union said it would reveal further details of strike action in the coming days, although said it could begin in just over two weeks’ time.We know there are thousands of National readers who want to debate, argue and go back and forth in the comments section of our stories. We’ve got the most informed readers in Scotland, asking each other the big questions about the future of our country.