The function of a trade union is to eliminate competition among workers on the labour market. But if the trade union, as an organizati...

The old “folded arms” theory of  syndicalism is the belief workers could topple capitalism without violence and merely by folding their ...

Thinking capitalism is good for you is like thinking a Big Mac is good for you because it has lettuce and a pickle.  In 2008, 1.9 millio...

You cannot be a union man,  No matter how you try, Unless you think in terms of “we” Instead of terms of “I” Faced with austerity and ...

Have no illusions about the role of governments, the police or the law - the defence of capitalism and exploitation is the main function...

The mental health of Scottish workers is being put at risk thanks to the "relentless pressure" of management systems meant to inc...

Jeanie Spence (Jute and Flax workers, Dundee), Lamont (National Federation of Women Workers), Agnes Brown (National Federation of Women W...

The 1911 Clydebank Singers strike is considered the first battle between labour and international capital in Scotland if not in the UK. It ...

Since the Industrial Revolution there has been a Us versus Them.  Lined up on one side are the men and women who do the actual work, who ...

Members the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS), Scotland's largest teachers union, yesterday voted in favour of fighting austerity...

"We will support the officials just so long as they rightly represent the workers, but we will act independently immediately they misr...

Workers at Scottish Water have rejected a pay freeze. The GMB union said there were fears the ground was being laid for a wage freeze which ...

Teachers are working an extra 10 weeks a year without pay, according to new research by a major teaching union.A workload survey carried out...

David Leslie Fruits , a Perthshire fruit farm , has been ordered to pay more than £26,000 to two fruit pickers. During their time at the far...

Even in the 19th Century it w2as recognised that capitalism was a world wide system and that the working class required an international wor...

Goldman Sachs is to pay its staff more than £8bn in salaries, benefits and Christmas bonuses this year. The handout follows another bumper ...