Capitalists love touting the benefits of trickle-down economics. It is a rationalization of inequality. By linking the welfare of the worki...

According to research by Citizens Advice Scotland workers in Scotland are routinely being exploited by employers who are refusing to pay the...

Cuts in public spending could wipe out up to 125,000 jobs in Scotland – about 5% of the working population – within the next financial ye...

On the 40th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act figures have been released to show that women in Scotland will have to wait another 33 years be...

We read Scottish Water's chief executive, Richard Ackroyd earns a basic salary of £263,000 plus a 40 per cent bonus. Junior employees at...

The "ethical" fish restaurant group, Loch Fyne, pays staff salaries below the minimum wage . Loch Fyne champions marine conservat...

While MPs vote to retain their 2nd home additional expenses allowance of 24,000 pounds , it was revealed that the spiralling cost of living ...

Average families have seen their disposable incomes drop by £8 a week in the past year, research suggests. Although earnings rose by £23 a ...

The average household is £5 a week worse off than last year. The cost of living rose by 4.9 per cent to £388 a week. Earnings also increased...

Workers in Scotland are doing increasing amounts of unpaid overtime and would receive an extra £4517 a year if they were paid for the additi...

Thousands of workers are being short-changed by firms who refuse to pay the national minimum wage, the TUC found . Around 150,000 staff are...

Research by the Bank of Scotland , found that young people faced a financial struggle to own property, with the average price paid by first-...

The principal of Glasgow University accepted a £23,000 pay rise in the past year - an increase of more than five times the rate of inflatio...

THE average pay for directors of the UK's biggest firms has soared to £2.87 million after seeing their salary packages rise by over a t...

There is a maxim often espoused by apologists of Capitalism - that a rising tide lifts all boats , meaning that a bountiful capitalism will ...

With the imminent publication of The Times 2007 Rich List , there will be many commentaries on it . The first i have read is from the BBC ....

The second 'Social Atlas' of the Borders just published by Scottish Borders Council. Earnings in the Scottish Borders are about £80 ...