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Marches across Scotland mark International Workers’ Day 2026-05-04 [Morning Star]

Unite secures wage win for Motherwell based Resideo workers 2026-05-01 [Unite]

Glasgow airport summer strike action on horizon as security staff balloted over pay 2026-04-30 [Unite]

Cuts to local journalism a threat to democracy, STUC hears 2026-04-22 [Morning Star]

STV staff to strike on Scottish election results day 2026-04-22 [BBC]

Scottish Greens to address leading trade union event for first time 2026-04-22 [The National]

The Scottish Parliament election: our calls for action 2026-04-22 [Society of Authors]

UCU launch eight-day strike at Aberdeen University 2026-04-21 [Morning Star]

STUC votes to rebuild unions in communities through trades councils and back Together alliance 2026-04-21 [Morning Star]

STUC backs FBU’s Cuts Kill campaign 2026-04-20 [Morning Star]

1,100 Unite members set to strike at five Scottish universities 2026-04-20 [Unite]

Unite escalates strike action against below-inflation pay for Scottish university workers 2026-04-20 [Canary]

North Air workers driving more wage wins across Scottish airports 2026-04-17 [Unite]

Inverness based Bear Scotland workers secure wage win 2026-04-16 [Unite]

Staff at three Scottish universities to strike 2026-04-08 [Deadline]

Man, 53, died after being ‘negligently exposed’ to asbestos 2026-04-01 [STV]

UCU to strike at Edinburgh University over job cuts 2026-04-01 [The Morning Star]

Stormont must deliver on protections for women and girls 2026-03-31 [Unite]

Lecturers strike against University of Edinburgh's job cuts 2026-03-31 [Morning Star]

STUC launches workers' manifesto for Holyrood 2026-03-31 [Morning Star]

Unite’s launches “Abuse Doesn’t Fly’ campaign ahead of Easter break 2026-03-27 [Unite]

Glasgow cleansing workers threaten strike over 'unfair' move to new depot 2026-03-25 [Glasgow Live]

Keep the North Sea Working campaign launched by Unite for Scottish elections 2026-03-23 [Unite]

Artificial intelligence could be a threat to workers, democracy and the enviornment 2026-03-19 [PCS]

STV staff vote overwhelmingly for industrial action 2026-03-19 [NUJ]

EIS strike threat secures deal on teacher workloads 2026-03-16 [Morning Star]

Hundreds of university staff to begin week-long strike over proposed job cuts 2026-03-14 [STV]

School closures could be averted as deal reached between union and ministers 2026-03-12 [The Irish News]

Glasgow workers at Diligenta win 3 year pay deal after 14 day strike 2026-03-10 [The Times]

EIS issues formal notice for industrial action 2026-03-09 [The Morning Star]

Scotland's top trade unionist warns 'perilous' state of Royal Mail is Holyrood election threat 2026-03-09 [Daily Record]

Docker strike hits petroleum giant 2026-03-06 [GMB]

Teachers strike may hit exams in April and May 2026-03-05 [The National]

Hundreds of BrewDog workers sacked with 25 minutes’ notice 2026-03-04 [Morning Star]

Unite pay win for Oregon timber workers in Selkirk 2026-03-04 [Unite]

Union slams Scottish government's PFI-style ScotRail deal 2026-02-27 [Morning Star]

One in three struggling to pay landlords, warns charity 2026-02-26 [Morning Star]

Just transition ‘falling short’ in Scotland 2026-02-20 [Morning Star]

'Dozens turned out for Clydebank TUC’s latest public meeting' 2026-02-18 [The Post]

St Enoch VUE cinema workers resume strike action in long-running dispute 2026-02-18 [Unite]

Heriot Watt University staff back industrial action 2026-02-17 [The Midlothian View]

Unite secures inflation beating pay rise for ICTS screeners at Glasgow airport 2026-02-16 [Unite]

RMT Action Against Assaults campaign at Scottish parliament calls for new law 2026-02-11 [The Canary]

Barry Martin: Firefighter's widow slams ‘unacceptable’ delays in investigation into his death 2026-02-03 [Morning Star]

EIS launches fresh strike ballot over failed government pledges to boost jobs 2026-02-03 [The Morning Star]

RMT to hold Action Against Assaults event at Scottish Parliament 2026-02-02 [IER]

Dozens turn out for Clydebank TUC meeting on tacking the far right 2026-01-28 [The Morning Star]

Unite accuses hotel chain of illegally using agency staff during strike 2026-01-24 [Morning Star]

MU Responds to New Report on Women’s Experiences of Sexual Violence and Harassment in Scottish Folk Music 2026-01-22 [MU]

Teaching union announces details of new strike ballot 2026-01-20 [BBC]

This month in labour history

This month in labour history

4-05-1926 For the first and so far only time in British history, the TUC calls millions of workers out in a general strike, in support of coal miners. [more]

5-05-1882 Sylvia Pankhurst, suffragette and revolutionary socialist, is born. [more]

10-05-1920 Dockers refused to load arms shipments to be used by White armies in Russia. [more]

14-05-1771 Socialist philanthropist Robert Owen is born [more]

30-05-1984 Miners leader Arthur Scargill, along with 81 other pickets, is arrested at the Orgreave coking plant in South Yorkshire. [more]