Marches and Protests
The Scottish TUC is apparently holding a march and rally in Edinburgh today - in protest at the impact of planned cuts in public spending.
The specific aims of the event are unclear - but no doubt the unions are trying to focus attention on those who are the biggest 'losers' - from the forward spending review.
Now this is all very interesting - commendable even, up to a point.
But as far as I can recall there has never been a national march and rally by the Scottish trade unions in the past 10 years - over the scandal of equal pay.
The people losing out the most were largely women workers - to the tune of thousands of pounds a year - tens of thousands even, for someone with five or six years service.
So, the impact on all of these women workers was enormous - yet the trade unions hardly said a cheep for years - never mind a word in anger.
The truth is - that the trade unions just turned a blind eye to what was going on.
The specific aims of the event are unclear - but no doubt the unions are trying to focus attention on those who are the biggest 'losers' - from the forward spending review.
Now this is all very interesting - commendable even, up to a point.
But as far as I can recall there has never been a national march and rally by the Scottish trade unions in the past 10 years - over the scandal of equal pay.
The people losing out the most were largely women workers - to the tune of thousands of pounds a year - tens of thousands even, for someone with five or six years service.
So, the impact on all of these women workers was enormous - yet the trade unions hardly said a cheep for years - never mind a word in anger.
The truth is - that the trade unions just turned a blind eye to what was going on.
