STUC is certainly not looking to build bridges with an organisation that supports the occupation of another land.
With the establishment of an office in Singapore, the ICFTU would work closely with the
STUC to further the non-communist unions' interests on the island.
Ms Sturgeon was meeting the
STUC General Council to discuss fair work and progressive workplace practices in light of the immediate and long-term implications for the Scottish economy of the referendum result.
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STUC deputy general secretary Dave Moxham said: "The young people we have spoken to are angry that they get are being paid less if they are under 21 and they're about to get a lot angrier if this discriminatory practice is extended until they are 25.
STUC general secretary Grahame Smith said: "Workers in Scotland are giving away more than pounds 4,500 a year - that's too much time and money that could be better spent with friends and family.
NICOLA Sturgeon told the
STUC conference in Aviemore that the Tories "bought" the 2015 election.
A quick end to the council tax freeze, reform of the Small Business Bonus Scheme, and also fast execution of local tax reform and an ease of the borrowing rules for local officials, are among the prime local government funding proposals put forward by the
STUC.
STUC general secretary Grahame Smith said: "Unfortunately, G1 are far from the only company in Scotland who disrespect their workers.
The
STUC resolution follows a similar motion passed overwhelmingly by the Green Party of England and Wales in February this year, and last year by the Scottish Green Party, Scottish Friends of the Earth and others.
If Unison - a Labour Party affiliate - abstains, and even the general council of the
STUC can barely bring themselves to support them, then it illustrates the depth of the crisis they are facing.
STUC chief Bill Speirs' Old Labour reputation is in tatters.
The
STUC are defending the case at an employment tribunal.
