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Roz Foyer: Move by civic Scotland to combat the right is welcome

Roz Foyer: Move by civic Scotland to combat the right is welcome

THE mood music for the SNP is night and day from this time last year. But the First Minister won’t be taking the votes for granted just yet. What...

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Roz Foyer: Why we need politics that fight for social justice

Roz Foyer: Why we need politics that fight for social justice

As Scottish Labour wrap up its conference, the stakes have never been higher. Working people across Scotland are crying out for change - real,...

25.02.2025 7

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Roz Foyer: Why we need to stand with Scotland's teachers

No one goes to their work to be abused. That includes teachers. Last week, teachers within an East Dunbartonshire school took industrial action over...

11.02.2025 5

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Roz Foyer: 'We should all be concerned at the state of our universities'

I suspect the Scottish Government will be feeling pretty pleased with themselves this week. Last week they tied up deals with both the Lib Dems and...

04.02.2025 10

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Roz Foyer: Why I feel so strongly about the National Care System

Since we've just celebrated Burns Night, I'll start by quoting the man: the best laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft a-gley. For those who are a bit...

28.01.2025 2

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Roz Foyer: US is wrong to claim it has brokered peace in Middle east

LAST Friday, in Glasgow, our biggest teaching union the EIS launched an updated version of its Education for Peace policy. A response no doubt, to...

21.01.2025 6

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Roz Foyer: We have to rally against this glorification in all work and no play

What else is there left to say about James Watt? The notorious punk-IPA, former Brewdog supremo hit the headlines again last week as he seeks to...

14.01.2025 10

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Roz Foyer: Scotland’s policy of higher tax for the wealthy has not hurt wage rises

New Year is a good time to take stock of the recent past and make new resolutions for the future. So, let’s take stock of wages for workers across...

07.01.2025 6

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Roz Foyer: Here's how we can drive down the cost of Christmas for everyone

I count myself as one of those fortunate to be looking forward to Christmas. With a busy job, there’s always an element of the last minute....

24.12.2024 4

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Free bus passes 'lifeline not a luxury' - STUC chief

When did the discourse that governs our society turn into a game of punching down rather than building up?  Instead of embracing outward-looking,...

17.12.2024 3

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Roz Foyer: Budget failed to tackle big challenges and dodged critical decisions

Budgets cannot be all things to all people. But neither should they be. Budgets are the economic prospectus that uphold and fund the policy...

10.12.2024 2

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Roz Foyer: We want investment and pay rises for workers in the Budget

As we hurtle headfirst into the festive period, we’re looking for tidings of comfort and joy. It’s a decision for us all whether we embrace the...

03.12.2024 30

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Roz Foyer: Save Grangemouth project is vital to turn tide on 50 years of failure It is now 50 years since the SNP famously used the phrase “Its Scotland’s Oil” in its successful 1974 General Election strategy.

It is now 50 years since the SNP famously used the phrase “Its Scotland’s Oil” in its successful 1974 General Election strategy. The actual “Its...

25.11.2024 7

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Roz Foyer: Trump is back, closer to home the far right is too

We’ve had our fair share of comebacks recently. Oasis are getting the band back together. Primal Scream are back for a new album. Labour have...

18.11.2024 9

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Roz Foyer: We cannot sit back and allow Palestine to die

It is 400 days since the Hamas attack on Israel, killing hundreds with hundreds more taken as hostage. “A day when the world united in grief for...

13.11.2024 3

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Roz Foyer: What the Budget means for workers

The Budget from the Chancellor of the Exchequer was 14 years in the making. Good things come to those who wait, but we could hardly wait any...

04.11.2024 3

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Roz Foyer: John Swinney was right - and Labour must listen

Here’s an opening line for some detractors who accuse me and the wider trade union movement as being cheerleaders for the Labour UK Government: the...

28.10.2024 30

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Roz Foyer: We can’t always get everything what we want. But we can try hard to do so

Last week, the Labour UK Government published their long-awaited Employment Rights Bill. It’s the legislative manifestation, or at least part of...

14.10.2024 10

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Roz Foyer: Good news on tips for workers, but workplace bullying remains an issue

Last week, finally, legislation came into force to ensure that employers in the hospitality sector are legally obligated to pass on all tips to...

07.10.2024 1

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Roz Foyer: Sir Keir needs to invest - not force through endless cuts THE Labour Party and the wider Labour movement had waited 15 years for this moment. Last Tuesday, a Labour Prime Minister took to his feet to address his own conference.

THE Labour Party and the wider Labour movement had waited 15 years for this moment. Last Tuesday, a Labour Prime Minister took to his feet to...

30.09.2024 1

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Roz Foyer: We must remember the lessons of the Auchengeich Colliery disaster Towns and villages across Scotland are tinged with poignant remnants of the past.

Towns and villages across Scotland are tinged with poignant remnants of the past. Last week was one of those occasions where a town falls silent...

23.09.2024 10

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Global corporations are destroying Scottish jobs - and politicians stand idly by The towers will fall silent. The humming will cease. Where once a billowing tower of smoke dominated the Forth Valley skyline, there will be a desolate eeriness.

The towers will fall silent. The humming will cease. Where once a billowing tower of smoke dominated the Forth Valley skyline, there will be a...

16.09.2024 2

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Roz Foyer: Want to let Glasgow flourish? Help its children

Let me say at the outset that governments can’t be all things to all people, nor should anyone envy the financial position in which the Cabinet...

09.09.2024 1

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Roz Foyer: Reverse the cuts or Scotland’s culture will be for rich people only

“The worker must have bread, but she must have roses too." This adage, much loved by the trade union and women’s rights movements, tells a...

26.08.2024 1

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Roz Foyer: The deeper issues that both our governments need to address

As the last Labour Government left office in 2010, a note was scribbled. On headed paper, Liam Byrne said to his successor David Laws: “Dear chief...

19.08.2024 2

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Roz Foyer: Racist, far-right hate mob exploited tragedy for their own ends Children. Just children.  Dancing to Taylor Swift. Content and in their happy place.  Murdered in an act of senseless, unfathomable violence. No words in this column can ever do justice in conveying the wretched emotion we all should feel for the victims and their families.

Children. Just children.  Dancing to Taylor Swift. Content and in their happy place.  Murdered in an act of senseless, unfathomable violence. No...

12.08.2024 2

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