A reminder of how urgent it is that #WASPI #1950s women get compensation. One woman dies every 13 minutes while Department for Work and Pensions and govt prevaricate. There must be a debate as soon as Parliament returns.

Great team out today in Kilwinning supporting Mary. Thanks to Carol Mochan MSP Monica Lennon MSP Katy Clark and Jackie Baillie for coming to help

🌹 Great to be out supporting Mary Hume Scottish Labour candidate in the Kilwinning by-election. 

Pleased with the positive response on the doorsteps.

Mary will make a fantastic local councillor and work hard to represent the needs of her constituents ✊

VisitScotland’s decision to close all tourist information centres is deeply concerning. Help can't simply be replicated online.

The centres provide specialist local knowledge, helping tourists and supporting local attractions.

📧My letter to Scottish Government:

🌹Great to spend this lovely sunny evening on the doors in Whitehirst with this brilliant team for our amazing candidate Mary Hume 👇

#VoteLabour #ScottishLabour #Kilwinning

Congratulations to the Ferguson shipyard workforce on the launch of the MV Glen Rosa this afternoon who have worked tirelessly, overcoming serious hurdles to reach this point.

There remain significant challenges for the yard. We need to fight for its long term future.

Thanks to Katy Clark and our Scottish Labour volunteers for today’s canvassing in Irvine.

Great response from Labour voters and people fed up with the SNP - switching to Labour for the change Central Ayrshire needs.

Great to be on the doorsteps today with Katy Clark and John Bell in a blustery Kilbirnie ☔️⛈️

Our #GlasgowMayDay 2024 Programme is here! This year’s theme focuses on how we build a movement that is truly internationalist. 🌍 Our programme is a celebration of workers, our stories, communities, shared histories, organising & resistance. All info- linktr.ee/glasgowmayday

🌹Congratulations to Mary Hume our fantastic candidate for the Kilwinning By-Election!

👏Vote Mary Hume #1 on the 9th May!

Ardrossan-Brodick, CalMac's busiest route, saw 150,000 less journeys in 2022 compared to pre-pandemic levels due to ferry cancellations.

Urgent action is needed to upgrade Ardrossan Harbour and introduce a reliable service swiftly. We need to fight for the route.

📢 #STUC24 Fringe Event 📢

Join us in Dundee on Monday 15 April, at 6pm, for a discussion on Scotland’s labour movement!

🎙️ Guest speakers for evening: @NeilSocialist & Carol Mochan MSP

More info here!👇

#OTD 1999 the Minimum Wage came into effect. 

Resolution Foundation says it has been the single most successful economic policy in the last 25 years, raising the pay of the lowest paid workers by £6,000 a year. 

Labour’s New Deal for Working People must be at least as effective.

Solidarity to all TSSA members on strike across Scotland today. ScotRail need to get round the negotiating table to find a settlement to this dispute about on-call working ✊

This #WomensHistoryMonth celebrate the Kilbirnie strike of women fishing net workers which lasted 22 weeks in 1913
 
The strike, led by Kate McLean, led to secure pay, union recognition and non-victimisation of strikers ✊

The Scottish Government must act to invest in Ferguson Marine as part of the rebuilding of shipbuilding on the Clyde

Serious mistakes were made in the configuration of the Port Glasgow site prior to public ownership.

Investment is needed to make it more viable for new orders.

I'm pleased that the Housing Bill is finally published. Living Rent and other campaigners have fought tirelessly for permanent rent controls.

We are in a housing emergency and need stronger interim support for tenants until the rent controls scheme is in place.

Part time college staff numbers has increased 11% in eight years, with hundreds on 'temporary' contracts.

Union surveys show these workers feel vulnerable and invisible.

We need guidance from Scottish Funding Council setting out such contracts must not be used.

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#OTD 1943 aircraft carrier HMS Dasher sank between Ardrossan & Brodick with 379 deaths.

Over many years I have worked with families who lost relatives to try to find out what happened to some of the bodies.

Sunday's commemoration was a moving tribute.

Prison officers work under huge strain in an often dangerous sector.
 
Expecting them to work until they are 68 is dangerous & unrealistic. 
 
I support POA's campaign for changes to their pension scheme to reduce the retirement age.