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OVER 100 people marched through Dundee yesterday in solidarity with workers lobbying MPs in Westminster against the Trade Union Bill.
Delegates poured out of the Scottish TUC’s women’s conference to hear Labour Councillor Richard McCready praise the “near unanimous” decision by Dundee City Council to oppose the Bill and refuse to implement the attacks on check-off and facility time, as well as commit not to use agency workers to break strikes.
He called on the Scottish government to state its opposition to the Bill “loudly and clearly” and pledge their support to local councils fighting against the “disgraceful attack on the right to organise.”
Fire Brigades Union (FBU) delegate Denise Christie warned that people should be under “no illusions” that the Bill would pave the way for privatisation of our public services.
Unite deputy Scottish secretary Mary Alexander accused the Tories of using the legislation to “criminalise trade unionists” and said it was “an affront to human rights.”
Unions are gearing up for a Holyrood protest on November 10 during a debate on whether Scotland will actively defy the Bill.
