THE STUC has welcomed a report drawn up by the SNP which lays out radical policy plans for Scotland. 

The party’s Social Justice and Fairness Commission sets out an agenda for an independent Scotland that includes an overhaul of anti-trade union legislation. 

The report calls for a “rollback” of laws introduced by former prime minister David Cameron, the raising of the real living wage and ending the exploitative use of zero-hours contracts.

Moves towards a four-day week are also included, but trade unionists have said the government should use more of the levers now at its disposal to make these changes a reality. 

STUC general secretary Roz Foyer said: “While delivery on these issues ultimately requires the Scottish Parliament to have powers over employment law, the government must look at all current levers it holds to make progress on this, and critically, to ensure that there is no fire and rehire in any Scottish-funded public body.

“The report offers a range of policies, some which should be enacted now, some which would require further devolution or independence.  

“If the SNP government has ambitions to win the case for the latter, it must lay down some clear markers now to deliver in areas where it already has the policy levers to improve people’s lives.”

The report also calls for a new immigration system for Scotland, calling for freedom of movement between the country and the EU to be restored and asylum-seekers to be given the right to work. 

The publication comes as the people of Glasgow have been urged to continue to oppose the brutal and inhumane UK Home Office immigration regime.

Scottish Greens co-leader Patrick Harvie said communities must be resourced to allow them to resist the removal of asylum-seekers.