Your help is needed to assess ‘Fair Work’ in Scotland. The Scottish Government has determined that Scotland will become a Fair Work Nation by 2025. To evaluate this policy, Dave Watson from the Jimmy Reid… Read More »Fair Work Evaluation
On 15 March, Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt will deliver the Spring UK Budget. While many of the specific measures will not apply to Scotland due to devolved powers, they will impact the Scottish… Read More »UK Budget 2023 Briefing
The Cost-of-Living Crisis: Challenges and Opportunities for Our Trade Unions The Foundation is delighted to announce that Christina McAnea, the first woman general secretary of the largest union in Britain, UNISON, will be giving the… Read More »Jimmy Reid Foundation 2022 annual lecture
After the COP26 circus has left town, we invite you to engage in thinking through how the union and environmental movements can work together by learning from each other in a way that requires going… Read More »Launch of new Reid Foundation paper, ‘Beyond ‘Just Transition’’, 7pm. Thursday 2 December 2021
The People’s Recovery: The only way to build back better for a socially and environmentally just recovery The Foundation is delighted to announce that Roz Foyer, general secretary of the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC),… Read More »Jimmy Reid Foundation 2021 annual lecture
With the fiftieth anniversary of the successful work-in (in which Jimmy Reid played a leading role) coming next year, the Jimmy Reid Foundation is pleased to see a new short film by Townsend Theatre Productions.… Read More »New short film on the UCS 1971-2 work-in
Around 150 people came to hear Mark Serwotka make the case for pay, people and power in the public services.
PAY, PEOPLE and POWER: the progressive case for public services Thursday 5th October 7pm Govan Old Parish Church 866 Govan Road Glasgow G51 3UU Speaker MARK SERWOTKA General Secretary, Public and Commercial Services Union Chairperson… Read More »Fifth Annual Jimmy Reid Memorial Lecture Thursday 5th Oct
The Jimmy Reid Foundation is pleased to launch its latest policy paper called ‘The Trade Union Act 2016: what has its impact been so far?’ The paper examines the impact of the new Conservative act upon… Read More »Trade Union Act 2016 – examining the impact of the new act upon strikes and industrial action
The Jimmy Reid Foundation is pleased to publication the working paper, ‘Automation – friend or foe?’ by the Unite Scotland Politics, Research and Campaigns Unit on the eve of the 120th STUC Congress (in Aviemore). The… Read More »New Jimmy Reid Foundation working paper on automation – friend or foe?