First Minister Declares “WORKERS’ RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS” 24th November in the Bute Hall, University of Glasgow The Rt. Hon. Nicola Sturgeon MSP, First Minister of Scotland, delivered the Third Annual Jimmy Reid Memorial Lecture… Read More »Worker’s Rights are Human Rights!
First Minister Declares “WORKERS’ RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS” The Rt. Hon. Nicola Sturgeon MSP, First Minister of Scotland, will deliver the Third Annual Jimmy Reid Memorial Lecture “WORKERS’ RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS” on Tuesday… Read More »Third Jimmy Reid Memorial Lecture
As part of its campaign against the Trade Union Bill, the STUC is organising an event on 24th November at 6.30pm which will livestream the First Minister’s Lecture ‘Worker’s Rights are Human Rights’ followed by a Panel Discussion. The venue… Read More »Our Rights, Our Jobs, Our Unions – No TU Bill No Austerity
The 3rd Annual Jimmy Reid Memorial Lecture “WORKERS’ RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS” will be delivered by Rt. Hon. Nicola Sturgeon MSP, First Minister of Scotland. The meeting will be chaired by Grahame Smith, General Secretary… Read More »3rd Annual Jimmy Reid Memorial Lecture
The Jimmy Reid Foundation today publishes a major new critique of government handling of the Scottish economy in terms of the critical component of trade and development. Written by renown independent economist/statistician, Margaret Cuthbert and… Read More »Facts on Trade and Development
In this latest policy paper Carole Ewart urges us to use international human rights standards to create a fairer Scotland. Summary Human rights have not realised their potential to protect individual rights e.g. respect for… Read More »Economic and Social Rights are Human Rights
Carole Ewart argues human rights are the framework for a fair society A child witness project in Canada evaluated its service after ten years. Respondents, by this time adults, were asked which part of the… Read More »Economic and social rights are human rights
The Barnett Formula under the Smith Reforms is examined by Dr Jim Cuthbert in a paper for the Fraser of Allander Institute. Building on previous work, it turns out that both relative population growth, and… Read More »Barnett Formula post Smith Commission
Members of the Human Rights Consortium Scotland (HRCS) met on 1st June and agreed on a co-ordinated campaign to defend the Human Rights Act (HRA), and to promote human rights for everyone in everyday situations. Human rights standards and… Read More »Campaign to support human rights
The Jimmy Reid Foundation has published a fresh analysis of the Smith Commission proposals. CuthbertJRFSmithPaperMay2015 The paper, ‘Smith Commission: why the economic and fiscal arrangements need to be changed’, by renowned independent economists, Jim Cuthbert… Read More »Smith Commission proposals revisited