Scottish think tank founded in memory of trade unionist Jimmy Reid, to continue his legacy of radical political thinking and action. His words still echo.
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Tickets are now available for the 2026 Jimmy Reid Memorial Lecture, at Glasgow City Chambers on Tuesday 20 October 2026 starting at 7pm. Tickets can be purchased here:
zeffy.com/en-GB/ticketing/ji…
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Scotland's manufacturing workforce are being let down by employers with no conscience and governments with no clue.
We need an industrial strategy that protects jobs, rebuilds communities and reindustrialises our nation for the benefit of people, not profiteers.
Scotland can't continue to haemorrhage manufacturing jobs.
The decision by both Resideo and Honeywell to close the joint site, and to transfer the work out of Scotland is unforgivable. Govt needs to intervene & ministers must protect jobs & communities.
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A fantastic launch of the #RightToFoodCommission in Parliament, bringing together commissioners, parliamentarians, trade unions, campaigners and the communities at the heart of this fight.
It has been one of the honours of my life to listen to communities across the country and work alongside people determined to end the scourge of hunger.
In one of the richest countries in the world, nobody should be worried about where their next meal is coming from.
Now we need Government action.
A Right to Food enshrined in law, ensuring everyone can access affordable, nutritious food with dignity.
Our communities cannot carry on paying the price for political decisions that drive poverty and food insecurity.
Hunger is a political choice. Together, we must demand a different future.
#RightToFood #HungerIsAPoliticalChoice
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Jackie Kay gives the Jimmy Reid annual memorial lecture in Glasgow City Chambers with a sweeping poetic walk through her life, referencing "Uncle Jimmy", Burns, Paul Robeson .. including the unveiling of the Nelson Mandela statue. @ReidFoundation
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Strong public backing for wealth taxes to fund services, says UNISON.
Findings come as the union unveils statues outside Parliament to highlight the role of staff delivering essential services.
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About four years and six energy secretaries after it was given the green light, the Jackdaw gasfield has been given consent to begin production 150 miles east of Aberdeen. What does it mean for the economy, climate change and households.
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Who runs BBC Scotland? BBC’s 2025/26 annual report says, Scotland raised £313 million from the licence fee. But the amount spent here was £278 million, leaving a difference of £35 million.
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Loss of experienced teachers in Scottish research. Workforce plans need to look beyond recruiting more teachers, to replace those who cannot continue, to attend closely to what the work has become and the conditions that could make it more sustainable. theconversation.com/experien…
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Question from @ReidEileen1 to Jackie Kay, how do we rebuild comradeship and community. Taking succour from the likes of Angela Davis seeing solidarity and hope around the world, she responds, and relearning how to argue and stay friends. #JimmyReid annual lecture. @ReidFoundation
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Having a fixed link can help towards reducing depopulation and discouraging depopulation of islands, but wider factors need to be considered. Investment, tourism facilities, and vitally the views of islanders.
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Jackie Kay giving the Jimmy Reid Foundation lecture this evening in the City Chambers. She started with her recollections of ‘Uncle Jimmy’ and her early years in Glasgow.
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Childhood adversity linked to billions in health and economic costs. The health effects of childhood adversity carry a huge economic burden, according to new research.
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Still time to get your tickets 2 hear poet & author Jackie Kay deliver the 2026 @ReidFoundation Memorial lecture - Tuesday 20 October 2026 at 7:00 pm in the City Chambers, George Square, Glasgow. reidfoundation.scot/2026/09/… @NUJScotland
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Seven of the 10 areas in the UK where people are most likely to die before reaching the age of 60 are in Scotland, stark new figures have revealed, amidst the country's health inequality crisis. Poor housing and insecure employment are key factors.
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Workers in the creative industries must have a future.
Alongside the Scottish Artists Union, the STUC are calling on new Glasgow City Council leader Ricky Bell to sit down with unions and campaigners over the future of Trongate 103
@patersonHT/@RozFoyer
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Amazon uses AI surveillance to monitor union risk in UK warehouses.
Internal documents suggest tech giant collects ‘hundreds of data points’ for ‘union-busting’ AI model.
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The real and overwhelmingly disproportionate violence is the violence that cannibalistic capitalism uses to extract profit from the labour, bodies and health of people.
The real and overwhelmingly disproportionate vandalism is the vandalism that austerity policies have wrought on the lives and the communities that it siphoned money from to the benefit of the super-rich.
"The bourgeoisie of the whole world, which looks complacently upon the wholesale massacre after the battle, is convulsed by horror at the desecration of brick and mortar!"
Karl Marx, 1871
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Come join us tomorrow and hear Jackie Kay read from her works and talk about her memories of Jimmy Reid
Just a few days to go before our 2026 memorial lecture, with the inspiring Jackie Kay. Tickets are available here. zeffy.com/en-GB/ticketing/ji…
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Reliance on supply chains linked to serious labour exploitation and environmental harm costs £4.4 bn annually — 10 times more than preventing it, research by the Fabian Society found.
Ministers urged to introduce new laws to crackdown on the human costs.
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Online safety has focussed on regulating content that Big Tech companies allow on their platforms. But when it comes to regulation around content or accounts that are removed, or quietly demoted on social media, there is little regulation on offer.
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