People's Charter Success at STUC Congress

Phil McGarry, Chair of the People's Charter Scotland got unanimous support for a motion in the name of  South Lanarkshire TUC at this year's STUC congress held in April in Inverness .  Motion 100 read:

Congress acknowledges the importance of the People's Charter as an alternative to the politics of austerity being promoted by the Con Dem government.  It supports the efforts of the People's Charter Scotland to promote the Charter's aims by public meetings and the collection of signatures. Congress welcomes, supports and asks all affiliates to support the People’s Charter Scotland Committee’s petitioning of the Scottish Parliament calling for the implementation of the Charter's demands. In order to ensure effective liaison between the People's Charter, the Better way Campaign and other initiatives congress requests that the STUC takes up membership of the People's Charter Scotland Committee.