Not By the People
Not By the People: the launch of the Commission on Fair Access to Political Influence
FIFTH ANNUAL JIMMY REID MEMORIAL LECTURE
PAY, PEOPLE and POWER: the progressive case for public services.
After 10 years of austerity cuts, out sourcing, privatisation and wage freeze, public services are now reaching crisis point. In Scotland, for example, over 10,000 civil services and 40,000 local government jobs have been lost, seriously affecting the delivery of even adequate standards of services. Read More...
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Support International Women’s Day, All Year!
The Jimmy Reid Foundation is pleased to mark International Women’s Day on 8th March 2017, by promoting the UN’s call to “Step It Up for Gender Equality towards a Planet 50-50 by 2030” so that the world of work works for all women. The 2017 theme for International Women’s Day focuses on “Women in the Changing World of […]
Brexit: rights, risks and responsibilities
The Jimmy Reid Foundation (JRF) has no view or policy on Brexit, settled or otherwise, because we do not take such positions. We are able, however, to form views and analysis on the particular ramifications of the type of likely Brexit with regard to Human Rights which include workers’ rights. In this meeting, Brexit: rights, risks and responsibilities: What’s at […]
Bottom-up based democracy is the way forward for public services reform
Bottom-up based democracy is the way forward for public services reform says new Jimmy Reid Foundation paper by Dave Watson of UNISON Scotland In the run up to the local authority elections in May 2017, the Jimmy Reid Foundation launches a major new policy paper on public service reform in Scotland by Dave Watson of […]
Politics run by people either middle class in origin or middle class by assimilation? Who knew?
What’s next? The startling revelation that every snow flake’s different or that Santa’s not a real thing?
Give me a break. Jesus…