Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn placed trade unions at the top of the news agenda this week by suggesting workers' rights and union principles be taught in schools. Gregor Gall, editor of Scottish Left Review, proposes the single most important thing a Labour government can do to resuscitate unions is by assigning every worker a union by default...

This weekend marked the Scottish Trade Union Congress' 78th youth conference. Youth committee member Jack O'Neill reports from the conference and says its key lesson was that young people, who continue to bear the brunt of many vicious austerity-driven policies administered by this government, need to come together to influence the economic agenda in years to come...

Following on in our series of articles on mental health and capitalism, Sean Baillie looks at male suicide, currently the leading cause of death in men under 50 in the UK. Alienation, drugs and toxic masculinity are cited as key factors in this epidemic – what role should trade unions be playing to combat this? The following piece is not graphic, but it does deal in sensitive content matter...

Following on from last week's piece on Mental Health Awareness Week, which explored how our capitalist society fundamentally affects our mental health in a negative way, Mélina Valdelièvre shares her own testimony and explores how racism and other social pressures cause problems. The piece is adapted from a speech delivered at the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) on Saturday. It includes real-life stories some may find triggering or upsetting...

International Workers Memorial Day is an important annual event often overlooked by the mainstream left. It's an opportunity to highlight the preventable nature of workplace deaths and promote campaigns and unions who fight for workers' rights. Activist and lecturer Luke Campbell shares his observations from this year's commemorations in Scotland...

This year was the 121st annual meeting of the Scottish Trade Unions Congress (STUC) ended on Wednesday. Jack O'Neill reflects on an inspiring week and argues that the big lesson to be drawn is to what extent our movement places under-represented groups to the forefront...

Negotiations between the Universities and College Union (UCU) and Universities UK (UUK) resumed yesterday, but strike action continues. Writing in a personal capacity, University of Edinburgh lecturer and UCU member Grant Buttars says we shouldn't diminish the role that blind neo-liberal dogma has played in this pensions dispute...

Socialists differ in opinion on how we best tackle the issue of Brexit as a movement. In the second of our series of articles on Brexit, trade unionist Sarah Collins offers a strategic analysis of the road ahead....