Roz Foyer

STUC General Secretary

Roz Foyer is the general secretary of the STUC, representing over 500,000 workers in Scotland. She is the first woman to hold the post. Roz is a regular commentator across a range of print and broadcast media, putting pressure on both the Scottish and UK governments to build an economy that works for working-class people and demand more radical solutions to the cost-of-living crisis.

Roz Foyer is the general secretary of the STUC, representing over 500,000 workers in Scotland. She is the first woman to hold the post. Roz is a regular commentator across a range of print and broadcast media, putting pressure on both the Scottish and UK governments to build an economy that works for working-class people and demand more radical solutions to the cost-of-living crisis.

Latest articles from Roz Foyer

Police officers on the streets of Hartlepool following a violent protest. Owen Humphreys/PA Wire

Roz Foyer: Trump is back, closer to home the far right is too

Home is where a matter of months ago riots broke out across the UK. Home is where less than six months after they were elected in the wake of the most disastrous of Tory regimes, Labour is trailing in the polls. Home is where one in five voters across the UK would vote for the Reform Party if there were an election tomorrow.

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Israeli soldiers search the site of the weekend attack by Palestinian militants on the Supernova Desert Music Festival, near kibbutz Reim in the Negev desert in southern Israel on October 12, 2023. Thousands of people, both Israeli and Palestinian, have

Roz Foyer: We cannot sit back and allow Palestine to die

It is 400 days since the Hamas attack on Israel, killing hundreds with hundreds more taken as hostage. “A day when the world united in grief for those innocent Israelis who lost their life.”

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Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves poses for photographs as she leaves 11 Downing Street, London,

Roz Foyer: What the Budget means for workers
The Budget was a start. A good start. In fact, the STUC went as far to say it was impressive and eye-opening and puts investment into our public services front and centre.

First Minister John Swinney

Roz Foyer: John Swinney was right - and Labour must listen

Here’s an opening line for some detractors who accuse me and the wider trade union movement as being cheerleaders for the Labour UK Government: the First Minister was right.

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The STUC has formally withdrawn its support for the National Care Service Bill

Roz Foyer: So many broken promises: why we have walked away from care service bill

We have left the Scottish Government in no doubt that, should it continue on the path of past mistakes in building its new care service, it certainly will not have been done in our name nor with our support.

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Last week, the Labour UK Government published their long-awaited Employment Rights Bill.

Roz Foyer: We can’t always get everything what we want. But we can try hard to do so
Last week, the Labour UK Government published their long-awaited Employment Rights Bill. It’s the legislative manifestation, or at least part of it, of the New Deal for Working People they’ve heralded for years.

Hospitality workers

Columnist Roz Foyer: Good news on tips for workers, but workplace bullying remains an issue
Last week, finally, legislation came into force to ensure that employers in the hospitality sector are legally obligated to pass on all tips to staff. Good news of course, though it is staggering that it took so long for this ridiculous stage of affairs to be rectified. Previously employers were compelled to pass on cash tips, however tips made through card payments – increasingly the dominant form of payment – could be retained by companies going into the pockets of bosses or as deductions for breakages or “dine and dash” incidents.

Sir Keir and his wife Lady Victoria at the Labour conference

Roz Foyer: Sir Keir needs to invest - not force through endless cuts
THE Labour Party and the wider Labour movement had waited 15 years for this moment. Last Tuesday, a Labour Prime Minister took to his feet to address his own conference.

Auchengeich Pit Disaster Auchengeich Mine Disaster, September 1959

Roz Foyer: We must remember the lessons of the Auchengeich Colliery disaster
Towns and villages across Scotland are tinged with poignant remnants of the past.

Grangemouth has offered generational employment

ROZ FOYER Global corporations are destroying Scottish jobs - and politicians stand idly by

The towers will fall silent. The humming will cease. Where once a billowing tower of smoke dominated the Forth Valley skyline, there will be a desolate eeriness.

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