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Bryan Simpson is a trade union organiser with Unite the union, working in the hospitality sector.
After months of individual complaints being ignored, workers at Scottish hotel Cameron House organised together to get £138,000 in backdated tips back in their pockets – and through collective action, they won.
While world leaders met in Glasgow to dither and dive from taking effective action against climate catastrophe, trade unionists from across the globe met to discuss a future of justice and dignity for workers.
This week’s standoff between Glasgow’s Southside and the Home Office was an inspiring victory, but it wasn’t spontaneous – it was the product of many years of organising against evictions and deportations.
In Scotland, Covid-19 saw a wave of redundancies for hospitality workers. But rather than accept their fate, workers organised – and pushed their bosses back.