(Wednesday 22 April 2009)
SCOTTISH Labour Leader Iain Gray told the STUC Congress on Tuesday that he wanted his party to be a real partner with the unions in working towards their policy agenda for collective prosperity.
"We will continue to campaign alongside the unions as we have against the sale of forests, against cuts in the voluntary sector, against cuts in teacher numbers, for better protection of workers against abuse and for stronger regulation of the bus industry," he said.
Despite the financial chaos which has engulfed the world, Mr Gray argued that the big banks are not beyond our control.
"We made the banks and we can control them." he said.
"And that is why the Labour government has led concerted international action to strengthen banking regulation, closing tax haven loopholes that drain wealth out of the countries that produce it.
"Many people feel that the high aspirations for the recent G20 hosted by the Labour government have not been met, but real progress was made."
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