All candidates stand on the pledge, if elected, of only taking the average wage of a skilled worker as an MSP
- End all cuts and austerity – elected politicians in councils, Holyrood and Westminster must refuse to make cuts and fight for fully funded public services
- No coalitions or electoral agreements with parties or independents who have a record of implementing cuts and who refuse to sign up to a no cuts platform
- For a massive programme of council house building to tackle the housing crisis
- Scrap the council tax and for its replacement with a tax on income that make the rich pay
- Increase the minimum wage to an immediate £15 an hour with no age exemptions – wages must rise automatically with inflation
- Abolish all anti-trade union laws
- Stop benefit cuts – benefits must match the cost of living
- Take the wealth off the billionaires – Tax the rich and big business – For public ownership and democratic control of the multinationals that dominate the economy
- End the genocide – End the occupation of Gaza – Build mass struggle for Palestinian rights and an independent Palestinian state
- Oppose all forms of racism – Fight for jobs, homes and public services for all – Defend the right to asylum and fight against the onslaught against refugees
- Defend and extend LGBTQ+ and women’s rights
- For socialist change, public ownership and democratic planning to tackle the environmental crisis
- For the right of self-determination for Scotland, including the right of the Scottish parliament to organise a second independence referendum.
- Fight for an independent socialist Scotland
Scottish TUSC supporters include leaders of the Glasgow and Dundee City UNISON branches, NEC members of UNISON and PCS trade unions, Socialist Party Scotland, anti-racist activists and socialist fighters from across Scotland.
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