Scottish Energy has been accused of "unfettered profiteering" after the privatised power big raked in £924.6 million in earnings throughout the first six months of the yr.
Unite mentioned the corporate - which is owned by Spanish conglomerate Iberdrola - was an instance of trickle down economics at its worst.
It comes as the price of electrical energy and fuel has soared prior to now 12 months - plunging hundreds of Scots into gasoline poverty because of this.
The commerce union will stage an illustration outdoors the Scottish Energy headquarters in Glasgow on Friday afternoon.
Unite mentioned greater than 150,000 individuals in Glasgow had been already experiencing average to extreme ranges of meals poverty resulting from a "damaged economic system".
Polling by Survation additionally discovered that 28 per cent of Glaswegians have both gone into debt or elevated their ranges of debt with the intention to meet the elevated price of grocery gadgets.
Sharon Graham, Unite basic secretary, mentioned: "How’s that for trickle-down economics? £7 billion handed over from Scottish Energy to Iberdrola in Spain.
"That’s trickle down economics alright. Trickle down from Scotland to Spanish shareholders. Proof that authorities trickle down insurance policies are doomed to fail. In the meantime, politicians are abysmally failing staff and their households throughout Glasgow and past.”
She added: "The economic system doesn't work for staff and their households. Britain’s actual disaster isn’t rising costs, it’s an epidemic of unfettered profiteering.
"That is why we have to construct energy in our workplaces and concurrently organise in our communities. Unite will set up everlasting bases on the bottom in Glasgow to work with staff. Unite is driving a UK-wide technique to assist deliver change to heartland communities."
A spokeswoman for Scottish Energy mentioned: "As a enterprise using hundreds in excessive expert, excessive paid inexperienced jobs, the place our staff – together with Unite members – share in our success, we’re dissatisfied by the union’s motion.
"This wilful misrepresentation fails to recognise we make investments extra in UK power tasks than we make in revenue or dividends each single yr.
"We’re constructing the renewable and electrical energy community infrastructure that may assist wean this nation off costly fossil fuels and are making a file variety of jobs to assist us do it – even on this tough financial local weather, to not point out having led the decision for Authorities motion on the price of dwelling disaster.
"We stand for £10bn funding within the UK to 2025, delivering on the motion wanted to sort out local weather change and investing in individuals, with 1,000 new jobs to be created within the subsequent 12 months to assist ship our bold funding pipeline. We reiterate to Unite that we welcome constructive engagement.”
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