A new play by Neil Gore In 1972 tens of thousands of building workers won the first national strike in the industry for better pay and conditions. ‘Flying pickets left the contractors reeling. The Tory government and the large building companies wanted revenge, and the ‘Shrewsbury 24’ were put on trial in the following year.ContinueContinue reading “United We Stand”
Monthly Archives: February 2015
National Voter Registration Drive #NVRD
2nd to 8th February 2015 Bristol Trades Union Council ( Bristol TUC ) is urging all union reps to use Voter Registration Day, 5th February to talk to young workers to encourage them to register to vote. Why? In another sign of this government’s undemocratic approach to democratic governance, rules on voter registration have changed.ContinueContinue reading “National Voter Registration Drive #NVRD”
Bristol Trades Union Council 