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Save Our Post Office

Photos from December 1st Day of Action These are some of the photographs taken on the Bristol Communication Workers Union day of action to save Britain’s Post Offices. A full report of Bristol’s Day of Action can be found at Bristol’s day of action to Save Our Post Offices More information about the CWU’s campaignContinueContinue reading “Save Our Post Office”

Save Our Post Office

We need YOU on the December 1st Day of Action Assemble 12noon to 14:00 at St. Peters Church, Castle Park or meet us outside the Galleries entrance to the Post Office, Castle Gallery, Broadmead, Bristol BS1 3XX The Communication Workers Union (CWU) is fighting to save our nation’s cherished Post Office network. This campaign hasContinueContinue reading “Save Our Post Office”

Fighting back in the low wage economy!

People’s Forum Organised by Bristol People’s Assembly TUESDAY 16 October 7pm TSSA, Newminster House, 29 Baldwin St, BS1 1LT Speakers include: 📢 Lauren Townsend, TGI Fridays worker & Oct 4 strike leader (Unite) 📢 Paul Shanks, striking Deliveroo rider (couriers network) 📢 Susan Newman, political economist and anti-austerity activist 📢 Rob Wotherspoon, Communication Workers UnionContinueContinue reading “Fighting back in the low wage economy!”

CND Public Conference comes to Bristol!

Sunday 21st October 2018 Wills Memorial Building, Bristol, BS8 1RJ CND’s public conference is on Sunday 21st October 2018 and will include a series of workshops and plenaries focusing on grass roots activity for peace, as well as a peace history walk. The full Public conference programme can be found here CND’s conference 2018 CNDContinueContinue reading “CND Public Conference comes to Bristol!”

Well done Fast Food Shutdown

Bristol Trades Union Council congratulates Bristol’s Food Delivery Couriers for their successful strike on 4th October 2018 with hundreds rallying outside Bristol’s premier McDonalds outlet in Broadmead. Flags and banners were flown including those from Unite, PCS, the IWW and a number of hand made banners and posters calling for a minimum of £5 perContinueContinue reading “Well done Fast Food Shutdown”

SpoonStrike – £10 an hour for all

Bristol Trades Union Council supports the Workers at McDonalds, TGI Fridays, UberEats and JD Wetherspoon in their coordinated actions to highlight issues of poverty pay, precarious contracts, insecure working and lack of union recognition. Workers at McDonalds, TGI Fridays, UberEats and JD Wetherspoon are staging coordinated action, on 4th October 2018, to highlight issues ofContinueContinue reading “SpoonStrike – £10 an hour for all”

Public meeting: Corbyn, Antisemitism and Justice for Palestine

Monday 17th September 2018, 7.00pm The Kitchen, Silver St, Bristol, BS1 2AG The introduction to the meeting from Stop The War Coalition states “Criticism of Israel is being conflated with antisemitism in ways that threaten free speech and the right to protest while silencing Palestinian voices. We must vigorously oppose all forms of antisemitism, butContinueContinue reading “Public meeting: Corbyn, Antisemitism and Justice for Palestine”

Annual Conference of Trades Union Councils – 2018

At the 2018 Annual Conference of Trades Union Councils Bristol was represented by Sheila Caffrey. Her report of Conference was presented to the July meeting of Bristol Trades Union Council which approved the report and the actions. The report can be found below. As I had never attended before, I wasn’t sure what to expect…ContinueContinue reading “Annual Conference of Trades Union Councils – 2018”

The Struggle for Palestine

Monday 11th June 2018, 6.30pm 27 Broad Street Bristol BS1 2HG Palestine Museum Cultural Centre are pleased to welcome Dr Aqel Taqaz to Bristol for a much needed talk, at a time of serious difficulties and uncertainties,  exacerbated by key US decisions. Dr Aqel Taqaz will focus on the implications of recent events, and theContinueContinue reading “The Struggle for Palestine”