Usdaw is campaigning to get trade union rights for M&S staff. Thousands of M&S employees have already joined the Union but M&S is refusing to talk to the union let alone enter a recognition agreement with them. In stepping up the campaign USDAW have organised a petitioning picket for 1.00 to 3.00 pm on FridayContinueContinue reading “Usdaw steps up the campaign for M&S staff”
Category Archives: campaigns
Hasta Siempre
Tuesday 1st November 2016, 6:50 – 7:50pm The 2005 film Hasta Siempre takes the viewer on a journey through the lives of ordinary Cubans, examining the results of the Cuban revolution from the perspective of the Cuban people. Don’t miss it! Bristol University School of Education 35 Berkeley Square Bristol BS8 1JA Organised by BristolContinueContinue reading “Hasta Siempre”
Tories Out – Austerity Has Failed
National Demo at the Conservative Party Conference Sunday 2nd October 2016, assemble 11:30am Victoria Square, Birmingham, B1 1BD Bristol Trades Union Council supports this National Demonstration called by The People’s Assembly and Midlands Region TUC. Transport has been arranged to the demonstration. Bring your members, banners and friends. Departs: Tony Benn House, Victoria Street, Bristol,ContinueContinue reading “Tories Out – Austerity Has Failed”
Lobby of Bristol City Council Full Council Meeting – Stop the Cuts
A protest organised by Unite the Union and the Bristol People’s Assembly will be taking place this Tuesday 13th September 2016, College Green, Bristol at 5pm Cuts are being forced upon the Council by the ideologically driven, free market agenda of the current Conservative Government, but notwithstanding this that the Council’s leadership and the leadershipContinueContinue reading “Lobby of Bristol City Council Full Council Meeting – Stop the Cuts”
NO to the Council Cuts! PROTEST
Bristol Trades Union Council urges all trade unionists to support the Bristol People’s Assembly protest against the large scale redundancies and consequential cuts in services at Bristol City Council. Saturday 27th August, midday Fountains on Bristol City Centre Background information about the cuts can be found at Bristol City Council Redundancies
Action for Rail in Bristol 2016
Action for Rail (AFR) will be leafleting at stations across the country on Tuesday 16th August to coincide with the announcement of the increases for regulated fares in 2017. In Bristol meet at Temple Meads Station Temple Quay area Tuesday 16 August 2016 Morning 08.00 – 09.00 Evening 17.30 – 18.30 More information about theContinueContinue reading “Action for Rail in Bristol 2016”
No More Austerity – National Demonstration Saturday 16th July 2016
Bristol Trades Union Council supports the emergency National Demonstration called by The People’s Assembly and Stand Up to Racism. Transport has been arranged to the demonstration in London. Bring your colleagues and friends. Departs Anchor Rd (by @Bristol Science Centre BS1 5DB) at 8.15am Book your tickets on eventbrite A flyer for the demonstration canContinueContinue reading “No More Austerity – National Demonstration Saturday 16th July 2016”
Film Showing: “Battle Of The Somme”
Sunday 3rd July 2016, 1.00pm Watershed, 1 Canons Road, Bristol, BS1 5TX To mark the centenary of the battle, Bristol Remembering The Real World War One, Bristol Festival of Ideas and Bristol 2014 – in association with Watershed – are presenting the film accompanied by the distinguished pianist Stephen Horne. He will give a short introductionContinueContinue reading “Film Showing: “Battle Of The Somme””
Smoke, Gas, Strikes, Metal And Slums
Sunday July 10th, 11.00am Start (and finish): Temple Meads Station forecourt On 1st November 1916, Alfred Jefferies was shot at dawn on the Western Front for desertion. Join this two-hour walk through St Philips and The Dings where Jefferies and his family lived and worked, including his brother Arthur who as killed on the Somme.ContinueContinue reading “Smoke, Gas, Strikes, Metal And Slums”
Slaughter No Remedy
Sunday June 26th, 2.00pm Bristol Register Office, Corn Street, BS1 1JG Exactly 100 years on and in the same room where it took place, a re-enactment of the controntation between Walter Ayles, Bristol’s leading opponent of conscription and World War One, and Lieutenant-Colonel Burges, first commanding officer of Bristol’s Own, at a Military Service Tribunal.ContinueContinue reading “Slaughter No Remedy”
Bristol Trades Union Council 