Public rally Tuesday 8th March 2016, 7.30pm City Road Baptist Church 2-4 City Road, Stokes Croft, BS2 8TP NO to racism No to anti-Semitism No Islamophobia YES to diversity! Hosted by Stand Up to Racism Speakers include: Marvin Rees (Labour’s Candidate for Mayor of Bristol 2016) Tony Dyer (Green Party Candidate for Mayor ofContinueContinue reading “Refugees welcome here”
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Our railway stations are not for Sale
Network Rail has asked Citigroup bankers to advise on selling off 18 public railway stations across the country: Birmingham New Street, Bristol Temple Meads, Edinburgh Waverley, Glasgow Central, Leeds, Liverpool Lime Street, Manchester Piccadilly, Reading and the London stations. Join Friends of Suburban Bristol Railways (FOSBR) in a protest at Bristol Temple Meads Station. MondayContinueContinue reading “Our railway stations are not for Sale”
Take to the streets for the NHS
Saturday March 5th 2016 Meet the NHS Action in Broadmead from 11am MARCH AND RALLY Assemble 1pm at the Fountains, Bristol, BS1 All welcome, Bring banners, placards, friends, family and other trade unionists. Support the Junior Doctors, the Nurses and the NHS. Fight privitisation. For more information about this event see Bristol People’s Assembly CopyContinueContinue reading “Take to the streets for the NHS”
#heartunions – get involved
Unions and their network of workplace reps help working people every day. In workplaces all over Britain there are unions making sure we are safe at work, protecting our jobs, pushing for higher pay, and helping us get learning and training. But millions of our friends and colleagues who are not in a union mayContinueContinue reading “#heartunions – get involved”
Stop Trident, Stop the bombing, #WELFARENOTWARFARE
Tuesday 2nd February, 7-8.30pm Trinity Centre, Trinity Road, Bristol, BS2 0NW Speakers include: Rebecca Johnson, CND John Rees, Stop The War Shahrar Ali, Deputy Leader of Green Party Mhairi Threlfall, Labour Party councillor The government will push through a vote in parliament this summer on renewal of the Trident nuclear weapons system. Jeremy Corbyn hasContinueContinue reading “Stop Trident, Stop the bombing, #WELFARENOTWARFARE”
Protect the right to strike
The TUC campaign against the trade union bill Bristol and Bath Against the Trade Union Bill are supporting the TUC’s campaign and have organised a rally for 5:30pm on Thursday February 11th Cascade Steps, Bristol, BS1 All welcome, Bring banners and placards. For more information about this event see Bristol and Bath Against the TradeContinueContinue reading “Protect the right to strike”
Cuba Today: what’s really changing?
Wednesday 20 January 2016, 7:30-9pm A discussion of changes affecting Cuba over the past year, with impressions from a recent visit of how things are for Cuban people now. I will give an overview based on the recent Cuban Futures conference organised by Cuba Soldarity Campaign. Giles Shorter who has recently returned from the latestContinueContinue reading “Cuba Today: what’s really changing?”
Action On Fare Rises
Monday 4 January 2016 07.30 – 09.00 and 1700 – 1830 Meet at Temple Quay entrance of Bristol Temple Meads Station to hand out cards to passengers in protest at over-priced train tickets.(Please try and make the morning if you can) On Saturday 2 January, regulated fares such as season and anytime tickets are goingContinueContinue reading “Action On Fare Rises”
Protect the right to strike
The TUC campaign against the trade union bill In November we asked trade unionists to lobby their MPs asking them to vote against the government’s controversial trade union bill, we said that it was a big opportunity to make sure our MPs hear directly from workers worried by the government’s plans to undermine the rightContinueContinue reading “Protect the right to strike”
Bristol March for Climate, Justice and Jobs
The TUC Congress 2015 agreed to support the People’s March for Climate, Justice and Jobs. During late November and early December 2015 there will be a number of marches and rallies across the word to mark the opening of the UN’s climate change treaty negotiations in Paris. For trade unionists the four key demands that willContinueContinue reading “Bristol March for Climate, Justice and Jobs”
Bristol Trades Union Council 