In June 2020 a statue of the slave-trader Edward Colston was rolled, pushed and dragged into Bristol Harbour during a Black Lives Matter protest. It brought to a head years of protests and campaigning to get the statue removed and other buildings renamed. Subsequently four people were selected out of a crowd of hundreds andContinueContinue reading “Bristol Trades Union Council supports Colston 4”
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Will Bristol school students and educators have a holiday break?
Bristol and South Gloucestershire NEU branches met last week to discuss the ongoing Covid crisis in our schools. Schools are engines of Covid spread and young people living in multigenerational households or with family members with underlying health conditions risk bringing a deadly virus into their home. Mindful that educators’ first concern is always forContinueContinue reading “Will Bristol school students and educators have a holiday break?”
PCS petition for fair pay
At the request of Bristol PCS members Bristol Trades Union Council are asking you to show your anger at the decision by the Tory government to freeze public sector pay in the recent spending review by signing the PCS petition for fair pay. The PCS petition for fair pay for UK government workers has seenContinueContinue reading “PCS petition for fair pay”
Key Workers Summit
Thu, 26 Nov 2020 – 19:00 to 21:00 Summit will be held on Zoom The Gloucester & District, Bristol and Bath Trades Councils invite friends, activists and other interested trade unionists to a Key Workers Summit where we will hear from key workers on the front lines. Our aim is to begin a broad discussionContinueContinue reading “Key Workers Summit”
Rally For Jobs
Bristol Unite Community Branch have organised this rally and stall and will be handing out Unite Community material with a few labour movement speakers to attract attention. Other labour movement organisations have been invited to participate and to hand out their own material. 12 noon, Sat 24th October Centre of Broadmead, Bristol (between Barclays andContinueContinue reading “Rally For Jobs”
Safe Reopening of Schools Day of Action – Bristol
Friday, 21 August 2020 from 11:30-12:30 Wine Street, Bristol, BS1 2 Bristol Trades Union Council is calling for all to support this action. All education workers want schools to reopen and say the best place children can be is back in school, learning, playing and socialising with their friends. However, Britain is still in theContinueContinue reading “Safe Reopening of Schools Day of Action – Bristol”
Not A Penny More
Tuesday, 18th August 2020 12:00-13:00 College Green, Bristol, BS1 5UY More information on Facebook: Not a penny more to Serco – BRISTOL action This Bristol event is part of a national Day of Action: show your support for safe, local track and trace in your community! Unless explicitly stated otherwise any commercial advertisements appearing onContinueContinue reading “Not A Penny More”
NHS workers say “NO!” to Public Sector pay inequality
Saturday 8th August 11am, College Green, Bristol Facebook event: Bristol Protest for Pay Justice Bristol health and social care workers will be protesting along with colleagues across the country demanding a 15% pay increase paid from 1 December 2020, in order to start recovering a decade of lost wages. From the organisers: “We are callingContinueContinue reading “NHS workers say “NO!” to Public Sector pay inequality”
TV licence for over 75’s
On 13th July 2020 the Gloucester, Avon & Somerset region of the National Pensioners’ Convention (NPC) issued the following press release NPC blames Government over BBC’S decision to end free TV licence for over 75’s The news that the free TV licence for over 75s is to end from 1st August is absolutely devastating forContinueContinue reading “TV licence for over 75’s”
No back to school – until it’s safe
Bristol Trades Union Council is calling for all to support this meeting. Early in April the National Education Union (NEU) outlined their five tests that the Government should meet before widening the opening of schools. Unlike the Governments current strategy the meeting of the NEU’s tests would create the necessary confidence amongst parents and staffContinueContinue reading “No back to school – until it’s safe”
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