Saturday 28 October 2017 to Sunday 5 November Following the breakdown of talks at ACAS staff staff at Capita have started nine days of industrial action in a pensions dispute with the outsourcing company. The dispute centres on Capita’s attempts to close the current defined benefit scheme and transfer staff to a defined contribution scheme.ContinueContinue reading “Capita staff start strike action over pensions”
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Bristol Radical History Festival
Sunday 17th September 2017 10.30am – 4.30pm M Shed, Princes Wharf Wapping Rd, BS1 4RN Bristol Radical History and the Remembering the Real World War One groups are teaming up to bring you the Bristol Radical History Festival. Bristol Radical History Festival brings together historians, history groups, publishers and the public for a day ofContinueContinue reading “Bristol Radical History Festival”
Refusing To Kill: Bristol’s World War 1 Conscientious Objectors
‘Refusing To Kill – Bristol’s World War 1 Conscientious Objectors’ is an exhibition and series of events (music, theatre, talks) presented by Bristol’s Remembering The Real World War 1 group and supported by the University of Bristol. The exhibition runs from 9th September 2017 – 8th January 2018 in Bristol Cathedral on College Green. MoreContinueContinue reading “Refusing To Kill: Bristol’s World War 1 Conscientious Objectors”
Bristol March: end austerity – fund our city!
Saturday 9th September 2017, 12.00 College Green, Bristol Mayor Marvin Rees has called a march and rally on Saturday September 9th – following pressure from a coalition of organisations led by Bristol People’s Assembly – to demand the Conservative government gives Bristol and other cities the funding we need for our public services and stopsContinueContinue reading “Bristol March: end austerity – fund our city!”
Rail fares rising almost twice as fast as wages
Tuesday 15th August 2017 07.00 – 09.00 Meet at Temple Quay entrance of Bristol Temple Meads Station to protest at over-priced train tickets. Rail workers will be protesting at the stations around the country on August 15th including Bristol Temple Meads. They will be warning that passengers are paying “more for less” because even asContinueContinue reading “Rail fares rising almost twice as fast as wages”
Morning Star fundraiser
Summer Garden Party Sunday 6th August 2017 Pound Farm Cottage Priddy, Nr Wells, Somerset, BA5 3BE (Mendip Hills) Buffet Lunch! Children’s Entertainment! Cream Tea! Live Entertainment with Cousin Mary (Jazz), Quinn (piano), The Dunbars (Acoustic Blues) and Pete the Poet Tickets from 01749 870078 & drbevismiller@gmail.com £10 waged, £7 unwaged (includes lunch and tea)ContinueContinue reading “Morning Star fundraiser”
Don’t let them privatise #ourNHS
Saturday 27th May 2017, 1pm @ Horfield Common, Gloucester Road, BS7 0XG Join others campaigning to protect the NHS in this march, starting from near Southmead Hospital, on Horfield Common, to make a statement that Bristol does not want a *government from this election* which will continue to privatise and cut our NHS! — CalledContinueContinue reading “Don’t let them privatise #ourNHS”
March Against School Budget Cuts
Saturday 20th May 2017, 11.00am College Green, Bristol Schools across the region are being hit hard by government funding cuts. Schools are being forced to make often drastic reductions in the number of school support staff. The majority affected are learning support staff so the impact will be felt directly in the classroom by pupilsContinueContinue reading “March Against School Budget Cuts”
PCS payday protest
Bristol Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) members will taking part in a nationwide day of pay protests on Friday 31 March 2017, 1:00pm In Bristol the protest will focused on the government offices at 2 The Square, Temple Quay, BS1 6HA Bristol Trades Union Council will be supporting the protest and is asking allContinueContinue reading “PCS payday protest”
Fidel – The Untold Story
Tuesday, March 28th, 2017 6:30pm – 8:45pm Fidel Castro is no longer with us. For Donald Trump, some Cuban-Americans in Miami, and some of the British media this was a cause for a grotesque celebration. But millions of ordinary Cubans, and tens of millions throughout Latin America, Africa and beyond, mourned theContinueContinue reading “Fidel – The Untold Story”
Bristol Trades Union Council 