Every year more people are killed at work than in wars. Most don’t die of mystery ailments, or in tragic “accidents”. They die because an employer decided their safety just wasn’t that important a priority. International Workers Memorial Day, on 28 April, commemorates those workers. In Britain, the most common cause of work-related fatality isContinueContinue reading “International Workers’ Memorial Day”
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Photos from the strike at University of Bristol
Click on any image to start gallery view. More details can be found on our Bristol Trades Union Council Facebook page
Cry of the Poor
Reviewed by Keith Evans for Bristol Trades Union Council Cry of the Poor “being a Letter from Sixteen Working Men of Bristol to the Sixteen Aldermen of the City” First published by W. And F. Morgan, Bristol, 1871. This 2021 edition is published by Bristol Radical History Group with an afterword by Trish Mensah, IanContinueContinue reading “Cry of the Poor”
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”
Message on General Election
At it’s meeting on 18th December 2019 Bristol Trades Union Council agreed the following resolution – We are truly devastated by the general election result, and devastated that we didn’t win the Labour Government that Bristol so desperately needs. We know that a Tory government will mean more pain for working people – with jobs,ContinueContinue reading “Message on General Election”
Privatisation of the NHS
Mike Levine, a local historian and NHS activist, has written a pamphlet that gives details of this process, which has been going on since 1990. He says that we will eventually have a two-tier health service with less and less care for those who cannot afford to pay. Mike argues that IT CAN BE STOPPEDContinueContinue reading “Privatisation of the NHS”
Keynsham postal strike
Postal workers in Keynsham are to go on strike on the two days before Christmas – in support of a Communications Workers Union (CWU) member who was sacked by the Royal Mail. The sacking has caused outrage and the CWU has issued the Royal Mail with a strike notice, There will be no mail collectedContinueContinue reading “Keynsham postal strike”
Black Friday protests at Amazon
On Black Friday (29th November 2019), the GMB will be staging a protest at the Amazon Fulfilment centre – Bristol Avonmouth to highlight the anger at the ‘inhuman conditions’ people work under at the company’s warehouses. Bristol TUC urges all affiliates to support the protest of which details can be obtained from the local GMBContinueContinue reading “Black Friday protests at Amazon”
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