Bristol Trades Union Council supports the Workers at McDonalds, TGI Fridays, UberEats and JD Wetherspoon in their coordinated actions to highlight issues of poverty pay, precarious contracts, insecure working and lack of union recognition. Workers at McDonalds, TGI Fridays, UberEats and JD Wetherspoon are staging coordinated action, on 4th October 2018, to highlight issues ofContinue reading "SpoonStrike – £10 an hour for all"
Public meeting: Corbyn, Antisemitism and Justice for Palestine
Monday 17th September 2018, 7.00pm The Kitchen, Silver St, Bristol, BS1 2AG The introduction to the meeting from Stop The War Coalition states "Criticism of Israel is being conflated with antisemitism in ways that threaten free speech and the right to protest while silencing Palestinian voices. We must vigorously oppose all forms of antisemitism, butContinue reading "Public meeting: Corbyn, Antisemitism and Justice for Palestine"
Annual Conference of Trades Union Councils – 2018
At the 2018 Annual Conference of Trades Union Councils Bristol was represented by Sheila Caffrey. Her report of Conference was presented to the July meeting of Bristol Trades Union Council which approved the report and the actions. The report can be found below. As I had never attended before, I wasn’t sure what to expect…Continue reading "Annual Conference of Trades Union Councils – 2018"
Tolpuddle – 2018
Friday 20th to Sunday 22nd July 2018 In 1834, farm workers in west Dorset formed a trade union. Unions were lawful and growing fast but six leaders of the union were arrested and sentenced to seven years’ transportation for taking an oath of secrecy. A massive protest swept across the country. Thousands of people marchedContinue reading "Tolpuddle – 2018"
The Struggle for Palestine
Monday 11th June 2018, 6.30pm 27 Broad Street Bristol BS1 2HG Palestine Museum Cultural Centre are pleased to welcome Dr Aqel Taqaz to Bristol for a much needed talk, at a time of serious difficulties and uncertainties, exacerbated by key US decisions. Dr Aqel Taqaz will focus on the implications of recent events, and theContinue reading "The Struggle for Palestine"
Marxism and Trade Unions
Tuesday 12th June, 7.30pm YHA, Narrow Quay, Bristol, BS1 4QA A Bristol, Bath and Gloucester CPB public meeting with Andy Bain Communist Party of Britain Trade Union Organiser.
Stop Universal Credit Rally
Thursday 24 May, 1.30pm Temple St, Citizens Service Point, Bristol, BS1 6AG Despite knowing Universal Credit causes serious problems for claimants, the Tory government is pressing ahead and rolling it out to thousands of people who will have to wait weeks to receive any money. Claimants are descending into debt, relying on food banks, gettingContinue reading "Stop Universal Credit Rally"
Turning Swords Into Ploughshares
Tue 22 May 2018 19:30 – 22:00 BST BAWA Centre, 589 Southmead Rd, Bristol, BS34 7RG This screening of an edited version of the recent film “The Plan” in Filton should be seen as a contribution to the discussion on how to move forward con the Defence diversification Agency resolution passed overwhelmingly at the 2017Continue reading "Turning Swords Into Ploughshares"
Cuba-US relations: Back to the future with Donald Trump?
Tuesday 12 June, 7pm Old Council Chamber, Wills Memorial Building, BRISTOL, BS8 1RJ Public meeting with Canadian author Arnold August Since his election US President Donald Trump has overseen a reversal of improved Cuba-US relations: tightening the 56-year-old US blockade against the island, approving funding for 'regime change' programmes and reducing staff at the USContinue reading "Cuba-US relations: Back to the future with Donald Trump?"
Asbestos In Schools
Thursday 26th April 2018, 16.30am The Fountains, Bristol A few days before Workers Memorial Day the National Education Union (NUT Section) will be leafleting parents warning of the dangers of Asbestos in Bristol's Schools. Come and join them to spread the message. Asbestos remains a killer in schools and there is simply no evidence toContinue reading "Asbestos In Schools"
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