Bristol Trades Union Council

Celebrating International Women’s Day March 8th 2021

Bristol Trades Union Council celebrates International Women’s Day and sends greetings to sisters everywhere. We continue to place equality at the heart of our work. In 2020 Women’s Pay Day – the day when the average woman starts getting paid compared to the average man – was Wednesday 4 March. In parts of the UKContinue reading "Celebrating International Women’s Day March 8th 2021"

Bristol Trades Union Council supports Colston 4

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 andContinue reading "Bristol Trades Union Council supports Colston 4"

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 forContinue 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 seenContinue reading "PCS petition for fair pay"

No choice but to strike

The first strike will be between 6am December 1 to 6pm December 4 A second round of strike action will be between 6am December 14 to 6pm December 17 Emergency first responders working at Airbus’ Filton site will go on strike over an ultimatum by their employer, Securitas, to either be made redundant or acceptContinue reading "No choice but to strike"

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 discussionContinue 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 andContinue reading "Rally For Jobs"

Putting People Before Profit

Thursday, 8th October 2020 from 19:00 to 20:15 More information on Facebook: Putting People Before Profit Roger Thomas, Bristol Trades Union Council Executive Committee member, will be presenting the view of Bristol and South Gloucestershire trade unionists to the meeting. These are just some of the topics that will be discussed - Extend the furloughContinue reading "Putting People Before Profit"

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 theContinue reading "Safe Reopening of Schools Day of Action – Bristol"