cofid-19 – Bristol Trades Union Council

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”

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 furloughContinueContinue 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 theContinueContinue reading “Safe Reopening of Schools Day of Action – Bristol”

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”

Safe reopening of schools

The infection rate in the UK is creeping back up and is close to the point where the coronavirus could again start spreading rapidly. The coronavirus “R-number” is now between 0.7 and 1.0, we have been told repeatedly over the last few weeks that it needs to be kept below one in order to stayContinueContinue reading “Safe reopening of schools”