Health and Safety is a fundamental workers’ right Assemble at Tony Benn House Victoria Street, Bristol Wed. 28th April 2021, 11:15 March to Castle Park for wreath laying ceremony Speaking Chris Marsh (GMB Rep Wessex Water) Suzy Cheeke (Vice-President Bristol TUC) Stuart Davies (Legal Officer UNITE) Shona Jemphrey (UNISON member, Labour Candidate for Lawrence HillContinueContinue reading “Bristol International Workers Memorial Day April 28th 2021”
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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 forContinueContinue reading “Will Bristol school students and educators have a holiday break?”
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”
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”
Organise 2020
Organise 2020 is the TUC’s free festival of ideas in union organising. Join activists and staff from across the TUC’s unions this July for 3 days of online events. From 9 to 11 July, we’ll showcase union organising stories from around the UK and around the world, host debates on major trends in organising, andContinueContinue reading “Organise 2020”
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”
Bristol International Workers Memorial Day 2020 – report
We didn’t march in 2020 because of the Coronavirus pandemic, the above pictures were from the Bristol International Workers’ Memorial Day ceremony back in 2018. In 2020 we held a virtual commemoration whether we were at work, in our homes or in an open space all keeping at a safe distance. We also joined inContinueContinue reading “Bristol International Workers Memorial Day 2020 – report”
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