Saturday, 3rd December 2016 The Post Office managers, members of Unite, the country’s largest union, will be joining with the Communication Workers Union (CWU) in targeting the 300 Crown Offices on what is believed to be the busiest day of the year when people send cards and parcels to relatives and friends outside the UK.ContinueContinue reading “Post Office workers to strike”
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Thousands of Post Office staff to strike
10am, Monday, 31st October 2016 Galleries Post Office, Castle Gallery, Broadmead, Bristol, BS1 3XX Thousands of Post Office staff will walk out on strike on 31 October 2016 in a dispute over jobs, pensions and closures. This will be the second day of strike action by Communication Workers Union members in a dispute over jobContinueContinue reading “Thousands of Post Office staff to strike”
Lobby of Bristol City Council Full Council Meeting – Stop the Cuts
A protest organised by Unite the Union and the Bristol People’s Assembly will be taking place this Tuesday 13th September 2016, College Green, Bristol at 5pm Cuts are being forced upon the Council by the ideologically driven, free market agenda of the current Conservative Government, but notwithstanding this that the Council’s leadership and the leadershipContinueContinue reading “Lobby of Bristol City Council Full Council Meeting – Stop the Cuts”
Bristol March for Climate, Justice and Jobs
The TUC Congress 2015 agreed to support the People’s March for Climate, Justice and Jobs. During late November and early December 2015 there will be a number of marches and rallies across the word to mark the opening of the UN’s climate change treaty negotiations in Paris. For trade unionists the four key demands that willContinueContinue reading “Bristol March for Climate, Justice and Jobs”
New action on First Great Western dispute
RAIL UNION RMT have confirmed further strike dates and action short of a strike in the dispute with First Great Western as the company continues to fail to meet the core issues impacting on staff and passengers from the introduction of the new fleet of Hitachi inter-city trains. The action will include strikes on SundayContinueContinue reading “New action on First Great Western dispute”
Support RMT at First Great Western
48 hour strike from 18:30 Wednesday 8th July RAIL UNION RMT have said that talks aimed at settling a dispute on First Great Western over the threat to jobs and safety from the introduction of the new Hitachi Inter-City trains have broken down without agreement and the forty eight hours of strike action across theContinueContinue reading “Support RMT at First Great Western”
Going through the change!
GOING THROUGH THE CHANGE! A Bristol Radical History Group event Sunday 1st March 8pm (£5 / £4 ) The Cube Cinema, Dove St, Bristol The 1984/5 Miners’ strike changed their lives and for the feisty Women Against Pit Closures there was “No Going Back!” Joined by stars from picket lines, peace camps and war zones,ContinueContinue reading “Going through the change!”
Bristol Trades Union Council 