23 and 24 December 2016 Travellers at Bristol airport will be hit by two days of strikes as workers at Swissport go on strike for two days on 23 and 24 December. Check-in staff, baggage handlers and cargo crew, members of Unite will walk out for 48 hours at 00.01 Friday 23 December in aContinueContinue reading “Baggage handlers’ strike set to hit Bristol airport”
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Usdaw steps up the campaign for M&S staff
Usdaw is campaigning to get trade union rights for M&S staff. Thousands of M&S employees have already joined the Union but M&S is refusing to talk to the union let alone enter a recognition agreement with them. In stepping up the campaign USDAW have organised a petitioning picket for 1.00 to 3.00 pm on FridayContinueContinue reading “Usdaw steps up the campaign for M&S staff”
Bristol Unite Branches support Weymouth bus drivers in strike against ‘poverty pay’
Bristol Unite Branches have responded positively to a financial appeal to support striking Weymouth bus drivers. Unite points out that First Group is a very profitable UK company that can afford to reward its Bristol drivers with a 13 per cent increase, but for its employees in Weymouth and Bridport the deal on the tableContinueContinue reading “Bristol Unite Branches support Weymouth bus drivers in strike against ‘poverty pay’”
Capita workers in overtime ban to defeat ‘poverty pay’
Over 920 life and pensions Unite members at Capita will be starting an indefinite overtime ban on Friday 3 June after voting by 90 per cent in support of industrial action in a dispute over a below inflation pay deal. Capita workers including those based in Bristol voted by 90 per cent for industrial actionContinueContinue reading “Capita workers in overtime ban to defeat ‘poverty pay’”
University academics fighting for higher pay
University academics in the University & College Union (UCU) will be taking strike action on Wednesday 25 May and Thursday 26 May in support of a demand for a pay rise of 5% and a commitment to tackle the gender pay gap and casualisation in higher education. The pay of lecturers has fallen in realContinueContinue reading “University academics fighting for higher pay”
Support Bristol’s Library Assistants
Bristol libraries staff strike over antisocial shift patterns Thursday 28th April Picket lines will be in operation between 09:00 and 10:30 at Fishponds, Central, Bedminster, Henleaze and Redland libraries. Bristol Trades Union Council urges all trade unionists to support the pickets and join the “solidarity picnic” with supporters on College Green from 12 noon. AContinueContinue reading “Support Bristol’s Library Assistants”
March in Support of Junior Doctors
Bristol People’s Assembly have called a solidarity march with Junior Doctors. 5:30pm on Tue 26 April Assemble: Bristol Eye Hospital, Lower Maudlin St, Bristol, BS1 2LX More details can be obtained from Bristol Peoples’ Assembly by following this link 26APR Bristol MARCH for Junior Doctors!
Support the Junior Doctors
To drive their message home to the government the junior doctors have announced more industrial action and called for a judicial review into contract imposition. Strike dates are – 8am to 5pm on Tue 26 April and 8am to 5pm on Wed 27 April Full withdrawal of labour by junior doctors between the hours statedContinueContinue reading “Support the Junior Doctors”
Lecturers in Bristol Further Education Colleges strike over pay
Lecturers in Bristol Further Education Colleges are holding a one day strike on Wednesday 24 February 2016 Staff are angry that the employers’ representatives, the Association of Colleges, recommended a pay freeze, despite staff suffering a real-terms pay cut of 17.1% in the last five years. UCU members walked out in November as part ofContinueContinue reading “Lecturers in Bristol Further Education Colleges strike over pay”
Support the Junior Doctors
FORTY thousand junior doctors voted for strike action, with a majority of 98 per cent on a 76 per cent turnout, in protest at Government plans to impose new working conditions and pay structures.The proposed changes would remove enhanced wage levels for weekend working and could lead to junior doctors being forced to work forContinueContinue reading “Support the Junior Doctors”
Bristol Trades Union Council 