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next WB&DTUC meeting

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Wolverhampton, Bilston & District Trades Union Council

Thursday 19th July 2018

venue Unite Office, 6 Victoria Square, Wolverhampton WV1 1LD next to bus station, over bridge from train station

delegate meeting starts 7-15pm

@8pm - all trade union supporters welcome -

Tony O'Brien (UNITE) former national secretary Construction Safety campaign and convenor Southwark Councils Building Direct Organisation will be speaking about and signing copies of his new book which shows how local authority directly employed workers and the creation of a national public-sector construction organisation can be the answer to our corrupt system of control by the building companies and property speculators.

We have purchased a quantity of these books which we will give away at meeting.

Taxi drivers' protest

Taxi drivers protest at Wolverhampton council over Uber licensing

Thursday 28 June 2018 - Taxi drivers from Coventry caused disruption in the centre of Wolverhampton to protest over the council’s issuing of Uber licences.

The drivers are alarmed that Wolverhampton council has issued thousands of licences to Uber drivers, allowing them to operate in Coventry, bypassing that council’s rules and licensing regime.

Trade union courses locally 2018

TUC courses sign up now....for Sept 2018 start

Trade Union Studies Representatives’ Programme

Union Reps Stage 1 10 x Mondays from Sept 2018 at Shrewsbury College & GMB Offices, Hanley, Stoke on Trent

Health & Safety Stage 1 ten weeks 9 am – 4 pm 10 x Tuesdays from Sept 2018 at Shrewsbury College & GMB Offices, Hanley, Stoke on Trent

Wolverhampton Palestine Solidarity Campaign

contact: 01902 450640 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

join Palestine Solidarity Campaign Wolverhampton on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/167943526632859/

Council partners with Trade Unions to improve Health and Safety standards

City of Wolverhampton Council has signed an agreement to mark a new partnership with Trade Unions to encourage the importance of health and safety in the workplace.

In developing the agreement, the council recognises the benefits of having trained trade union safety representatives to promote good health and safety practice in the workplace, reduce injury and illness.

Health and Safety Executive (HSE) research shows that workplaces with Trade Union safety reps have up to 50% less injuries than those without.

Adrian Turner, Unison Branch Secretary of the Unison City of Wolverhampton Branch said:

WASPI

Wolverhampton WASPI poster

Don't lose your right to vote

National Minimum Wage rates increase

currently:

adult hourly rate of the national minimum wage 25 years+ is £7.83 from 1st April 2018
adult hourly rate of the national minimum wage 21-24 years is £7.38 from 1st April 2018
development rate (which covers workers aged 18-20 years) is £5.90 from 1st April 2018
rate for 16 to 17-year-olds is £4.20/hour from 1st April 2018
for apprentices under the age of 19 and those aged 19 and over in the first 12 months of their apprenticeship, the apprentice minimum wage rate is £3.70 per hour, from 1st April 2018

The real Living Wage is £8.75/hour outside London, updated November 2017. It is calculated according to the cost of living by the Living Wage Foundation, calculated by the Centre for Research in Social Policy and not to be confused with the Tory use of the term referring to the increase of minimum wage for 25 years+

2017 Report of Work and 2018 Plan of Action WB&DTUC

A New Deal for Working People - TUC March and Rally

The TUC held a national march and rally on Saturday 12 May 2018 in central London.

Tuesday 1st May 2018 Wolverhampton Workers' Day - May Day

Wolverhampton Workers' Memorial Day

The next Wolverhampton Workers' memorial Day will be Sunday 28th April 2019

12.30pm at the Workers' Memorial Day Tree, Cenotaph, St Peters Square, Wolverhampton WV1 1TS

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Fancy free entry to music festivals - volunteer 2018?

2018 festivals - The deadline for submitting your name to volunteer for these festivals was 18th May

TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival of Cradley Heath

The annual Midlands TUC Chainmakers Festival, was held in

Cradley Heath High Street on Saturday 7th July 2018, is the largest celebration in Britain of women's political history.

Bus Pass - on tour

Celebrate the Bus - Help Keep the Bus Pass

April 2018 saw the tenth anniversary of the English National Concessionary Travel Scheme, a long-fought–for benefit that brings financial, health and social benefits to older people and disabled people, helps keep bus services viable and reduces congestion and pollution.

But a bus pass is no use unless there are some buses. England saw 500 bus routes withdrawn or reduced in 2016/17. English councils have cut funding for buses by a third since 2010.

Scrap the Pay Gap - PCS/UNITE public meeting

Union Leaders and Politicians unite to call a halt to HMRC closure in Wolverhampton

Mark Serwotka leader of the biggest civil service union, PCS, Howard Beckett Assistant General secretary of UK’s largest union, Unite, and Wolverhampton South West MP, Eleanor Smith addressed a public meeting in Wolverhampton, (15.3.2018) calling for the government to halt the proposed closure of Wolverhampton HMRC (Tax) office.

100 people attended the meeting held in the Britannia Hotel Wolverhampton. The meeting also heard from Vince Butler one of the employees from HMRC who face losing their job, if they do not accept a transfer to another site.