next WB&DTUC meeting
Thursday 16th December 2021 starts 7-15pm visitors welcome as observers Join Zoom Meeting….
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COP26
The End of COP26: What Decisions Were Made and How Do They Affect You?
affiliating to Wolverhampton TUC 2022
We’ve had some good attendances at meetings and participation in our events this year, even if mostly online. However many who are involved are not delegates from their branches. A […]
Labour Party Conference 2021 report
Wolverhampton South West CLP Trade Union Liaison Officer Report to WB&DTUC October 2021 Labour Party Conference 2021 It was a conference defined by transformative policy, nearly every progressive motion that […]
How Wealth Wields Power and the Case for a Wealth Tax
The Nature of Wealth in Britain: a report by John Trickett MP that proposes a radical overhaul of our tax system.
Fixing Leicester’s garment industry – one year on
TUC launch new report marking the one year anniversary of a roundtable jointly held by the TUC, Leicester City Council in response to the crisis within Leicester’s garment industry When […]
research into Wolverhampton/Staffordshire connection to slavery and the slave trade
Aug21 we have appointed a researcher Angelina Osbourne to the Research project The Wolverhampton, Bilston & District Trades Union Council is seeking a researcher to undertake some initial research into […]
UNISON Sandwell Leisure Trust dispute
http://www.sandwellunison.co.uk/olympics-finish-commonwealth-games-2022-to-be-remembered-in-sandwell-by-fire-and-rehire/ Unfortunately, Sandwell Council has still not fixed the dispute.
September 2021
Wolverhampton, Bilston & District Trades Union Council Delegate Minutes 16 September 2021 present Sisters C.Simm PCS(in chair), Whyte UNISON City, D.Weaver UNITE WM/5203 & SWCLP TULO, Welch UCU, Hyatt UNITE […]
Black History in schools
following Patrick Vernon’s talk to Wolverhampton TUC, we worked with Wolverhampton Council to get a copy in each of Wolverhampton’s 110 schools and libraries. Year 7 students Nobelo Phuthi, […]
Trade unionists: Let’s vaccinate Britain
Let’s vaccinate Britain – time for trade union members to step up. The way we get out of this pandemic is to get everyone vaccinated as soon as possible. That’s […]
Wolverhampton Workers’ Memorial Day 2022
28 April each year is when trade unionists remember those who die or are injured through their work and highlight how we fight for the living. Thursday 28th April 2022 […]
Right to Food
Sarah Woolley, General Secretary of BFAWU, the Bakers’ Union spoke at our July 2021 meeting BFAWU Right to Food reporthttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1h_FU55hhDyVrCiocEsoJDklb1DYvqAkM/view
analysis of UK Coronavirus response
New research from the TUC found that one in five people whose jobs can be done from home have unnecessarily returned to their workplaces and the biggest factor pushing them there was […]
TUCJCC report
Trades Union Councils’ Joint Consultative Committee is made up of Trades Union Council regional reps and TUC General Council members
Wolverhampton’s social care spending has been cut 22% per capita.
Wolverhampton & Walsall hit hardest in West Midlands
West Midlands TUC Green recovery plan
TUC plan would mean more than 46,000 new green jobs for the West Midlands over next 2 years TUC report sets out opportunities for a net zero carbon economy in […]
Is your workplace COVID-Secure? Help test a new TUC risk assessment website
Can you help us test and develop a new TUC website to keep workers safe as our workplaces start up again after lockdown? Union campaigning won a new government duty […]