British arms exports to Libya
government figures show export licences for £3.4 million sales increased dramatically at the end of last year with a lot of licences granted for "crowd control ammunition" and tear gas.
Articles by Wolves TUC
February 2011 Secretary report
Secretary’s Report February 2011 Wolverhampton, Bilston & District TUC www.wolvestuc.org.uk info@wolvestuc.org.uk election at delegate meeting:further WB&DTUC officer nominations 2011 Executive Committee – Dave Cole NUT, Brian […]
FairTrade Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton City Fairtrade Partnership invites you to "Fairtrade – Digging Deeper” Friday 4th March 2011 speakers: – Paul Spray of Traidcraft – a representative of Wolverhampton Waitrose chaired by David […]
Shropshire fights back
video of fantastic rally in Shrewsbury in protest at cuts to public sector services and jobs.
Blacklisted
Multinational companies have been illegally blacklisting trade-unionists for years, denying them employment. This film shares first hand experience from 12 blacklisted workers (including Ricky Tomlinson & Steve Acheson) about their […]
January 2011 report
Secretary's Supplementary Report January 2011 Wolverhampton, Bilston & District TUC info@wolvestuc.org.uk WB&DTUC proposed change to rule 5 “5) Composition of Executive Committee …… At meetings of the Executive Committee seven […]
Trades Union Councils Programme of Work 2010-2011
Introduction Britain has experienced the most profound economic crisis since the 1930s. Despite tentative signs of the „green shoots‟ of recovery experienced under the previous government, the economic programme of […]
January 2011 – 147th AGM
MINUTES of 147th AGM – 20th January 2011 WOLVERHAMPTON, BILSTON + DISTRICT TRADES UNION COUNCIL 1. APOLOGIES and WELCOME – to delegates and visitors . 24 in ATTENDANCE BROTHERS […]
Keep Wolverhampton fascist-free 2011
Wolverhampton & Bilston are still fascist free Wolverhampton & Bilston Trades Union Council once again successfully run our Hope not Hate anti-bnp campaign. We leafleted all homes in the three […]
Annual Report 2010-2011
a detailed report of what we’ve done and what we’ll be doing in the next year to oppose the onslaught of attacks on working people by the Con Dem government.
Cuba registers record-low infant death rate
Cuba ended the year 2010 with an infant mortality rate of 4.5 per 1,000 live births, the lowest in its history, the country’s health ministry said Monday in a statement. […]
Royal parasites ConDem us
Now worth at least £6.2 billion, the Crown Estate owns huge swathes of land, from Regent Street and other large chunks of the West End through to every bit of […]
US and UK lies over Cuba’s health system
MICHAEL MOORE’S FILM `SiCKO’ WAS NOT BANNED IN CUBA, DESPITE THE GUARDIAN SAYING IT WAS:
December 2010
Wolverhampton, Bilston & District Trades Union Council Minutes – Thursday 16th December 2010 1) Introductions to delegates and visitors, new and old: BROTHERS: Cole (NUT), Woodstock (PCS), Grant (UCU), […]
December 2010
Secretary’s Report WB&D TUC December 2010 anti-cuts lobby: Next full Council meeting: Wed 15th December 5.30pm; Council Chamber protest meet from an hour before TUC demo against cuts Saturday, 26 […]
November 2010
Wolverhampton, Bilston & District Trades Union Council Minutes – Thursday 18th November 2010 1) ATTENDANCE – BROTHERS: Thomas (Community), Grant (UCU), Grant (NUT), Bostock & Clarke (POA), Barnsley, Fraser, Marriott, […]
no march for EDL in Wolverhampton
No Pasaran! They did not pass. Mobilised at 18 hours notice, a sizable counter demonstration in Wolverhampton's Queen Square prevented the English Defence League's attempt to march though the city […]
The 33 Chilean Miners
article by Sergio Requena-Rueda Coventry TUC delegate, currently in Chile, followed by our letter to the Chilean PM
October 2010
WOLVERHAMPTON, BILSTON + DISTRICT TRADES UNION COUNCIL MINUTES OF MEETING 21st October 2010 ATTENDANCE BROTHERS: Cole (NUT), S.Grant (NUT), Fraser, Kelleher, Deacon, Turner, Jones (UNISON Gen), Thomas (Community), Chadwick (UNISON […]