Don’t lose your right to vote
Key General Election dates for voting in this year’s council elections on Thursday 7 May Register to vote by 11.59pm 20 April 2026 https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote Apply for a postal vote by […]
Union campaigns
National Minimum Wage rates increase 2026
From 1st April 2026 it will be £12.71, up from £12.21. The adult rate of the National Minimum Wage is paid from the age of 21 years. Development rate (which […]
SOLIDARITY WITH BIRMINGHAM BIN STRIKERS
Feb 2026 – Instead of getting back around the negotiating table with Unite, Birmingham Council has taken out yet another injunction. The new legal action targets sympathy action, naming Strike […]
Heart Unions week
Wolverhampton TUC #heartunions week – trade union recruitment stall 7 Feb 2026 #HeartUnions is a national TUC campaign week of activity where the trade union movement celebrates unions, the […]
UCU City of Wolverhampton College strike
Wednesday 14, Thursday 15 and Friday 16 January 2026
Trade union courses locally 2026
TUC courses sign up now…for online TU courses Midlands TUC courses: https://www.tuc.org.uk/TUCcourses#midlands
USDAW campaign against abuse of shop workers
April 2026 West Midlands shoplifting statistics – Usdaw urges Labour to continue to tackle retail crime Retail trade union Usdaw has welcomed the first overall decrease in shoplifting since the […]
The People versus The State
Changes to the Right to Protest speech by Dick Scroop to Wolverhampton TUC November 2025:
TUC Midlands Equalities Conference 2025
2025 Midlands TUC Equality Conference Saturday November 1st 10am TUC Midlands, 47 Summer Lane, Birmingham, B19 3TH The conference will feature talks from trade union speakers and representatives from various […]
Future of Education in Wolverhampton
open meeting online at 8pm Thursday 18th September 2025, all welcome
Campaign for a 4 day week
Wednesday 17 September 10am to 11.30am online Workers won us the weekend – now it’s time to win the 4-day week. Join Phil Lindsey (Organiser for the 4 Day Week […]
FAO all Chairs of meetings and all those who wish to challenge a Chair!
Particularly in trade union and Labour Party circles, the ABC of Chairmanship has been considered a definitive guide since its publication in 1939. This is an online version updated in […]
Aggressive Council Tax arrears collection by Wolverhampton City Council
Wolverhampton Trades Union Council Campaign
UNITE 4 Energy For All Wolverhampton
#Unite4EnergyForAll / Winter Fuel payments stall
Greener Jobs Alliance
The Greener Jobs Alliance promotes skills training and job creation to meet the needs of Britain’s rapidly growing low carbon sectors and to green the whole economy.
Difficulties of organising migrant workers in the care sector
Video of talk by Andrew Maybury, UNISON Caseworker, to Wolverhampton TUC on the difficulties of organising migrant workers in the care sector
RMT Caterers’ strike
Friday 26th July and Saturday 27th July 2024 It has become apparent that Avanti West Coast management have treated the Catering grade with utter contempt. Members have rightly refused to be treated […]
Job Centre security staff strikes
PCS strikes: 1pm on 8 November to 11.59pm on 10 November and 1pm to 11:59pm on 11 November
Action For Rail
£112 million taken by shareholders from key Midlands rail routes is a ‘modern-day train robbery’, says TUC · Shareholder spoils in the Midlands amount to the same as two Great Train […]