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
Union campaigns
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 […]
£16million shortfall for Wolverhampton City Council next year
Freedom of Information request “What is your current predicted funding gap by the end of the financial year 2024/25?”
Why are we getting poorer?
Because the Tories sold off these state owned companies on the cheap and we are now playing second fiddle to shareholder dividends and off-shore profit taking.
1 in 4 workers’ right to strike at risk in West Midlands
because of the government’s anti-strikes bill NEW ANALYSIS: Around 1 in 4 (23%) workers in the West Midlands have their right to strike threatened by the Strikes Bill The TUC […]
RMT Benefit gig
The RMT are putting on a Fund-Raising event on Sunday 7th May at Norton’s bar, 43-45 Meriden St, Digbeth, Birmingham, B5 5LS.
Respect your shopworkers
West Midlands constabulary areas record another increase in shoplifting – Usdaw concerned about the impact on retail staff
NUJ local BBC strikes
BBC local reporters in the NUJ are on strike all over the country from11am Wed 15 March until 11am Thurs 16 March (union officers/ spokespeople/branches/ members, please remember to respect their action […]
Strike rally 15 March
NEU, UCU and PCS on strike in Wolverhampton – march and rally.
Wolverhampton Strike calendar Spring 2023
June 2023 Saturday 3 June – ASLEF strike Friday 2 June RMT strike will involve 20,000 catering, station staff and train managers working for 14 companies, affecting train services throughout the country; May […]
Annual Report 2023
Wolverhampton, Bilston and District Trades Union Council Annual Report of 2022, Plan of Action for 2023 and President’s Report.
UNITE wins strike at ArcelorMittal
After 34 days of strikes management agreed to new pay talks at ArcelorMittal (Wednesfield) and (15-12-23) voted to accept a new backdated two year pay deal.
all-member strike by PCS
Prospect civil service union members will take strike action on 10th May and 7th June. The vote by 32,000 members was in favour of taking strike action and action short […]
Strikers’ march in Wolverhampton
PCS, ASLEF, UCU, NEU strikes Wed 1st February 2023. 500,000 on strike nationally, with 84 Protect the Right to Strike rallies including Wolverhampton.