Network Rail Strike
The RMT strike in Network Rail 24 hours from Thursday 4th June 2015and 48 hours from 5pm on Tuesday 9th June, along with action short of strike for the week beginning […]
Union campaigns
annual Silk Mill march & rally
next Silk Mill event will be Saturday 7th June 2025 more details on https://www.facebook.com/DerbySilkMillRally
zero hours, zero security
Zero-hours contracts sum up what has gone wrong in the modern workplace, says TUC Commenting on figures published by the Office For National Statistics, which show that the number of […]
8 hours per week unpaid overtime
Workers in the West Midlands did over £2bn worth of unpaid overtime last year, according to new analysis published by the TUC to mark its annual Work Your Proper Hours […]
Real wages down in the West Midlands still
Workers in the West Midlands still not better off than 11 years ago, TUC analysis reveals UK workers suffering the “worst pay squeeze” in 200 years, warns union federation Government has failed to deal […]
CAMPAIGN AGAINST UNION BUSTING
by Mark Serwotka, General Secretary PCS
WOMEN AT WORK WEEK
TUC Midlands Women in Leadership 2021 course
millions are due to lose their vote on 1st December 2015
the House of Lords supported the Government, by just 11 votes, to bring forward the full implementation of Individual Electoral Register (IER) by 12 months. These changes will see up […]
Seven years of wage falls
West Midlands workers would be over £80 a week better off had pay risen at pre-recession rate This is the seventh year that average weekly earnings have been falling – […]
Umbrella Companies – UCATT
Join UCATT in the Midlands to sayNo More Exploiting of Building Workers By Umbrella Companies Over recent years the construction workers’ Union, UCATT, has been waging a campaign on […]
13 & 15 October mass national strikes
Health workers went on strike on Monday 13th October 2014 for the first time in 30 years over pay. Local Government workers strike of 14 October was suspended awaiting consultation […]
ACT NOW to protect your medical confidentiality
As of 18th February, care.data uploads have been delayed for a further 6 months until September 2014, except for a number of ‘pilot’ practices
Britain needs a pay rise – TUC mass demonstration
Saturday 18 October 2014 TUC mass demonstration in London under the banner of Britain Needs a Pay Rise.
Kevin Courtney, Deputy General Secretary NUT to speak
Monday 3rd February @5pm Join us for refreshments from 4.30pm @ Ramada Hotel Telford
anti-Atos protest
Atos Healthcare protest: campaigners in Wolverhampton call for fair treatment of disabled (click for full report)
Save Central Baths
All 60 councillors were forced to debate the issue when they met on Wednesday 5th February at the Civic Centre and campaigners were out in force. Thousands of people signed a petition against the […]
Probation strike
UNISON members took part in a two-hour strike 14 July 2015, in support of our campaign for fair pay.
University strike
Unions settle after long running dispute