research into Wolverhampton/Staffordshire connection to slavery and the slave trade
online launch of this new research into local links to transatlantic enslavement; with Dr Angelina Osborne & Roger McKenzie – videos here
History
TUC Women Chainmakers’ Festival of Cradley Heath
Sat 2nd July 2022 @ Mary McArthur Gardens, Cradley High Street; the Midlands TUC run this event annually on the first Saturday of July in Cradley Heath.
Saltley Gate 50th Anniversary Rally
50th Anniversary of ‘The Battle of Saltley Gate’
The life and times of George Africanus
The life and times of George Africanus, the African child taken from his home and family and brought to Wolverhampton at a time when it was fashionable for affluent families […]
The Upper Clyde Shipbuilders Work-In
This recorded meeting commemorates a remarkable working class victory which offers lessons for today’s labour movement.
Des Halestrap
Bro. Des Halestrap NATFHE delegate to WB&DTUC (1990s) died on 1st May 2020, aged 88.
The Wolverhampton Worker
This new archive provides a unique and interesting portrait of the lives and struggles of working class people in Wolverhampton in the lead up and into the First World War. monthly […]
Birmingham TUC 150 years celebration
John McDonnell MP, Shadow Chancellor is now a Confirmed speaker @ Birmingham Trades Union Council150th Anniversary EventSaturday 12th November 2016 Less than 30 places are left; tickets are £5 waged and […]
revolutionary poster exhibition
@Wolverhampton Art gallery Ends – 10 April 2016 A World to Win: Posters of Protest and Revolution presents a century of posters agitating for political change.
Rouse, Ye Women!
– A new folk ballad about Mary Macarthur and the women chainmakers Thursday 18th April 7.30pm – CRADLEY HEATH LIBRARY sold out
150 years anniversary badges
150 limited edition, numbered, anniversary (40mm) badges to this design of our banner have been produced, NOW available with special presentation card @ £5
live gig to celebrate our 150 years anniversary
It was standing room only at our 150 years celebration
History of Wolverhampton, Bilston and District Trades Union Council 1865-1990
A HISTORY OF WOLVERHAMPTON, BILSTON & DISTRICT TRADES UNION COUNCIL 1865-1990 by George J Barnsby © Wolverhampton, Bilston & District Trades Union Council ISBN 0 9523960 0 9 Published by […]
Unknown history of Wolverhampton Tinplate trade unionists
Five Wolverhampton Tinplate workers were transported in 1819, before the Tolpuddle Martyrs, for the crime of forming a trade union. In January 2020 we were informed that Tinplate Workers’ […]
Bilston Steelworks
– a short film exploring the final years of Bilston’s Elisabeth – the last of the great blast furnaces to grace the skyline of the Black Country.
Mary Seacole fundraiser
A fundraising evening dedicated to MARY SEACOLE @ Heritage Centre, Clifford Street, Whitmore Reans, Wolverhampton, WV6 0AA Friday 11th October 2013 7.30pm til late speeches, buffet & dance
Conscientious Objection in Wolverhampton
The men who wouldn’t go: some Wolverhampton reactions against 1st World War conscription. Saturday 22nd February 10am-4pm at the Tractor Shed Bantock House, Finchfield Rd, Wolverhampton WV3 9LQ
The Legacy of Hugo Chavez
The Legacy of Hugo Chavez – Social Justice & Latin American Unity