Wolverhampton Bilston & District Trades Union Council est.1865 www.wolvestuc.org.uk

next WB&DTUC meeting

Thursday 17th October

venue Unite Office, 6 Victoria Square, Wolverhampton WV1 1LD next to bus station, over bridge from train station

Wolverhampton, Bilston & District Trades Union Council Delegate Meeting starts 7-15pm

speaker at 8pm: all trade union supporters welcome, from UNITE:

HS2 union busting

Unite are becoming further frustrated by the HS2 project, the company and its major contractor group in not adhering to the agreement signed off by the TUC, Government & HS2.
Unite national officer Jerry Swain said: “Costain and Skanska are guilty of union busting and HS2 has acted as their conduit.

UNITE has started demonstrations in Birmingham already.

TUC Midlands Equalities Conference

Saturday 19 October 11am TUC Midlands, 47 Summer Lane, Birmingham, B19 3TH

We all deserve respect and fair treatment at work. When everyone can make the most of their hard work and talents, we’re all better off.

But too many working people still face prejudice and discrimination.

TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival of Cradley Heath

Friends of Women Chainmakers present an evening with Cathy Hunt
Tuesday 22 October

18:30 - 21:00

Cradley Heath, B64 6DR

The TUC are pleased to support this Friends of the Women Chainmakers event as they present an evening with historian and author Cathy Hunt as she launches her new biography of Mary Macarthur.

About this Event - booking necessary
In her new biography, Cathy uncovers the previously unreported history of the fascinating woman that was Mary Macarthur and her pivotal role in the improving the lives of British women. Cathy seeks to understand what motivated this extraordinary individual and why she chose the path that she did, particularly at a time when it was still far from common for a middle-class woman to appear on public platforms.

Tom Mann Memorial Lecture 2019

The future of work

Speaker: Len McCluskey (General Secretary, Unite)

Weds 30th Oct
Doors open 7pm
Methodist Central Hall
Coventry CV1 2HA

Wolverhampton Palestine Solidarity Campaign

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to get involved in local activity you can also contact the Wolves PSC directly:

on 01902 450640 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- join Palestine Solidarity Campaign Wolverhampton on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/167943526632859/

Justice for the Shrewsbury 24 Pickets

A speaker from the campaign will address our meeting

at 8pm on postponed fom September to THURS 19 November 2019

unite office Wolverhampton WV1 1LD

all trade union supporters welcome

The Campaign fights for justice for the wrongful prosecution of 24 building workers following their strike in 1972.

“We were not guilty of any crime... Any fair-minded person looking at the evidence would conclude there has been a miscarriage of justice.” Terry Renshaw

The Shrewsbury 24 were not guilty of conspiracy. They were the victims of one

Ragged Trousered Philanthropists

Townsend Theatre Productions are putting on their adaptation of 'The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists' at Newhampton Arts Centre, W'ton on

Tuesday 19th November.

http://www.newhamptonarts.co.uk/the-ragged-trousered-philanthropists/

Don't lose your right to vote

Trade union courses locally 2020

TUC courses sign up now....for January 2020 start

Trade Union Studies Representatives’ Programme at Shrewsbury College & GMB Offices, Hanley, Stoke on Trent

Union Reps Stage 1 10 x Mondays 9 am – 4 pm

Health & Safety Stage 1 ten Tuesdays

National Minimum Wage rates increase

currently:

adult hourly rate of the national minimum wage 25 years+ is £8.21
adult hourly rate of the national minimum wage 21-24 years is £7.70
development rate (which covers workers aged 18-20 years) is £6.15
rate for 16 to 17-year-olds is £4.20/hour. From 1st April 2019 is £4.35
for apprentices under the age of 19 and those aged 19 and over in the first 12 months of their apprenticeship, the apprentice minimum wage rate is £3.90 per hour.

The real Living Wage is £9/hour outside London, next to be updated November 2019. It is calculated according to the cost of living by the Living Wage Foundation, calculated by the Centre for Research in Social Policy and not to be confused with the Tory use of the term referring to the increase of minimum wage for 25 years+

Low Pay Commission showed that 439,000 people were paid below their legal entitlement in April 2018, 2% higher than in the previous year, and continuing a trend of law-breaking that has been ongoing since 2016.
LPC Chair, Bryan Sanderson, said that "it is essential that people receive what they are entitled to. It is also vital for businesses to be able to operate on a level playing field and not be illegally undercut on wages".

Wodenstock

Around 700 people came to Wodenstock, a WB&DTUC organised free Sunday afternoon entertainment for families in and around Wednesfield on Black Country Day

Wodenstock pic1 Wodenstock pic7 Wodenstock picDinky

2019 national Trades Union Councils Conference report

Wolverhampton's Universal Credit workers strike

PCS members in the Universal Credit Service Centres in Wolverhampton and Walsall took two day strike 28/29 May 2019, in their campaign for more staff and improved working conditions.

Coal and Communities project

The topic of our May 2019 meeting by speaker from UCU delegate Dr Grace Millar

Learn more about Coal and Communities

Midlands TUC Pensioners’ Network

Report to Wolverhampton, Bilston & District Trades Union Council of latest meeting

petition in support of local UCU branch Sec

Dave Muritu has accepted a financial settlement after a failed vote for strike action at the college.