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

next WB&DTUC meeting

POSTPONED

due to TUC advice on Coronavirus

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

at 8pm:

presentation of the Institute of Employment Rights' new publication

by Dr Grace Millar UCU:

Social Media and the Law

Bus Pass - on tour

Celebrate the Bus!

The Midland TUC Pensioners' Network campaign activity planned for Friday 3rd April at Bilston Bus station HAS BEEN POSTPONED

Justice for the Shrewsbury 24 Pickets

Shrewsbury 24 LATEST

The Criminal Cases Review Commission finally agreed (4-3-20) to refer the convictions of the Shrewsbury pickets to the Court of Appeal. The pickets delivered their applications to the CCRC’s Birmingham headquarters nearly eight years ago, in April 2012.

Eight of the North Wales building workers who were jailed or received suspended prison sentences in 1973-74, will now get the chance to show that they suffered a miscarriage of justice.

160,000 West Midlands workers can't get Statutory Sick Pay

TUC calls on government to tackle coronavirus by guaranteeing sick pay for all workers, regardless of how much they earn

· Nearly 2 million workers aren’t eligible for Statutory Sick Pay, including a third of zero-hours contract workers

More than 160,000 (1 in 14) workers in the West Midlands currently don’t earn enough to qualify for Statutory Sick Pay (SSP), according to new TUC analysis.

The TUC is calling on the government to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak by providing emergency support for workers who are currently missing out on Statutory Sick Pay.

Wolverhampton Workers' Memorial 2020

The next Wolverhampton Workers' memorial Day will be Tuesday 28th April 2020

speakers on: Safe Mental Health at Work

12.30pm at the Workers' Memorial Day Tree, Cenotaph, St Peters Square, Wolverhampton WV1 1TS

WMD20front

everyone welcome, wreaths and trade union banners too

Wolverhampton May Day festival Friday 1st May 2020

Friday 1st May 2020

doors open 6-45pm

Wolverhampton's annual Workers' Day festival

venue: Gill's Bar & Banqueting (Pegasus), Jackson Street, Whitmore Reans, Wolverhampton WV6 0QQ

Headline act:

Headshrinkers

also featuring :

Reckless breakers tbc

One Love International Sound System

more tbc

1may banner web

plus 1st May speakers:

Labour Party

Indian Workers Association (GB)

Communist Party

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Heart Unions week

#HeartUnions 2020:

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Our very popular activity, giving out Valentine's flowers while having more than 300 union conversations in Wolverhampton, Bilston & Wednesfield 2020

Teachers work almost 12 hours each week unpaid hours on average

Workers in the West Midlands put in £2.7bn worth of unpaid overtime last year - TUC analysis

TUC Women in Leadership Course

Women in Leadership - 2020 Programme

The 2020 TUC Midlands Women in Leadership course is now open to applications

Wodenstock 2020

Wodenstock 2020 is being planned for Sunday 19th July from 2pm

contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to get involved

President's Address 2020

delivered by Marie Taylor, President WB&DTUC AGM Jan 2020

Wolverhampton TUC Annual Report 2019-20

affiliating to Wolverhampton TUC 2020

We've had some good attendances at meetings and participation in our events this year. However many who are involved are not delegates from their branches. Several branches failed to affiliate his year and several have been active with us for some years without their branches affiliating.

Please ask your branch to affiliate and to elect delegates this year or just promote our meetings to other trades unionists, better still bring someone along.

Our meetings are on the third Thursday of the month at the very accessible UNITE office in Wolverhampton and we have interesting guest speakers most months.

Trade union courses locally 2020

TUC courses sign up now....for April 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

2020 annual conference of trades union councils in the Midlands

The TUC 2020 annual conference of trades union councils in the Midlands Region will be held on

Saturday 16^th May, the venue will be the TUC Offices, 47 Summer Lane, Birmingham B19 3TH.

National Minimum Wage rates increase

currently:

adult hourly rate of the national minimum wage 25 years+ is £8.21 and will rise to £8.72 on 1 April 2020
adult hourly rate of the national minimum wage 21-24 years is £7.70 and will rise to £8.20 on 1 April 2020
development rate (which covers workers aged 18-20 years) is £6.15 and will rise to £6.45 on 1 April 2020
rate for 16 to 17-year-olds is £4.35 and will rise to £4.55 on 1 April 2020
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 and will rise to £4.15 on 1 April 2020

The real Living Wage is £9.30/hour outside London, next to be updated November 2020.