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

next WB&DTUC meeting

Thursday 19th December

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

Solidarity with Palestine : Next Steps for the UK Trade Union Movement

Report Solidarity with Palestine : Next Steps for the UK Trade Union Movement

Palestine Solidarity Campaign Trade Union Conference, London, 12th October 2019

Sponsored by eleven national unions, TUC and Thompsons. Attendance about 110.

TUC Women Chainmakers' Festival of Cradley Heath

The next planning meeting for the 2020 TUC Women Chainmakers Festival will take place at Midlands TUC office

we have decided to postpone the next meeting planned for December 3^rd.

The new date is 1.00pm, Thursday 9^th January

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

Wolverhampton Palestine Solidarity Campaign

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/

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 £9.30/hour outside London, next to be updated November 2020.The new London Living Wage is £10.75 per hour. 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".

Justice for the Shrewsbury 24 Pickets

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

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

Midlands TUC Pensioners’ Network

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

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.

Don't lose your right to vote

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

Venezuela Solidarity Campaign

We re-affiliated after discussing speach of Dr Francisco Domínguez National Secretary Venezuela Solidarity Campaign

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.

Birmingham UNISON Home Care Workers

Victory for UNISON's 280 members who had been in dispute with Birmingham City Council , taking strike actoion over 17 months. They will keep their original jobs!

Why is this dispute so important?