NOVEMBER 2015 Secretary’s Report
all details on www.wolvestuc.org.uk
UNISON’S 5,500 strong petition to Save elderly care at Nelson Mandela House, Merry Hill House and Woden and Bradley Resource Centres was presented to the council
Blacklisted – THE SECRET WAR BETWEEN BIG BUSINESS AND UNION ACTIVISTS
Wednesday 18th November @ 7pm venue: Midlands PCS, 16 Waterloo St, Birmingham, B2 5UG
speakers: Dave Smith; Author Blacklisted, Frank Keogh; West Midlands Unite
Thurs 19 Nov Phil Goalby FBU and Cnllr Greg Brackenridge
will address us on the memory of Norman Brackenridge who died the day after our last meeting
speaker at our next meeting – Clive Walder, a longstanding leading rep in the CWU had an appeal against unfair dismissal rejected by British Telecom on 9 November, confirming his sacking after 38 years of service. Clive is chair of the CWU Birmingham, Black Country & Worcester branch and is a leading lay rep of the union.
Clive worked in a BT call centre and was dismissed after an aggressive customer reported him to management just 33 seconds into a phone call. The decision was made without taking stress into account despite the local CWU branch reporting that 7% of staff at the call centre leave their jobs each month, some walking out mid shift. Management took the decision without consulting any medical advice or taking into account any mitigation.
Contact Clive to send messages of support and invite him to your union branch, shop stewards committee, trades council etc – cliverwalder@hotmail.com 07771931185
Midlands TUC Health & Safety Forum Launch
11am, Thursday 3rd December 2015
Unite Office, Pride Point Drive, Pride Park Derby DE24 8BX
The launch is open to all Health & Safety Representatives and Officers with an interest.
150 limited edition, numbered, anniversary (40mm) badges to this design of our banner have been produced, NOW available with numbered presentation card @ £5
The way we register to vote in elections to Parliaments and Councils has changed. When registering we now have to give our National Insurance Number and date of birth as well as our name and the address where we live.
Many millions of people haven’t done this. So they are set to be taken off the register on 1 December and lose their right to vote. Based on those registered on 1st December there will be boundary changes to voting constituencies; so if you are not registered you may lose your MP too!
It’s easy to register on-line at www.gov.uk/registertovote
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