Wolverhampton TUC Secretary’s Report for NOVEMBER 2024
Nicaraguan trade unionist Flavio Ocampo – Young members’ officer of FETSALUD (health workers) will be at our 21st November delegate meeting at the UNITE office (next to Sainsbury’s local, at Bus stn) starts 7-15pm, speaker @ 8pm
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Day of Resistance Wed 20 November 2024 – STOP TELFORD’S ARMS FAIR
Protests in centre of Telford against the SDSC-UK arms fair https://sites.google.com/view/stop-sdsc-uk/home
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Offer from Past Pixels run by Worcester TUC members (TU organised) of Walter Crane The Cause of Labour is the Hope of the World cards £4.80/pack of ten cards, min. order 6 packs inc. free p&p They are blank but mention XMAS/New Year, so are seasonal – order direct from pastpixels@proton.me Quote no.GC288.
A few packs will be available at November delegate meeting at the UNITE office. We sell Past Pixel cards on our stalls and they are of exceptional printed quality. http://pastpixels.co.uk/en
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Affiliate to us in 2025 details have been sent to branches and are also on our website https://wolvestuc.org.uk/affiliating-to-wolverhampton-tuc-2025/ please raise with your branch and encourage new delegates.
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new podcasts by the Institute of Employment Rights (to which we affiliate).
In this 6-part series, our labour law experts will be dissecting the new employment legislation brought forward by Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour government. https://www.ier.org.uk/the-ier-podcast/
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Trans Awareness Week 13 – 19 November is designed to increase everyone’s understanding of the issues the trans community face. It brings the trans community together with their allies, to share stories and experiences, and to advance advocacy around issues of prejudice, discrimination, and violence that affect the trans community. You can find all the TUC guidance on supporting trans and non-binary works here.
This year new TUC research into LGBT+ bullying, harassment and discrimination found trans workers experienced higher levels of bullying, harassment and discrimination at work. It revealed that around eight in 10 trans workers had experienced at least one form of bullying, harassment or discrimination at work in the last five years this compared to just under half of all LGBT workers.
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Birmingham Palestine march Sun 17 November leaves noon from Selly Park B29 7DH to B’ham centre
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Coventry TUC/Warwick University very comprehensive report on jobs and opportunity in their area. You can read the Coventry Needs Good Jobs Report here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mZ2BQC5iwrpJ9n3g5gsca_2XL_-kT5UB/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=117806962483442667351&rtpof=true&sd=true
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How high is trade union membership where you live?
https://wiserd.ac.uk/unionmaps/
UnionMaps presents estimates of trade union membership and the coverage of collective pay agreements for detailed geographical areas. The figures related to union membership are derived from the Labour Force Survey, the main source of data used in the production of official statistics for union membership within the UK. Information related to collective pay agreements is derived from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings. Data are provided for the Unitary Authority and Local Authority Districts of Great Britain: there are over 400 such areas.