Wolverhampton, Bilston & District TUC
Workers’ Memorial Day Stone – we’ve received notification from the council that the consultation has ended with no objections. The Council’s Estates Team will now conduct the next part of the process as a licence needs to be approved for the stone to be replaced; we’ve been in contact since the stone will need to be ordered this month.
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20 October counter protest was called after last month’s delegate discussion on the far-right, when information came to light of another protest called by the same people, now known to be linked to the fascist group Britain First. A former-Tory now Reform activist was also prominent. Their biggest turnout 60 at peak with 50 of us. Started in Queen’s Square then we moved to Britannia hotel where they were planning to go. They directed abuse at us for a couple of hours in rain, migrants barely got a mention. Identified some there from Coventry, Brownhills, Stourbridge, Kingstanding and Dudley; many are going around to all the West Midlands protests as a rent-a-mob.
TUC Education anti-far right resources for stewards and activists:
- https://author.tuceducation.org.uk/tackling-the-far-right/#/menu/667585a54e0463cedad6fc7f
- https://www.tuc.org.uk/antifarright/anti-far-right-resources
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Black Country & Enslavement: Manufacture of Agricultural tools
Black Country & Enslavement: an Overview,
Both can be viewed online at https://wolvestuc.org.uk/researcher/
We have about 550 copies of each left for distribution at schools/colleges/unions etc.
Contact us for copies.
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UNITE BIRMINGHAM BIN STRIKERS – all out strike since 11 March
Call for all local trades unionists to support Birmingham Bin strike picket lines
6-10am Mon-Fri
Holford Drive Depot, Perry Barr, Birmingham B42 2TU, closest to Wolves
Atlas Depot, in Tyseley, Birmingham B11 2AS
Lifford Lane Depot, Kings Norton, Birmingham B30 3JJ
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WE ARE THE LIONS, MR MANAGER! – the story of Jayaben Desai and the Grunwick Strike
Nov 6th and 7th – 7.30pm – The Albany Theatre Coventry (CC)
Albany Road, Coventry, CV5 6JQ TICKETS
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FREE Trade Union and Working Class History COURSE
27 November 2025 – The Match-women’s Strike
29 January 2026 – Mary McArthur and the National Federation of Working Women
26 February 2026 – The 1918 Equal Pay Strike
26 March 2026 – The General Strike in its Aftermath
30 April 2026 – Day Nurseries & ‘British Restaurants’: Women Workers in WW2
28 May 2026 – Part-Time Work in the Post-War Years
25 June 2026 – The Ford Dagenham Strike
30 July 2026 – Trico: The Longest Equal Pay Strike
You only need to sign up once to access all online sessions. https://gftuet.org.uk/courses/trade-union-and-working-class-history
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Read the new book published on the centenary of the General strike by Wolverhampton, Bilston and District Trades Union Council, which was in charge in 1926 https://wolvestuc.org.uk/when-workers-ruled-wolverhampton-and-bilston/
any comments welcomed since it can easily be changed online