
WBDTUC Secretary’s Supplementary Report for AGM 16 Jan 2025
- nominations received for officers/EC 2025 so far are:
- nominees—-for position of——–of branch———nominating branches
- Nick Kelleher—Secretary—-UNITE WM6150 Unite—–WM6150 & UNISON City of Wolverhampton
- Marie Taylor—-President—-UNITE LE372 Unite—–WM6150 & UNISON City of Wolverhampton
- Di Weaver—-Vice-President—-UNITE WM5203 Unite—–WM6150 & UNISON City of Wolverhampton
- Michael Vaughan—-Treasurer—-UNISON Staffordshire—–Unite WM6150 & UNISON City of W-ton
- Adrian Turner—-Auditor—-UNISON City of Wolverhampton——UNISON City of W-ton
- There will be vacancies on the Executive Committee for which verbal nominations can be taken at the AGM for anyone who was a delegate last year.
- 2025 affiliations to our Trade Union Council, so far received from ASLEF, Musicians Union, UNITE WM/5115 Community branch, UNITE WM/6150 General branch, UNISON City of Wolverhampton. Requests have been sent to all other branches. Affiliation Form at https://wolvestuc.org.uk/affiliation/ please chase up your branches and contacts.
- #HeartUnions week 2025, come and join our union recruitment stalls:
- 10-30am Sat 15 February outside Wolverhampton market
- 10-30am Sun 16 February Bilston High Street
- we have ordered National Minimum Wage/ Join a Union cards [2,500, enough for other Midlands TUCs and a campaign of the Midlands Young Members Network.
- Workers’ Memorial Day 28 April 2025 (Monday) – any suggestions for possible speakers?
- May 1st 2025 (Thurs) Attila the Stockbroker and Samba band confirmed. Half of the £2,000 budget has been raised, so £1,000 more is needed to cover costs still this year.
- We have used a TUC Development grant to have 1,000 of the new national trades union council pamphlet printed with enough for other Midlands TUCs.