Category «Events»

NHS 73rd Birthday National Action Day Saturday 3rd July Assemble 12 noon rally and march Barkers Pool, Sheffield

PRESS RELEASE   Solidarity with NHS workers – Say NO to 1%! *** Defend OUR NHS. Say NO to privatisation. Reverse the Tories’ underfunding/austerity cuts. ***  “Sheffield Trade Union Council is proud to support NHS health workers and care workers demonstrating tomorrow, Saturday 3rd July on the 73rd anniversary of the birth of our National …

Diary of Events June July 2021

Wednesday 16th June   “Peace and Democracy for Kurdish People” 6.30pm Webinar organised by GFTU “One of the most worrying attacks on a democratic political party and a people in the world today is what is happening to the Parliamentary Party the HDP (People’s Democratic Party) in Turkey and the Kurds. We asked our lawyer Paul …

Sheffield May Day Saturday 1st May

Many thanks to all those who took part in our International Workers Day/Kill the Bill Day of Action on Saturday 1st May especially to our speakers at both Devonshire Green and Barkers Pool. See photos and programme of events with lists of speaker below that This was the programme of events:   Assemble at Devonshire Green for …

International Workers Memorial Day Wednesday 28th April 2021

“Remember the Dead – Fight for the Living”  Please see below a photographic record of the wreath laying ceremony at 11am outside Sheffield Town Hall and a video recording of our Zoom meeting with speakers at 1230hrs 1100hrs Wreath-laying Ceremony by the Memorial Tree  outside Sheffield Town Hall, Pinstone Street   f         …

Diary of Events April 2021

6.30 pm Monday 12th April Sheffield Stop the Police Bill public meeting “Join this open meeting to discuss what we can do together to stop this bill and what our strategy will be over the coming months. Much help is needed to make sure we are heard when we say that Sheffield rejects the bill! …

Diary of Events March April 2021

Saturday 20th March; Global UN Anti-Racism Day Please join us if you can and help us magnify the voices against racism – and be part of an international movement on this important day “. Sheffield City Council have agreed to light up the Town Hall and hang a banner over the door supporting Anti-Racism day.Flags …

Tuesday 9th March Sheffield TUC CV19 Council of Action Meeting 7pm to 8.30pm

Sheffield TUC invites you to join us TONIGHT on Tuesday 9th March for speakers, discussion and plans for action. Chair Maxine Bowler STUC Vice President Maxine Bowler is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Sheffield TUC Covid 19 council of Action Time: Mar 9, 2021 07:00 PM London Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88208379435?pwd=TW5NUHcycnFFaDdzT3d5MTFia0d4QT09 Meeting ID: …

“Who’s still catching COVID?”

PRESS RELEASE Sunday, 21 February 2021  After 7 weeks of lockdown, why are new infections still so high? *** Workplaces are a growing cause of COVID transmission says important TUC report On Monday 22nd February the Prime Minister tells the nation our route out of COVID lockdown restrictions. “A damming TUC report shows workers are still …

Sheffield TUC Press Release 27 January 2021

100,000 COVID DEATHS A Grim Milestone World’s Worst Death Rate Not an Accident -Not Inevitable – Not Bad Luck   Yesterday’s grim news that Britain’s total COVID death rate has surpassed the 100,000 mark means we have the worst death rate per head of population than any other country in the world – worse than …