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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 …
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 …
Tuesday 5th January 7pm. See attachment for zoom link details The National Education Union’s (NEU) has made an urgent call to suspend the reopening of schools (except for children of key workers/vulnerable children) after the Christmas Holidays. The resurgence of the pandemic is a cause for great concern across the nation, and even though infection rates …
Tuesday 1st December 7pm *People Before Profit* Fight job losses. Fight the virus. Support the strikes Live Online meeting via: Facebook, YouTube and Zoom. https://fb.me/e/3eApuWqog Speakers include: John McDonnell MP: Steve Turner, Unite Assistant General Secretary: Grace Blakeley, journalist: Mark Porter, UNITE Convenor Rolls Royce Barnoldswick: Jacqui Applebee, chair of Doctors in UNITE: Kevin Brown, …
Monday 23rd November 6.30pm “Claps Don’t Pay The Bills” Labour Unions Ahead of the Government’s Comprehensive Spending Review, join our Rally for Fair Pay to demand a real Living Wage now, and a proper pay rise for our Keyworker heroes. Anneliese Dodds MP, Shadow Chancellor: Angela Rayner MP, Labour Party Deputy Leader: Mick Whelan, Chair …
Saturday 31st October 10.30am Cavalcade then rally at 12 noon Stop the job Loss Nightmare – Extend Furlough (Sheffield street event) To join the cavalcade, please bring your motor vehicle to Hicks Building, Hounslow Road. Please print/make posters to stick in car windows – some will be available at the start. Cavalcade will call at …
Well done Sheffield City Council for stepping in to fund this! ***** Tories’ action dubbed “Starve a Kid to Save a Quid!” Sheffield TUC welcomes Sheffield’s Labour City Council’s immediate response to the Tories voting down free school meals for children during the school holidays. “Thank you, Sheffield City Council, for stepping up to the …
DAY OF ACTION Tuesday 6th October and public zoom meeting 6pm Monday 19th October to speak to our Council Leaders to let them know what WE think! Can you join us in this community-wide campaign to pressure our local leaders to save our buses and bring them back under public control? Sheffield TUC is joining Better Buses …
Friday 4th September Handover of petition “Don’t Fine Parents” 11am Sheffield Town Hall. Handover of the 111,000 signatures. Don’t punish parents! Let us decide when it’s safe to take our kids back to school. Jennifer Dunstanstarted this Change.org petition to Prime Minister Boris Johnson (Prime Minister). If a small number of people can come so that I can get …
Better Buses South Yorkshire meetingWednesday 19th August at 6pm. With the South Yorkshire Bus Review now finalised, it’s time to step up the campaign for a better bus service. Years of privatisation and regulation have seen profits extracted to private shareholders whilst bus services have contracted and the service has fallen into interminable decline. It doesn’t have to be this way. …