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Sheffield TUC – why trade unions support Labour’s manifesto

Sheffield TUC is campaigning on the Moor, Sheffield this Saturday 3rd June from 12 pm till 2.30pm outside Sheffield Market with our brilliant leaflet “Why Trade unions support Labour’s Manifesto”. You get a sneal preview of the leaflet here Sheffield Trades Council GE 2017 leaflet Many of Labour’s key pledges have been campaigned for by …

International Workers Memorial Day 28th April 2017

  Wreath laying ceremony and speeches outside Sheffield Town Hall, Pinstone Street 1230hrs- 1330hrs Friday 28th April 2017   Opened by Lord Mayor Cllr. Denise Fox   This year’s speakers include Paul Blomfield MP Sheffield Central Cllr Julie Dore, Leader Sheffield City Council Rob Morris UNITE (UCATT Construction) Paula Walker, Sheffield and Rotherham Asbestos Group …

BREXIT Statement by ETUC

Theresa may will activate Article 50 by letter to the EU on Wednesday 29th March. Whatever your views on BREXIT, all trade unionists should be concerned at Tories’ plans for a “Hard BREXIT” where the emphasis is on tough immigration controls  and a “vision” of an anti-union low cost, deregulated tax haven out in the Atlantic. …

NO JOY IN HAMMOND’S BUDGET FOR WORKING PEOPLE

PRESS RELEASE Wednesday 8th March 2017  Philip Hammond’s Tory Budget today brings no joy for working class families and austerity continues, says Sheffield Trade Union Council. Benefit cuts from April He could have reversed George Osborne’s planned cuts to welfare benefits for the poorest families due in April – but he hasn’t. Child Benefit will …

STUC AGM 28th February Guest speaker: Mick Cash RMT General Secretary

 Tuesday 28th February 160th AGM Sheffield Trade Union Council  7pm Trades and labour Club 200 Duke Street Sheffield S2 5QQ Guest speaker: Mick Cash RMT General Secretary. Nominations invited for STUC Officers and Executive Committee. Nomination form to be submitted by 21st February to the Secretary. You can download affiliation form here and nomination form …

NEWS DIGEST December 2016

In this issue: • UNION NEWS –get your trade union news on the web • Cuba Solidarity Campaign tribute to Fidel Castro • Deaf Community Workers dispute in Sheffield • FBU – Support the Firefighters 100 Lottery • Defend Sheffield Central Library   – 38 Degrees petition • WE OWN IT – campaign to stop sell-off of Land Registry •  NIGHTSTOP SOUTH …

Sheffield TUC Delegate meeting Tuesday 22nd November

  7pm Trades and Labour Club 200 Duke Street Sheffield S2 5QQ (use side entrance on Talbot ST) Guest Speakers: Eileen Turnbull Shrewsbury 24 Campaign . 24 pickets were arrested after the 1972 national building workers strike and charged with conspiracy. Some including Ricky Tomlinson and Des Warren were jailed. The call for justice is …

NEWS DIGEST NOV 2016

Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign demand for a Public Inquiry  The Home Secretary, Amber Rudd, promised an announcement this month on whether to hold an inquiry into the policing at Orgreave on 18 June 1984 during the miners’ strike. The OTJC has confirmation from the Home Secretary the announcement will be made by the end of the …

30 Years Anniversary of UK Bus Deregulation and Privatisation

Sheffield Trade Union Council marks the 30th anniversary of the implementation of the Tories 1985 Transport Act on “D-Day” 26th October 1986 not with celebration but with anger – and a renewed call to bring our bus and tram services back under Local Government municipal ownership where they belong. This 30 year-long experiment with neo-liberal …