The progressive voice of Sheffield's Trade Union movement
ASLEF Train drivers on strike today Friday 12th May, then Wednesday 31st May and Saturday 3rd June following rejection of “Risible Pay Offer” **** RMT rail workers on strike Saturday 13th May and have reballoted for new strike mandate with whopping 91% YES vote: “Our members are not prepared to accept a pay offer based on …
We support Palestinian Trades Unions’ appeal to boycott Israeli goods, end arms sales, and for UN to investigate Israeli apartheid and to reconstitute the UN Special Committee against Apartheid and the UN Centre against Apartheid. https://bdsmovement.net/news/palestinian-trade-unions-anti-apartheid-call We condemn the brutal Israeli police assault on Palestinian worshippers in Al Aqsa Mosque *** Sheffield TUC supports NAKBA 75 – …
Next Sheffield TUC Strike Solidarity meeting 7pm-8.30pm has been put back to Wednesday 8th March 2023 Central United Reform Church (upstairs back room). Come and hear latest news on all the disputes affecting our area. Hear from the union reps the truth about why the strikes are taking place and why they need our support. …
Bakers Union (BFAWU) blames McDonald’s for sexual harassment of female staff ZERO HOURS = SEXUAL HARASSMENT CLEAR LINKS NOW EVIDENT IN LOW PAID WORKPLACES ***** AND – McDonalds continues to victimise trade union members. Today the Bakers Food and Allied Workers Union spoke out about McDonald’s poor record on Sexual Harassment and their use of …
(as well as teachers, train drivers and university lecturers) The Government’s response to nearly a million workers striking for fair pay? Smash their right to strike! On Wednesday 1st February, 4 major unions (NEU, PCS, UCU and ASLEF) will be striking, representing ½ million workers nationally. More than a million public sector workers have already …
The Government’s response to nearly a million workers striking for fair pay? Smash their right to strike! “We cannot stand by and see this authoritarian Conservative Government further erode our right to strike” said Martin Mayer, Secretary Sheffield Trade Union Council. “It’s time to end their unsustainable, unfair and unpopular pay restraint policy and fully …
Next Sheffield TUC Strike Solidarity meeting 7pm-8.30pm Wednesday 4th January 2023 Central United Reform Church (upstairs back room) Come and hear latest news on all the disputes affecting our area. Hear from the union reps the truth about why the strikes are taking place and why they need our support. Find out dates and times …
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) might seem a little removed from our down-to-earth trade union activities here in Sheffield, but it is the global head of our great movement and it should concern us that it has got dragged into the EU Qatar Corruption scandal which has seen leading EU figures arrested and €1.5M …
Sheffield TUC stands in support of Martin Mayer who was expelled from the Labour Party on 16 November 2022 Martin is the current Secretary of Sheffield Trades Union Council and has consistently been re-elected in that role since 2013, having served as President before that, and sits on the Regional TUC Executive Committee. Martin had …
Institute of Employment Rights says the Government’s proposals to force transport unions to effectively break their own strikes may go against legally binding post-Brexit trade agreements In an earlier article on the Transport Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill recently introduced by the government, we drew attention to the bizarre proposal that employers and trade unions should …