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PRESS RELEASE Monday, 21 March 2022 Why haven’t these seafarers been protected by law? Sacked seafarers replaced by low-cost foreign crews on a fraction of the UK National Minimum Wage **** The Government knew days before – and did nothing! “The P&O sackings demonstrate how UK has become the worst in Europe for workers’ rights” said …
Yes it’s true- Sheffield TUC had its 165th Annual General Meeting last week. Established in 1858 it is 164 years old and the oldest Trades Council in the country. We are still going strong! Please see our Annual Report attached Sheffield TUC Annual Report 2022, plus the AGM draft minutes Sheffield TUC AGM 165th draft …
7pm Tuesday 22nd February 2022 To be held via Zoom only conferencing Topic: STUC AGM Time: Feb 22, 2022 07:00 PM London https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82932336922 Meeting ID: 829 3233 6922 As required in the Rules, notice is hereby given of the Sheffield TUC AGM as follows: 7pm prompt: Welcome by the President, Bob Jeffery Speakers: Jesse Palmer new SNAP union …
PRESS RELEASE –Sunday, 23 January 2022 Monday 24th January Lobby of S. Yorks Mayoral Combined Authority 9am till 1030am outside 11 Broad Street West, Sheffield Organised by Better Buses South Yorkshire Sheffield TUC will be joining campaigners from Better Buses South Yorkshire tomorrow Monday 24th January outside the MCA Office when Mayor Dan Jarvis will be meeting …
Will Stuart Delivery recognise the IWGB union? Stuart’s attempt to bypass the union ends in farce ***** Support for Just Eat/Stuart Delivery drivers grows Sheffield trade unionists and students to join community pickets Just Eat/Stuart Delivery courier drivers resume their strike from Monday 10th January following a suspension of action over Christmas – to give …
PRESS RELEASE 3 January 2022 Stuart Delivery forced to call “focus meeting” with drivers tomorrow Tuesday 4th January ***** Sheffield TUC tells Stuart “It’s time to recognise the Union and meet their reps to settle this dispute” Following weeks of disruption to food deliveries across Sheffield in the run up to Christmas caused by striking …
SHEFFIELD NEEDS A PAY RISE! 2nd week of all-out strike across S. Yorks is solid UNITE Drivers reject latest “improved??” offer by 95% Sheffield TUC is calling on Stagecoach management to “stop playing games” and put a realistic pay offer on the table to settle this dispute. “How dare Stagecoach claim they have offered 9% …
Sheffield TUC urges support for UNITE bus drivers on STRIKE at Stagecoach *** “It’s time to take back control of our bus services” says Sheffield TUC “We are proud to support UNITE bus drivers staging an all-out strike across South Yorkshire, as more than 560 workers, based at Stagecoach depots in Sheffield, Barnsley and Rotherham, …
STRIKE ACTION BACK ON FOR SHEFFIELD REFUSE COLLECTORS AS PAY DEAL IS REJECTED See Sheffield TUC letter of support here: solidarity with GMB Veolia members on strike from 8th November Strike action by refuse workers at Veolia in Sheffield was suspended last week to allow GMB members to vote on a new offer put forward …
“Removing all restrictions was reckless” says Sheffield TUC ***** 1000 covid deaths per week is NOT “acceptable” ***** U.K. case rate is far higher than other major European countries Source: Johns Hopkins, Bloomberg and vaccination rate is now lagging behind Germany, France, Spain etc. The UK has the second-highest Covid-19 case rate in the world …