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 minutes which include the speeches given by Gareth Lane BFAWU National Organiser and Jesse Palmer our new Union Organiser. Our remarkable partnership with BFAWU is bringing trade union organisation to unorganised workers – many of them young, mostly BAME and many of them female – who are on desperately low wages, insecure employment and treated appallingly by their bosses. We are making a real difference! Thank you to all those union branches, Labour Party branches, other organisations and individuals who have donated to our Organiser Fund to make this possible. You can make a donation to our Organiser Fund by bacs payment to Account name: Sheffield Trade Union Council account no: 59109499 sort code: 60-83-01. Please use reference Union Organiser.
Our Officers and Executive Committee members were re-elected ( please see below ). But we have plenty of vacancies! We need a Treasurer ( the Secretary is currently doing this job as well), another Auditor (sadly we lost our dear friend and comrade Ian Furness PCS earlier this year) and there are several vacancies on our Executive Committee. Nominations please from affiliated union branches.
Is your union branch affiliated? If not it should be! Please ask your Branch Secretary – you’ll find an affiliation form attached here Sheffield TUC affiliation form 2022
PRESIDENT: Bob Jeffery (UCU) nominated by UCU Sheffield Hallam University, GMB S35 Health and UNITE NE 302/5 First Bus Sheffield
VICE PRESIDENTS (2 Positions): Maxine Bowler (UNITE) nominated by UNITE NE 403/5 Not for Profit Sam Morecroft (UCU) nominated by UCU Sheffield Hallam University
SECRETARY: Martin Mayer (UNITE) nominated by UNITE NE 302/5 First Bus Sheffield, GMB S35 Health and UCU Sheffield Hallam University
TREASURER: vacant
AUDITORS (2 Positions): Louise Blake (NEU) nominated by NEU Sheffield & District + 1 vacancy
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (12 PLACES):
Julia Armstrong (NUJ): nominated by NUJ South Yorkshire
Simon Murch (NEU): nominated by NEU Sheffield & District
Carrie Hedderwick (UNITE): nominated by UNITE Community S. Yorks COM 008
Les Wray (UNITE): nominated by UNITE NE 302/5 First Bus
Ed Mustill (GMB); nominated by GMB S35 Health
Steve Coe (TSSA) nominated by TSSA North East General 433
+ 6 vacant places
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (2 RESERVED WOMENS PLACES):
2 vacant places