Brighton Hove and District Trades Council: Support your Argus workers out on third 48 hour strike!

Wednesday 5 January 2011

Support your Argus workers out on third 48 hour strike!

"The chapel voted by overwhelming majority to confirm it will take strike action on January 6 and 7. We are looking to take our protest to Newsquest head office, where members of NUJ chapels from around the country will be joining us."

Support the workers fighting to save jobs and win a first pay rise for three years. Come along to the picket from 7am at Argus House, Crowhurst Road, Brighton (at the end of bus route 5B to Hollingbury)

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For more info check out brightonargus.blogspot.com

Who are we and what do we do?

Trades union councils bring together trade unions to campaign around issues effecting working people in their workplaces and local communities.

Trades Union Councils consist of trade unions or branches of

trade unions which meet within the area covered by that council, or which have members working or living in the area.

A union branch will normally affiliate to the trades union council in the area in which it meets. Each branch will then send delegates to the trades union council's meetings. These branches pay an affiliation fee. Their delegates elect officers from amongst themselves to represent the views and priorities of the constituent branches and to take responsibility for working for and supporting the policy of Congress and the Trades Union Council (TUC) General Council. This is because trades union councils are registered with the TUC, rather than being entirely independent bodies. The Annual Conference of Trades Union Councils takes place over a May weekend.

Brighton Hove & District Trades Council was first formed in the function room above The Eagle pub in Gloucester Road, Brighton in 1890.

Aims and objectives

> Raise public awareness of rights at work and the union role in enforcing those rights.

> Promote organising and recruitment drives to build union membership.

> Support union and community campaigns for dignity and respect in the workplace and beyond.

With the threats of racism and fascism, changes in the labour market and debates over the future of public services, the trade union voice in the community is as important as ever.

The capacity of trades union councils to provide a local response and to organise trade unionists into coalitions with other progressive forces is crucial. They do this by providing services which keep local trade unionists up to date with developments within the wider trade union movement, and by taking up relevant local industrial and community issues.

Wednesday 5 January 2011

Support your Argus workers out on third 48 hour strike!

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