Brighton Hove and District Trades Council: Calling all disabled activists and supporters against cuts! Public meeting this Friday!

Wednesday 20 July 2011

Calling all disabled activists and supporters against cuts! Public meeting this Friday!

[Message from Brighton Disabled People Against Cuts campaigner Jill Goble]

I am pleased to let you know that the next meeting of our Brighton Disabled People Against Cuts group will be this coming Friday 22nd July at the Phoenix Community Centre, Phoenix Place, Brighton starting from 6.30pm.

This is an accessible venue with a disabled toilet. More information about this venue and directions can be found on the Federation for Disabled People Accessibility Guide here:
http://www.bhfederation.org.uk/accessible-city-guide/public-buildin...

If you are on Facebook you can sign up to attend this event here:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=128272957260656
Our Facebook Brighton Disabled People Against Cuts group is here:
http://www.facebook.com/groups/BrightonDisabledPeopleAgainstCuts?ap=1
We do not currently have an email group or a website but you can see what we are about on the Main Disabled People Against Cuts site at

http://www.dpac.uk.net/about/
Please email me on jillgoble@googlemail.com if you have any queries.

In May we attended the CPS Union Public Meeting on Welfare: An Alternative Vision and were pleased to hear Linda Burnip a founder of Disabled People Against Cuts make a speech highlighting the threats cuts are making to the lives of disabled people. Click here to read on...

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 20 July 2011

Calling all disabled activists and supporters against cuts! Public meeting this Friday!

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