Brighton Hove and District Trades Council: Pay Cuts until 2018

Monday, 7 July 2014

Pay Cuts until 2018 - No way!

Join the Strike Demonstration this Thursday

Nationally as many as 2 million workers are expected to strike on Thursday – with Unison, GMB, Unite and PCS being called out over pay alongside NUT and FBU. Already real terms pay has fallen by well over £2000 for most public sector workers and now Tory ministers are talking about maintaining these cuts until 2018. Add to this Firefighters being made to work on the frontline until 60 and with Teachers suffering 60 hour weeks until they are 68 you can see why you should support the strike!

We all need a pay rise - What you can do on 10^th July:

All welcome - brings friends and family:

1) Join the Pickets!

GMB on the beach by the big wheel from 4:30am

GMB at the Hollingdean Depot from 5am

PCS on Edward Street (Job Centre and Courts) + from 6am

PCS Hove Job Centre from 7am

PCS Tax Office Upper North Street from 7am

UNISON Brighton Town Hall, Hove Town Hall, Kings House from 7am

NUT BHASVIC from 9am

FBU Hove and Preston Circus Fire Stations 10am – 7pm

2) Join the Demonstrations!

Meet 10am at

Hollingdean Depot, Upper Hollingdean Road

Hove Town Hall, Norton Road

For feeder marches alongside 1000s of Public Sector workers and supporters

3) Strike Rally!

Midday at The Level, Union Road

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.

Monday, 7 July 2014

Pay Cuts until 2018 - No way!

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