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Swindon Trades Union Council: January 2007
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Swindon Trades Union Council. Friday, January 26, 2007. Civil servants say yes to national civil service strike. Members of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) have overwhelmingly voted for ongoing national industrial action across the civil service as the government continue to fail to give assurances on job security, drive down pay and pursue a dogmatic policy of outsourcing and privatisation. Posted by Martin Wicks @ 14:39. Saturday, January 06, 2007. National conference for NHS campaigners.
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Swindon Trades Union Council: October 2006
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Swindon Trades Union Council. Monday, October 16, 2006. Campaigning against thegovernment’s privatisation agenda. A Swindon TUC Open Meeting. Swindon Trades Union Council - Media Release October 12th 2006. Broadgreen Centre, Salisbury Rd (off of Manchester Rd). It’s policy in the health service has been to create a ‘market’ in healthcare. It’s a rigged ‘market’ though because the government has instructed PCT’s to hand over work to the private sector, with no competition, taking money away from the N...
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Swindon Trades Union Council: November 2006
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Swindon Trades Union Council. Tuesday, November 28, 2006. Death knell sounds for 200 tax office jobs. MORE than 200 people working for the tax office in Swindon will lose their jobs by 2010. Union leaders are in discussions this week, following the announcement of plans to leave just a handful of staff working for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs Swindon office by 2010. PCS's Swindon chairman Phil Robbins said: "The government has said it plans to close the Swindon tax office by 2010. Union members have...
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Swindon Trades Union Council: December 2006
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Swindon Trades Union Council. Thursday, December 14, 2006. This is to draw to your attention a fairly new website which aims to serve as a focus for discussion on trade union issues, bringing together trade union academics with union activists. You can read the material without registering, but you need to register to post an article or comment on articles on the site. There are currently over 700 people registered. You can visit the site at:. Posted by Martin Wicks @ 11:33. Thursday, December 07, 2006.
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Swindon Trades Union Council: August 2006
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Swindon Trades Union Council. Wednesday, August 02, 2006. Health and Safety Conference. Swindon TUC and the Trade Union Education Centre are looking to organisation a day conference for Health and Safety reps in the area. Below is the letter being sent out to union branches, together with a feedback form to guage the level of interest. The one day conference we would like to organise would be an opportunity to bring together H&S reps in the area to:. Currently there is not a means of generalising from th...
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Swindon Trades Union Council: September 2006
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Swindon Trades Union Council. Friday, September 08, 2006. Swindon NUT opposes Academy. Below we reproduce the submission from Swindon NUT to the consultation in relation to the proposal to replace Headlands school with a privately run Academy. The Swindon Division of the NUT opposes the proposal to replace three democratically accountable Swindon schools with a privately owned and run Academy. In Barnsley local papers reported a row which occurred during the consultation. The Yorkshire Post reports,.
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Swindon Trades Union Council: March 2006
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Swindon Trades Union Council. Tuesday, March 28, 2006. Local government workers strike. Local government workers in Swindon were on strike today as part of the national action organised by 9 trades unions. The strike included council workers at the civic offices, those at Swindon Commercial Services, Teaching Assistants and clerical staff in schools, Libraries and Leasure Centres. They were taking action in defence of the right to retire at 60, without losing any of their pension. Saturday, March 18, 2006.
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Swindon Trades Union Council: July 2006
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Swindon Trades Union Council. Friday, July 21, 2006. TUC win 'Pole tax' reform for Polish workers over-paying tax. This treaty is great news and we are indebted to the TUC for helping us tackle this issue.'. Posted by Martin Wicks @ 13:17. Email swindontuc@btinternet.com or Ring 07786 394593. Swindon, Wiltshire, United Kingdom. View my complete profile. Swindon TUC Health and Safety site. Keep Oue NHS Public. Defend Council Housing Campaign. Hazards - Health and Safety Magazine. We Have Moved Sites.
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Swindon Trades Union Council: June 2006
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Swindon Trades Union Council. Thursday, June 22, 2006. GMB calls 5 day strike at ASDA distribution depots. You can read below the GMB press release of the decision to organise strike action against ASDA/Walmart. The nearest depot to Swindon is at Didcot. The GMB will be calling on trades unionists to demonstrate their support for the strikers at Didcot. More detail will follow. GMB MEMBERS IN ASDA WAL-MART TO STRIKE FOR 5 DAYS FROM JUNE 30TH TO 4TH JULY (INDEPENDENCE DAY). GMB members working in Asda Wal...
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Swindon Trades Union Council: May 2006
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Swindon Trades Union Council. Tuesday, May 30, 2006. Some questions for the scrutiny committee. A letter from Jean Saunders on behalf of the Save Coate campaign. We are writing to you in your capacity as Chairman of the Scrutiny. Committee and in response to your request to contact you with issues that. Should be subject to scrutiny. We suggest that the Committee examines decisions related to the Coate. Social and historic assets of the area. We want to know why English Nature, English Heritage, the Coun...
