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BTUC zoom meeting on Education and the pandemic 7 pm Thursday the 21st January 2021

Dec 26

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BTUC zoom meeting on Education and the pandemic

Thursday January 21st at 7pm over zoom

You can book your ticket by following the link below

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Naeem Malik is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Education Meeting Hosted by BTUC
Time: Jan 21, 2021 07:00 PM London

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The pandemic and its appalling mismanagement by this government and other agencies is having a terrible impact on education: staff, students and learning; in schools, communities, colleges and universities.

In all sectors of education, students are facing disruption to their learning, uncertainty about their future, risks to health and wellbeing and many struggles with economic hardship.

Staff in all sectors, in teaching, admin and support roles, are battling with unsafe working conditions, increased workload, threats to job security and hugely raised stress and anxiety.

These are just come of the challenges. Union branches and activists are doing a lot, often behind the scenes, to protect education workers and students. Come to the meeting to find out what’s happening. Join in the discussion and be part of plans to resist the attacks.

Main speakers will talk about action in schools, colleges and universities. They come from UCU, NEU and UNISON. A parent will address the impact on students and parents, and campaigns to resist. There will be other contributions from the floor, and you will have time to ask questions and join in the discussion.

Together we can defend everyone who learns or works in education. Join us on January 21.

BTUC Emergency Rally supporting UNISON Heartlands porters Sunday 20th December 5 pm

Dec 18

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BTUC Emergency Rally Sunday 20th December 2020 supporting the porters in dispute at Heartlands in Birmingham

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Birmingham TUC is inviting you to an emergency zoom rally in support of Unison members who are porters at Birmingham Heartlands hospital. They have been taking industrial action for a number of weeks to protect their terms and conditions. These key workers, who were there for us all during the Covid pandemic ensuring one of our local hospitals delivered care to everyone who needed it, will disgracefully heard last week that they will be sent “fire and hire” letters by management over Christmas.

Key speakers will include:
Claire Breeze (speaking on behalf of the Heartlands porters)
Mandey Buckley
Ravi Subramanian (UNISON)
Howard Beckett (UNITE)

As a trade union movement across the city and region we have to come together to show University Hospitals Birmingham management that they cannot behave like this and that the workers have our full support.

Please join us on Sunday at 5pm at this link:

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Birmingham Trades Council Delegates Meeting 7 pm Thursday 3rd of December 7 pm

Dec 3

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Birmingham Trades Council delegates will meet on Thursday the 3rd of December 2020.

Key speakers will include representatives of the various Trade Unions. This will include include speakers from NEU, UCU and UNISON.

Howard Beckett from UNITE will be speaking on Jeremy’s suspension and the withdrawal of the Labour whip.

There will be two resolutions put to the delegates.

The resolution demanding restoring Jeremy Corbyn’s membership of the Labour Party including restoration of the Whip that was withdrawn when Jeremy’s suspension was withdrawn
The resolution in support of the UNISON workers at the Heartlands hospital involved submitted by the UNITE LE/975 Brsanch.

Details of the zoom meeting:

Naeem Malik is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: BTUC Delegate Meeting
Time: TThe meeting is due to take place 7 pm Thursday the 3rd of December 2020

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BTUC Meeting on Climate Emergency and Birmingham’s response held on 7 pm Thursday 12th November 2020

Nov 13

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BTUC Climate Emergency Meeting to discuss Birmingham’s response with Councillor Lisa Trickett, Labour’s Mayoral Candidate Liam Byrne, Regional Secretary of UNISON Ravi Subramanian, Lamar Campbell President Aston University Labour Students and Jules Todd Climate Action Network West Midlands

BTUC Delegates Meeting Thursday 5th November 2020 7pm via zoom

Oct 30

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Following is the recording of the delegates meeting took place on the 5th November 2020.

Invited speakers included:

Dr Melany Cruz of the University of Birmingham and UCU will be speaking on our behalf. The speaker will be talking about the current corona virus crisis and its impact on the university sectors and on the university communities.
Richie Venton of USDAW talking about the campaign to reinstate him after he was sacked by IKEA during the corona crisis while fighting cuts in working conditions.
Alex Marshall from IWGB organizing couriers in Wolverhampton
Ali Moosa from Communications Workers Union

The meeting also received nominations for the executive and officer positions for 2021. The nomination papers will be sent to delegates who have provided their email addresses. If you think you are a delegate to the BTUC and would like to forward a nomination for any of the posts or the executive positions please email the secretary btucsec@hotmail.com Please include your branch and union and in the subject of the email use Nominations. Include your name and the person nominated togather with their email union and branch. Nominations can be emailed during the meeting of the 7th November. Nominations will end by the end of the meeting. Where positions are contested ballots will be issued for the contested posts as per the constitution that is available on this link here. The elections for contested positions will take place in January 2021. http://btuc.org/wordpress2/?cat=33 If you have any questions on the process please email the secretary btucsec@hotmail.com

The positions available for nominations are:

Following positions are available for nomination.

President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Equal Opportunities Officer
Anti-Racist Officer
Assistant Secretary
10 members to the Executive Committee.

Duties of the officers and the executive members are defined in the constitution available on thise website.

Zoom Details for the meeting are:

Topic: BTUC Delegate Meeting
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Birmingham Climate Emergency Conference

Oct 7

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Time: Nov 12, 2020 07:00 PM to join the meeting follow the link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83565647323?pwd=Wms3ZXV2OXRxb2xVSnFQd0cvdnBDQT09

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BTUC Delegates Meeting (ZOOM) Thursday 1st October 7 pm

Sep 27

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October delegates meeting took place over zoom on Thursday the 1st October 7 pm. Following is the recording of the proceedings.

Climate Action

Waseem Zafar cabinet member of the Birmingham City Council responsible for the Environment and Transport was unable to attend. We are hoping to invite him again very soon to discuss Birmingham City’s response to the Climate Emergency.

Jules Todd, from Climate Action Network West Midlands made the presentation expanding on the the challenges Birmingham and region faces on Climate Emergency. He also elucidated the what is required of our city’s governing group to meet the challenges and the consequences of their failure.

Trade Union and other activists also talked about the corona crisis and how it impacts their members in the region.

Please join us using the zoom details below.

Topic: BTUC Delegate Meeting
Time: Thursday the 1st of October 7 pm
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Birmingham Trades Council expressing solidarity with Asylum seekers and refugees

Sep 14

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At our most recent delegate meeting on 3rd September 2020, Birmingham Trades Union Council delegates unanimously passed a motion in support of refugees and asylum seekers. Delegates also resolutely condemned the actions of far-right groups like Britain First, who are targeting hotels housing refugees and asylum seekers in the West Midlands and videoing themselves doing so. At a time when the far right continue to cause those in need to fear for their safety, delegates lent their resolved solidarity.

It’s important to stress the following points:

• Anti-racism and solidarity must be at the heart of our trade unionism and the labour movement as a whole. Refugees and asylum seekers flee persecution, war, poverty and devastation to seek safety and refuge in the UK, as is their right.

• The labour movement must be at the forefront of challenging that hate and hysteria. Birmingham Trade Union Council stand ready to work with all allies in that effort. We will seek to support organisations on the frontline of support, as far as we are able

• Britain First are not acting in a vacuum. A climate of hate and hysteria has been created against refugees, asylum seekers and indeed migrants as a whole cohort by the politicians pursuing a hostile environment and the media.

• In only focusing on a need to harden its borders, Britain has failed to take account of its moral and legal obligations to support and house refugees and asylum seekers.

• The labour movement must be at the forefront of challenging that hate and hysteria. Birmingham Trade Union Council stand ready to work with all allies in that effort.

• The housing of refugees is currently contracted to Serco in the West Midlands, who have a track record of winning huge outsourced contracts and failing to deliver them properly. The stories of refugees being treated appallingly at their hands are long standing. Such terrible conditions illustrate again the failure of the neoliberal outsourcing model, with basic respect for dignity and humanity has been lost in the pursuits of profit.

• Birmingham City Council have suffered savage cuts to their funding since 2010 and the pressures have only increased during the pandemic. However, we must ensure that BCC does not downgrade or reduce its support to the most systematically marginalised people in our community. Central government must provide BCC with sufficient resources to house and support refugees. BCC ought to seek these additional resources but also campaign to end the involvement of outsourced providers such as Serco, instead calling for a devolution of this responsibility to local authorities. We will be writing to Councillor Ian Ward, the leader of BCC, to request the same.

We’ll also be writing to all of our branches with a copy of the motion and a copy of this statement. We will additionally request branches join us in supporting relief efforts on the ground, in the form of donations (both in kind and financial) and volunteer support, where possible. We will endeavour to keep in close contact with frontline organisations and continue sharing information on how to support refugees and asylum seekers.

In solidarity,

Birmingham Trade Union Council

Recording of the BTUC Delegates Meeting of 3rd of September 2020

Sep 6

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Howard Beckett, UNITE Jess Phillips MP Birmingham Yardley Waseem Zafar Birmingham Councillor and Cabinet Member

Q&A following with speakers at the BTUC 3rd September 2020

BTUC Delegate Meeting 7 pm Thursday the 3rd Sept 2020

Aug 28

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The next delegate meeting of the Birmingham Trades Council will take place over the zoom on Thursday the 3rd of September 7 pm.

The meeting is being held under exceptional circumstances where many of our affiliates are busy protecting jobs that are under threat as a consequence of the Corona crisis. If any of the delegates or their unions are engaged in a dispute please let us know and we will try and make roon on the agenda to discuss the dispute.

We have an impressive list of speakers and they include:

Jess Phillips Member of Parliament for Yardley will be speaking Covid-19 and Domestic violence
Councillor Waseem Zafar speaking on environment and clean air zone.
Howard Beckett from UNIITE will be speaking on the BA dispute.

The meeting is being held over the zoom because of Covid-19 restrictions on public gatherings.

You can join the meeting using the following credentials.

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