Birmingham Trade Union Council organised a day of speeches and performances marking May Day in Birmingham.
Panelists included, Head Teacher from Anderton Park Primary School, representatives from National Education Union, Birmingham City Councillors and community organisations including LGBT groups
Birmingham South Asians LGBT
Councillor Martin Straker-Welds
Sarah Hewitt-Clarkson, Headteacher, Anderton Park School
Ann Sawyer, Supporting Education of Equality and Diversity in Schools (SEEDS)
Representatives from Trade Unions and community activists discussing the controversy surrounding relationship education in Birmingham schools.
Panelists include:
Khakan Qureshi, Birmingham South Asians LGBT
Ann Sawyer, Supporting Education of Equality and Diversity in Schools (SEEDS)
Sarah Hewitt-Clarkson, Headteacher, Anderton Park School
Councillor Martin Straker-Welds, member, Learning, Culture and Physical Activity Overview and Scrutiny Committee
Doug Morgan, Assistant Secretary, Birmingham District of the National Education Union
Venue:
Council House, Victoria Square Birmingham B1 1BB
The Birmingham TUC (BTUC) along with Birmingham Against The Cuts (BATC) say enough is enough of the continuing disgraceful treatment meted out to the City’s care-workers of whom 95% are women on low pay.
Their dispute has gone on for some 15 months unresolved along with 60 days of strike action, whilst the Labour controlled council resolved the Bin workers dispute but has allowed the debacle of care-workers who also suffer changes in their work contracts with cuts in pay to continue.
These care-workers need the fullest public and trade union support to assist in their just claim of returning to their original terms and conditions in order to provide a service to this city’s needy who will be unable to afford private assistance.
The BTUC and BATC call upon Birmingham City Council to resolve this dispute as quickly as possible.
25 March 2019
Q&A with David Herne and Fred Grindrod on Brexit and its impact in Birmingham and the West Midlands
What is the “Climate Emergency” and how can organised labour help to tackle it? This short presentation by a member of Climate Action Network West Midlands will explain the issues, evidence and consequences of “global warming”. Some of the approaches and initiatives of labour organisations in the UK and globally will be outlined. The meeting will then discuss how we can organise at city / regional level to tackle the problem.
The scientific evidence is very clear – our industrial society is damaging the natural systems we depend on to survive. If we carry on burning fossil fuels, generating vast quantities of waste and ruining our soil and water, then millions of lives are at risk. Poor and vulnerable people world-wide are already suffering. Ultimately, there is a risk our civilisation could collapse as all previous civilisations have done.
This dystopian future is avoidable, if we act quickly and decisively. Organised labour has always worked towards a fairer, healthier and safer society. Collective action to tackle the Climate Emergency and other threats to our environment will also support our broader goals.