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Over the last few months Trades Councils have been supporting action by London bus workers over attacks on their pay and conditions and cuts. After praising bus workers for their keeping the service going despite the death toll from Covid of over 52 drivers, employers have been seeking to impose various cuts and new practices. Trades Councils have been out on picket lines and holding solidarity meetings showing solidarity with the UNITE members taking action. Planned London bus strikes set to...

GLATUC gave full support to this year’s London May Day. It was represented on the London May Day bus that travelled around the capital playing trade union songs and adorned with banners. GLATUC had also contributed to the video show on the London May Day site which is still running. Several Trades Councils held their own local celebrations as well.

Tuesday March 9 saw the successful re-launch of Harrow TUC.

1888 BRYANT & MAY STRIKE LED BY WOMEN WORKERS This historic fight inspired the major London fights by the Dockers and the Gas Workers in the following year. London Trades Council gave important support.   1976 WOMEN LEAD TRICO STRIKE FOR EQUAL PAY 400 women took on US multinational Trico-Folberth to win equal pay in a 21 week strike. Margaret Witham, GLATC Women's Officer, was closely involved and organised GLATC support.   1976-78 GRUNWICK FIGHT The now famous Grunwick Strike of...

GLATUC has sent 2 important motions to the annual conference of trades councils which will take place in June.

GLATUC has given its full support to the current battle by London bus workers in UNITE against attacks on their terms and conditions

GMB members at British Gas down tools on January 20, 22, 25, 29, 30, 31 and February 1 as cities across the UK lit up with 'Stop the British Gas Fire' messages of support. Thousands of GMB members at British Gas begin a fresh seven-day strike on January 20 over the company's strategy to fire them all and rehire them on worse terms and conditions. Strike action taking place January 22, 25, 29, 30, 31 and February 1 in anger as profitable British Gas provokes further disruption for its...

Members across BT, Openreach and EE have delivered the starkest possible warning to management that, if necessary, they are prepared to take industrial action in defence of job security and hard won terms and conditions. In what is undoubtedly the most important vote involving the CWU’s entire BT Group membership since the 1987 national strike, over 74% of the CWU members balloted across BT Group participated in the poll and of them 97.9% voted ‘YES’. The consultative ballot, which closed at...

GLATUC and the London Trades Councils have been active through the Covid pandemic. GLATUC has been meeting bi-monthly and at the October meeting had two speakers…