Calderdale
Trades
Council
Calderdale Trades Council is the local Trades Union Council for the Calderdale MBC area in West Yorkshire. We exist to bring together union branches and members at a local level to campaign on issues affecting working people in their workplaces and their communities. Click below for our leaflet and affiliation form
All trades unionists and others who share our objectives welcome. We encourage affiliations from all union branches which have members who live or work in Calderdale.
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Demand Better Buses for West
Yorkshire Tracy Brabin was elected Mayor on a pledge to bring West Yorkshire’s buses into public control but internal pressure means local politicians look set to settle for a so-called partnership with private operators. Some are claiming this is the only way to “unlock funding” from the Government. According to We Own It and the Beter Buses Campaign they’re wrong! West Yorkshire can access funding AND go straight for public control. There's no need to set up a partnership deal. On the 24th of June, the Combined Authority will vote on what to do next. Brabin can only deliver public control with the support of our Council Leaders. Email them today to demand they back Brabin and go straight for public control, no ifs, no buts. Send the We Own It e-mail to Mayor Tracy Brabin and West Yorkshire Council Leaders |
Join Halifax and Calderdale Valley Unite Community branch members leafletting at Halifax Bus Station, Saturday 19 June, 11.30am.
The Better Buses Campaign is a joint trades union and community campaign for public control of buses to ensure the restoration of a comprehensive, affordable and environmentally friendly bus services. Join the Better Buses for West Yorkshire campaign |
Refugee Week 2021 in Calderdale
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Regugee Week Launching Webinar programme
Zoom link for Refugee Week Launching Webinar Meeting ID: 890 1609 4044 Passcode: 183302 |
Calderdale Refugee Week programme of events
#RefugeeWeek2021 #WeCannotWalkAlone Calderdale Valley of Sanctuary web site |
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Calderdale Trades Council is offering some financial support towards travel costs to the People's Assembly national demonstration to people who are unwaged
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or low waged. If you, or anybody based in Calderdale you know, wish to request such help, please contact us
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Cancellation of Calderdale online rally
We regret to announce that the
Calderdale Trades Council Online Rally in support of the Right to Protest and the People's Assembly demonstration that was due to be held on Tuesday 15 June, 7pm
has been cancelled
We regret to announce that the
Calderdale Trades Council Online Rally in support of the Right to Protest and the People's Assembly demonstration that was due to be held on Tuesday 15 June, 7pm
has been cancelled
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Unfortunately the Yorkshire March for Our NHS that was due to take place on Saturday 10
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July has been postponed due to rising Covid-19 levels. The demands of the march are set out below:
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Download the 24 July public meeting leaflet:
Two podcasts on the 1842 Great Strike:
Halifax 1842 author Catherine Howe Halifax freelance journalist Mark Metcalf |
Calderdale Trades Council would like to thank BFAWU Suma branch, CWU Bradford Amalgamated Branch, CWU West Yorkshire branch, FBU West Yorkshire, GMB B05 Organising branch, Halifax Constituency Labour Party, J Harvey, NEU Calderdale District, RMT Leeds City branch, TSSA North East General branch, Unite NEYH Regional Committee, Unite NE Sec 2 branch, Unite NE/Geo/1 (Sheffield East) branch, Unite NE/Geo/22 Huddersfield, Unite NE/5 Leeds, Unite NE/209/1, Unite NE/302/11 Arriva Yorkshire Tiger branch, UNITE NE/401/14 branch, Unite NE/403/15 Not for profit branch, UNITE NE/Y/H407/6 branch for their generous donations towards our financial appeal.
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Hands off HRI
Calderdale Trades Council has supported Hands off HRI since it was set up in 2016 to campaign against the closure or downgrading of hospitals or health services within the Huddersfield and Calderdale area, particularly against the planned closure of Huddersfield Royal Infirmary, it’s A&E department and acute services. Facebook Web site Our Save our NHS previous page includes articles about Hands Off HRI |
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People's Covid Inquiry
organised by Keep Our NHS Public It’s not too soon to start learning lessons about this crisis, especially while so many people are still dying from Covid-19. KONP believes this level of deaths was avoidable. We all deserve to know how and why this happened. People's Covid Inquiry web site Keep Our NHS Public is also appealing for funding towards the cost of the inquiry Crowdfunding page |
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TUC Yorkshire & the Humber 2021
Cultural Manifesto now out Please ask your MP, Councillors and candidates in the forthcoming elections to pledge their support for the Cultural Manifesto. The manifesto supports increased public investment in the arts and decent pay and conditions for all who work in the cultural sector. The manifesto also includes policies on Covid-19, equality, the climate emergency, regional inequalities in arts funding, and Brexit. |
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TUC campaign: Winning a
pay rise for key workers Day in, day out key workers take care of us. And during the pandemic - they never stopped. All key workers need a pay rise. When the shelves needed stocking - they were there. When hospitals were at breaking point - they were there. When children needed support and care - they were there. Throughout the pandemic they went to work and risked their lives to care for us. They risk their lives every day. Yet they get paid 8% less than the average. Nurses, teachers, care workers, cleaners and ALL key workers deserve a pay rise. Support key workers' demands for a pay rise: 
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Sign the petition Join more than 50,000 people calling for a pay rise for key workers. Add your name today. Keep updated with the latest campaign updates Join the list to receive weekly updates on the campaign, including resources, latest developments and social media assets. Support the campaign by downloading and sharing these graphics on your social media feeds. |
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Strike action at North
Huddersfield Trust School in defence of victimised union rep Louise Lewis The campaign to reinstate Louise Lewis, victimised NEU Rep from North Huddersfield Trust School, has chalked up a very important victory in securing her return to work after seven long months of suspension. |
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Manchester Go Ahead North West
bus drivers in all out strike over fire and rehire dispute |
Bus drivers at Go North West in Manchester have defeated attempts to fire and rehire them, agreeing a deal which will end one of the country's longest-running industrial disputes. Unite the Union news article |
Calderdale Trades Council co-hosted the morning session Jobs For Our Future at Calderdale Green New Deal's 'Building a Better Future for Calderdale' online event on Saturday 6 February, starting 11.30am.
Download the programme:
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The People’s Assembly Against Austerity has published a pamphlet: “In Place of Austerity – a programme for the people”. “It is essential that we, together with the Trade Unions, continue to build the mass movement further to force the Tories out of office, and to help elect and sustain a future anti-austerity progressive government – which, of course, would be under fierce attack by the bankers, big business monopoly corporations and their pet politicians and media. This is the clear aim of the People’s Assembly.”
This pamphlet is very useful can be used to win more people to an anti-austerity position, and convince them that there is a real, practical and achievable alternative. Download the updated pamphlet:
Morning Star review of the pamphlet:
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Sick of Being Skint? is Calderdale Trades Council’s contribution to the fight for all workers to be paid at least £10 per hour. We are urging workers, especially young workers, to press for better pay and conditions at work through joining a union.
In July 2017 Calderdale Trades Council has worked with USDAW taking ‘Sick of Being Skint?’ cards to the Lidl Supermarket in Sowerby Bridge and with BFAWU in Halifax Town Centre. |
During Heart Unions Week in February 2017 Calderdale Trades Council took ‘Sick of Being Skint?’ campaign postcards to over 60 workplaces in Halifax, Brighouse and Hartshead Moor Service Station.
Download a digital version of the postcard below:
Huddersfield Daily Examiner article 5 Feb 2017
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