Hastings & District Trades Union Council

19/08/2026

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/197TGetsD7/?mibextid=wwXIfr

07/08/2026

https://socialistworker.co.uk/trade-unions/cancer-researchers-ambush-bosses-in-negotaitions-powerplay/?mc_cid=bea53f2db2&mc_eid=a618855348&fbclid=IwZnRzaATi1R5wZG9mBWZkaWQWUMDzVbATic75QwOTQQ6j8DQIoSEHXmV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkCjY2Mjg1NjgzNzkAAR4MU_gLtoSYRs1Cd18PGwl6t4V7g_MSKYyBCDubrHmZ2dbdQvsojojibsJ4dQ_aem_By7jYnLLQZg7uFkuqr4LsA

The Unite union members, who started an indefinite strike this week, say, 'we have shown them we are going to stay out until we win'

14/07/2026

*******UPDATE********

There has been a slight change to the agenda:

In addition to our Health & Safety briefing on workplace temperatures.

We are delighted to be hearing from Aiden Doyle, one of the Unite members on strike at the Institute of Cancer Research.

🚩It’s time to up the solidarity for the ICR strike!🚩

Workers at the Institute of Cancer Research are fighting for pay restoration. Today is their 25th day of strikes since early June—their current strike runs until 7 August.

ICR has reserves of over £150million and a CEO on £457,000. Meanwhile workers at ICR are struggling to make ends meet.

What you can do:
👉Use the collection sheet to do a collection at work or in a trade union or campaign meeting.

👉Circulate the crowdfunder: https://www.gofundme.com/f/cancer-researchers-get-a-fair-pay-deal/

👉Organise a donation from your trade union branch.
Reference: ICR-Strike Fund, acc name: Unite LE/524 Branch, Sort Code: 608301 Acc number: 30010808

👉Invite strikers to speak at your next meeting.

👉Organise for strikers to come and do some delegation work in your town or city—set up some meetings for them.

Send messages of support and speaker requests to:

[email protected]

The next Hastings & District Trades Council meeting will take place at 7pm on Tuesday 21 July 2026 at the Isabel Blackman Centre, Winding St, Hastings, TN34 3AT. Also online via Microsoft Teams - link below.

The meeting will include an important briefing on workplace temperatures. With our chair, and former HSE Health & Safety inspector, Simon Hester.

Heat stress! Know Your Rights

A full briefing on your rights under health & safety law and employment rights law.
The briefing will also give practical tips to pressure the employer, how to make legally tight independent assessments of temperature and humidity levels, and short-term and long-term mitigating measures to reduce workplace heat stress.

Heat stress is a serious health risk - stay safe at work!

You're invited to Hastings & District Trades Council
Tuesday, 21 July 2026
19:00 - 20:30 (GMT)

https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/319975289802213?p=2FpLcKh99mYXT5GW7m

Tap on the link or paste it in a browser to join.

09/07/2026

At the Hastings Apprentice Fair at the White Rock Theatre.

24/06/2026

Time for a maximum working temperature. Sign the petition.

A red weather warning has been issued for some parts of the country. We need the rules to keep us all safe at work. Please sign the petition for a maximum working temperature.

23/06/2026

Too hot to work?
Shut it down!

Workers are taking their safety into their own hands

01/06/2026

27/05/2026

As educators and trade unionists, equality, inclusion and fairness sit at the heart of everything we do.

Our Educators Against the Far-Right conference with comes at a time when the political landscape has undergone seismic shifts.

Educators are faced with a more hostile environment, including the need to deal with racism within the classroom and in the wider community.

Adopting an anti-racist framework, myth-busting in the classroom, and developing culturally-responsive pedagogies are just some of the conference sessions on offer.

Find out more and register below. 👇
https://bit.ly/3Rpwmrk

26/05/2026

Reform-led Durham council cut off funding to the annual Pride celebrations.

So trade unions launched a fundraiser to save it, eventually raising more money than was cut.

Which means this year's Pride will be bigger than ever.

In the 1980s, the LGBT+ community raised thousands of pounds to help striking miners and their families.

When we stick up for each other, we can achieve anything.