Here is a round-up of strike action in our area. We would like to encourage all Unite Community members to please go and support your local picket lines, marches and rallies. Unite flags can be obtained from your local branch office. Please also send your photos and reviews of any strike action that you attend to Joe or Andy, so that we can include them on the blog.
March with us in London on Saturday 18th October, to call for an end to the longest squeeze on living standards for nearly a century. March for a better Britain, full of hope for ordinary people and the next generation, jobs that pay and affordable homes. Book your seat – Contact Caroline on 0113 322 3385 to book a seat on Unite’s free transport for members and family.
Please note that all of the details below are correct at the time of publication. As more details become available, we will update the list, so check back regularly. Please also check with you local branch office if in doubt.
Monday 13th October 2014
BARNSLEY: NHS solidarity BREAKFAST
Hospital workers in UNITE, UNISON and RCM (Royal College of Midwives – striking for the first time in their history) will be on strike from 7am-11am.
Pickets at Barnsley Hospital, Keresforth Centre, Kendray and Mount Vernon hospitals/day care centres.
SHEFFIELD: Strike Action
NHS workers in UNISON, GMB, UNITE and Royal Society of Midwives are taking limited strike action against George Osborne’s refusal to pay even the 1% pay rise recommended by the Government’s own Pay Review Body.
SHEFFIELD: Rally
Northern General Hospital
Herries Road Entrance at 10am
Speakers:
Tony Pearson, UNISON
Bill Adams, Reg TUC Sec
John Dunn, Orgreave Campaigner
Doncaster Care UK striker
All staff welcome to join the rally
0114 2714408 john.campbell@sth.nhs.uk
YORK: March
Assemble at 12noon by the West End of York Minster.
We don’t just want strike day to be a stay-at-home day. We want to show that this is an active campaign with demands that people are passionate about. Better pay in the public sector means more pressure for better pay in the private sector – and more taxes to provide support for those unable to find or undertake work. Its a win-win-win.
Picket Lines: 7am to 11am
Scarborough Hospital
Woodlands Drive
Scarborough
YO12 6QL
Bridlington Hospital
Bessingby Road
Bridlington
YO16 4QP
York Hospital
Wigginton Road
York
YO31 8HE
Keresforth Centre
Keresforth Close
Barnsley
S70 6RS
Fieldhead Hospital
Ouchthorpe Lane
Wakefield
WF1 3SP
Northway Clinic
Northway
Scarborough
YO12 7AF
Leeds Blood Transfusion Service
Bridle Path
Seacroft
LS15 7TW
Reginald Centre
263 Chapeltown Road
Leeds
LS7 3EX
Leeds General Infirmary
Great George Street
Leeds
LS1 3EX
St James Hospital
Beckett Street
Leeds
LS9 7TF
Durham Health
UHND – Darlington Memorial
07880 196359
Gateshead Health
Queen Elizabeth and Bensham Hospitals
0191 4452371
Newcastle Hospitals
RVI and Maternity Services
Freeman Hospital
0191 2231373
North Tees & Hartlepool
Outside main gates at University Hospital of Hartlepool and University Hospital of North Tees.
01642 383804
Northern Blood
Blood Centre – Holland Drive, Newcastle.
0191 219 4518
Northumbria Health
Main Hospitals – Wansbeck, North Tyneside, Hexham.
01670 529347 / 825
South Tees Health
Three main sites – JCUH Middlesbrough, Redcar Hospital, Friarage (Northallerton).
01642 246 434
South Tyneside Health
General Hospital and other sites.
0191 2024066
TEWV
Four main sites – Middlesbrough, Darlington, Durham and Northallerton.
01642 837 364
Wearside Health
Sunderland Royal Hospital
0191 569 9909
Tuesday 14th October 2014
HUDDERSFIELD: March and Rally
Assemble from 11.00 am St George’s Square HD1 1JS
Move off 11.30 am for town centre march
Rally back at St George’s Square
Speakers will include: Paul Holmes UNISON, Lyall Singleton UNITE, speaker from GMB, chair Nick Ruff Huddersfield TUC.
For more information: Bob Stoker 0730633708
www.huddersfield-tuc.org
Facebook/ Huddersfield TUC
BARNSLEY: March and Rally
Assemble at 10.30am outside Gateway Plaza for an 11am set-off, followed by a rally in the precinct. Local trade union speakers. Local MPs invited. Contact: Dave Gibson.
SHEFFIELD: March and Rally
Local Authority workers in UNISON, GMB and UNITE are taking a day’s strike action over pay restraint which has seen their pay fall in real terms faster than any other group of workers.
Assemble 11am Devonshire Green. Speakers at 11.15am. March sets off 11.30am. 12.30pm arrive at City Hall steps Barkers Pool for final rally and speeches. Close 13.30pm.
YORK: March
We’re going to be marching with UNISON, UCU and members of other unions. We want this to be a representation of our whole city. Many staff, both public and private sector, are being told year after year that they won’t get a raise, whilst money is pumped into the hands of the few. York may be doing better than many places for ‘job creation’ but so many of those jobs are paying below the Living Wage.
DONCASTER: Picket and March
Picket North Bridge, Doncaster. March Civic Building Doncaster (no other details yet available).
ROTHERHAM: Picket and March
(no details yet available).
Picket Lines: 7am to 11am
City of Sunderland
Youth Offending, Lombard Street, Sandhill View, Civic Centre
0191 5532730
Darlington
Town Hall
01325 388 270
Durham
County Hall
03000 263300/ 301/ 302/ 303
Gateshead
Civic Centre.
Still establishing position re Schools.
0191 4776638
Hartlepool
Main Admin Buildings, Departments and Schools.
01429 523027
Newcastle
Same as July. Civic Centre and other Offices and Depots.
0191 211 6980/6981
North East Ambulance
Bernicia HQ, Newburn, Riverside
0191 232 0348
North Tyneside
Bernicia HQ, Newburn, Riverside
0191 232 0348
North Tyneside
Main HQ buildings – Cobalt
0191 643 8953
Northumberland
Branch Committee meets Monday, 6 October. Will picket County Hall.
01670 624406/01670 624409/01670 624410
Northumberland, Tyne & Wear Health
St Nicholas Hospital, St George’s, Hopewood Park, Monkwearmouth.
01670 394161
Redcar and Cleveland
Civic Heart, R&C House, Belmont House.
01642 444 468
South Tyneside LG
Three main buildings – South Shields Town Hall, Middlefields Depot and Gordon House, South Shields.
0191 454 4167
Stockton
Kingsway House, Queensway House, Municipal Buildings (Church Road).
01642 528685 / 528684
Wednesday 15th October 2014
BARNSLEY: Solidarity Walk
3 PCS picketlines in Barnsley. Assemble at 7.30 am at John Rideal House, Shambles Street.
SHEFFIELD: Strike Action
PCS civil servants on strike over attacks to their pay and conditions
BRING YOUR BANNERS!
The PCS will have a picket line at every Job Centre, please visit their website for more details.
Saturday 18th October 2014
LONDON: Britain Needs a Pay Rise
Support the TUC’s Britain Needs A Pay Rise demonstration in London. The Trades Council has organised a coach which is filling fast. To book your seat on Unite’s free transport for members and family, contact Caroline on 0113 322 3385.
10 July industrial action – your story. Hundreds of thousands of people took industrial action on 10 July to call for fair pay for local government workers. Here, a few of our members tell us why they felt they had to take their demonstration right to the heart of London. Click here to view.
A message from Mark Serwotka of the PCS Union.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=vwRjgsL9PFo