Category Archives: Erdington Against the Cuts
Day of Action Over Leisure Services Privatisation
As we reported on Monday, Birmingham City Council have begun a process that could see a £200m outsourcing of leisure services to private, profit seeking, companies. This affects people all over the city, and Handsworth Against the Cuts were out … Continue reading
Photo Review of the Year 2011
Birmingham Against The Cuts was formed at the end of 2010 to fight the council and central government cuts. 2011 has been a busy year for all of us, with some truly memorable events. You can click on a picture … Continue reading
Tomorrow: All Out! Strike for Pensions Justice!
Tomorrow is set to be a historic day, with one of the largest strikes in the history of the UK, as millions of public sector workers strike to defend their pensions, rejecting an offer by the government which would see … Continue reading
Mayday Demonstration in Photos
The Banners The March The People The Speakers UKUncut Topshop Demo The Photographers With thanks for the photos from: Geoff Dexter Sherborne Amy-Rose Deffley Indymedia Birmingham Pete Jackson/Right to Work Mary Pearson Bob Whitehead You can read a full report … Continue reading
Hundreds come out for Mayday Demonstration
Hundreds of people took to the streets of Birmingham today to celebrate the trade union movement and demonstrate against the cuts. Mayday is the traditional workers holiday and every year Birmingham Trades Union Council (BTUC) organise a celebration. For the … Continue reading
You May Not Do This To Us
Birmingham Trade Unionists Lead May Day Rally Defending Public Services Birmingham Trades Union Council and Birmingham Against the Cuts have come together to organise this years Mayday demonstration. Mayday is the workers bank holiday, and a time for the trade … Continue reading
More activity from local groups
Sparkhill and Sparkbrook against the Cuts held a stall on Saturday in Sparkhill. Their next event is a Local Election Meeting, to which all candidates standing in the Springfield ward have been invited. This will be held on Wednesday 27th … Continue reading
Sat April 30th – Mayday Demonstration
This demonstration has been called by Birmingham Trades Union Council to celebrate May Day— International Workers Day. May Day celebrates International Workers Day and is marked traditionally when the Trade Union Movement gathers with the community to celebrate our … Continue reading
Activities over the next week
There are a few things going on over the next week, helping to build Birmingham Against the Cuts and the two demonstrations at the end of the month – 23rd March in Birmingham on budget day, and the TUC national … Continue reading
Erdington stall a success
Dear All Erdington supporters of Birmingham Against the Cuts held a successful stall in Erdington High St outside the Coop from 11 am – 1pm on Saturday. Using a megaphone we were able to get over some of the aspects … Continue reading
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