Chelmsford TUC

Established 1899

Welcome to the Chelmsford & District Trades Union Council website

Chelmsford & District Trades Union Council is affiliated to the Trades Union Congress (TUC) and the Essex County Association of Trades Councils.

Its membership is made up of delegates from mainly locally based trade union branches that are affiliated to the TUC. Its aim is to promote the objectives of the TUC and to defend the interests of trade unionists and their families within Chelmsford.

We have a wide range of content on this site, including sections on labour and trade union boycotts, the history of the union and labour movements, working class culture, songs, poetry and literature, and politics, equal opportunities and workplace information, as well as many links to the wider labour movement. In the last 24 hours we have had 77 page views.

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ON-LINE PETITIONS

If, like us, you are concerned at Essex County Council’s to sell its services to the private sector, then please sign the online petition on the "10 Downing Street" website with the title "Essex County Council Outsourcing".

FROM THE CWU. Stop the privatisation of Royal Mail. Please sign this petition on the "10 Downing Street" website. It says: "We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to reject any part privatisation or minority stake sale of Royal Mail which could lead to loss of service, price hikes and would erode a much loved public service."

OUR HISTORICAL RECORDS

Interested in local trade union movement documents and records or the campaigns that have taken place in Chelmsford over many years? We have recently placed all our records and many others related to our Movement in the Essex Record Office. It will take some time before they will be available to the public but you can see what we have deposited in our History Section.

We have all the latest news from the TUC, the Co-operative Movement, LabourStart and the Health & Safety NewsWire.

Chelmsford TUC, local political parties, community groups and leading local figures are in the forefront of a campaign to defeat racism and fascism within their community. Read our Statement against Racism and Fascism

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JULY GENERAL MEETING

2 July 2009: At their July meeting Chelmsford TUC delegates noted with pleasure that the campaign for the reinstatement of an employee at the Linamar Company, Rob Williams, had been successful. The Trades Council has been thanked for its efforts. As part of its autumn programme the Trades Council is planning to hold a conference to support the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen on 5 December. It is hoped that a large number of community groups will participate.