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DOES YOUR UNION HAVE A BRANCH IN STROUD
OR THE SURROUNDING DISTRICT
(Cirencester, Dursley, Nailsworth, Tetbury, Wotton-under-Edge or anywhere else nearby)?

Local trade unionists in Stroud District have set up a Trades Council so that unions in the area can exchange information, join together in campaigning, support industrial disputes and work to improve life for people in our areas.

We need other trade unionists to join us and trade union branches to affilitate. WE NEED YOU!

If you are interested, or think that your union branch would be, please contact us:

secretary@stroudtuc.org

We are meeting monthly and any participation including willingness to support local campaigns and local workers in dispute is welcome.

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PLANS FOR MAYDAY AND CELEBRATIONS OF THE CENTENARY OF THE GENERAL STRIKE OF 1926

Why do Trade Unions celebrate May Day?

General Strike Centenary Schedule (specifically Stroud events in red)

  1. Exhibition about the General Strike nationally and in Stroud at Stroud Valley Arts April 22-26 Performance at SVA Wednesday 22nd
  2. Local Historian Stuart Butler has written an account of the General Strike in Stroud. This will be published by the Bristol Radical History Group together with an account of the General Strike in Gloucester written by Tony Conder. The Bristol Radical History Group are publishing a number of booklets about the General Strike in the region
  3. Stuart Butler speaking about Swindon, the GWR and the General Strike M Shed Bristol Saturday April 25th
  4. Saturday May 2nd May Day Rally with a General Strike followed by a General Striked themed walk through Stroud starting at 1pm with stops to talk and ending up at The Prince Albert pub where there is an exhibition (walk at the request of Stroud & District Trades Council).
  5. Saturday May 9th talk about Stroud and Swindon and the General Strike at Gloucester Heritage Hub
  6. May 12th Stuart Butler speaking about Stroud and the General Strike at the Little Chapel, Rodborough
  7. There will also be a mini-exhibition up at The Prince Albert pub, Rodbrough Hill, GL5 3SS, in early May
  8. Stuart Butler speaking at the Stroud Local History Society November 19th

Visit Stroud Radical History website for updates and more local information and news.

Join us for the May Day Rally from 10.30 am on May 2nd in Bank Gardens, Stroud for stalls, speakers, a march led by the Stroud Red Band and then followed by the walk and talk event at 1 pm

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