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Home Office Consultation on “New Plan for Immigration”: Make Sure Your Opinion Is Heard

Posted on May 4, 2021 by Dan Roberts Leave a comment

The Government have launched their “New Plan for Immigration” which sets out various proposals for changes to nationality, immigration and asylum law. Activists have called it ‘vague, cruel, unworkable and potentially unlawful’. The document is currently out for consultation until 06/05/2021 with Human Rights and Refugee charities imploring as many people as possible to voice their opposition to the plan.

LOCAL UNION BRANCH ASKS COUNCIL CANDIDATES TO SIGN A NEW WORKERS’ PLEDGE

Posted on April 13, 2021 by Dan Roberts 3 comments

At a recent branch meeting, the Unite the Union Herefordshire and Worcestershire Branch voted to create a Workers’ Pledge to be distributed to all candidates in the upcoming local elections on the 6th of May. The branch is asking candidates to add their signatures to the pledge to promise to voters that they will represent the needs of workers and

Kill The Bill Protest Planned in Worcester This Saturday

Posted on April 9, 2021 by Worcestershire Transformed Leave a comment

We have been informed of the final details for a Kill the Bill protest in Worcester this Saturday. This event will be a chance for the community to come together to oppose the implementation of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill. We are advised this will be a socially distant event, with participants asked to bring masks, hand sanitiser

Women in Worcestershire Take a Stand

Posted on April 5, 2021 by Worcestershire Transformed Leave a comment

Content Warning: This article and the accounts linked include discussion of gendered violence. Over the weeks succeeding the tragic events surrounding the death of Sarah Everard, many have asked what can we all do to ensure that our communities and spaces are safe for women. Difficult conversations about sexism, gendered violence and s*xual harassment are being had across the country,