Blackburn and District Trades Union Council
Blackburn and District Trades Union Council
Delegates at November’s online Trades Council meeting discussed the announcement that Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council intended to participate in the “Platinum Jubilee Civic Honour Competition” and seek a grant of “city status” It was noted that this status is purely “honorific”, and that it entailed no actual change in features such as political structure…
Trades Council meetings continue to be held online, with delegates preferring to take a cautious approach and agreeing to review the situation in January. Maybe we have got too used to not having to gulp down our tea and head off into a cold and rain-swept night! But we also do get sobering insights from…
Our February Trades Council meeting finalised our “response” to the consultation being conducted by Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council on its “Local Plan”. The Local Plan will, when adopted: > Provide the strategy for the use of land and buildings up to 2037;> Set out where future homes, employment areas and services such as shops…
May’s Trades Council was preoccupied with the breaking news that Blackburn College was expected to announce yet another round of redundancies, and that this time the damage would include the closure of the Trade Union/ Health and Safety Education Centre. The College subsequently confirmed this: 29 members of staff were declared to be at risk…