Wigan Trades Council

Union members at Outwood Academy Hindley were joined on the picket line by Wigan Trades Council, Unison members and North West Pensioners Association

Strike action continues at school

Large numbers gathered in Standish Market Place

Hundreds attend asylum seeker hotel demonstration and counter-protest

Speeches were given during the meeting at Little Fifteen

Impassioned speeches by trade union leaders as members gather in Wigan

Workers at last month's rally in Wigan town centre

Workers taking strike action to gather in Wigan for meeting and a march

Teaching staff from the NEU took industrial action on Wednesday

Striking workers come together for trade union rally in Wigan town centre

Nurses on the picket line outside Wigan Infirmary

Trades council backs nurses: 'They deserve the support of every one of us'

RMT general secretary Mick Lynch speaks at the meeting at Wigan Central

Crowd packs into Wigan pub to hear rousing speech from trade union leader

RMT leader Mick Lynch is due to speak in Wigan

RMT leader Mick Lynch to speak in Wigan

The Royal Mail picket line

Wigan Trades Council rallies support as striking workers head to picket lines

RMT union member, Steve Shaw.

Rail workers and union members in Wigan take further strike action

The picket line outside Wigan Wallgate last month

Trade union RMT will hold meeting in Wigan to provide update on railway dispute

The rally will coincide with three days of industrial action by railway workers

Trade unions to oppose Government during rally in Wigan town centre

The demonstration will highlight concerns about the rising cost of living

Wigan school staff to join union members on cost of living march in London

Trade union members from Network Rail and train operating companies will take part in the ballot

Wigan railway workers to be balloted for strike action over pay

Protestors on the picket line

Wigan union members join picket line protest for better pay deal

The launch of the campaign earlier this month

Free legal advice on offer in Wigan as union's campaign aims to improve lives
A trade union's campaign to make a difference to the lives of people in Wigan will see free legal advice on offer this weekend.
Gaynor Clarke

Abram Bryn Gates Primary

Calls to halt Wigan school closure consultation

Protestors Barry Conway, Jim Ellis and Dave Lowe

Protest in Wigan town centre at plans to end £20 universal credit boost

Universal credit is due to be cut

Protesters to take to the streets over universal credit cuts

The government will end the uplift to universal credit

Wigan trade union members to protest over universal credit

The universal credit uplift is due to end

Protests in Wigan and Leigh at end of £20 uplift to universal credit

Fears Covid could rip through schools after Freedom Day

Fears over Wigan schools after Freedom Day

Controversial plans for GP records to be shared in a database are being opposed

Wigan trade unionists speak out against NHS data sharing plan

The event organised by Wigan Trades Council in Believe Square

Event in Wigan celebrates workers and reflects on Covid

Wigan Trades Council

May Day rally in Wigan town centre

Janet Phillips, Irene Thompson, Mary Callaghan and Babs Hennessy at the event

Ceremony held to remember Wigan fighters in Spanish Civil War

The ceremony will be held at the Spanish Civil War memorial in Wigan

Ceremony remembering Wiganers who fought in Spanish Civil War
Residents will gather in the town centre this weekend to think about the conflict and the local people who fought in it.
Andrew Nowell

Trade unionists are pressuring the council not to fine parents over school absences

Pressure on Wigan Council not to take action against parents over school absence...

Members of the Shrewsbury 24 and lawyers outside the Court of Appeal in London

Wigan trade unionists celebrate as Shrewsbury 24 verdicts are overturned

Wigan Trades Council has written to headteachers about pupils going back

Wigan trade unionists write to headteachers asking for phased school return

Wigan Trades Council is concerned about Covid-19 measures in schools

Trade unionists criticise Wigan Council over Covid-19 in schools task force snub

Trade unionists have drawn up a 10-point plan to make sure schools are safe

Wigan trade unionists' 10-point plan for Covid-secure schools

Wigan Trades Council

Wigan trade unionists raise concerns over Covid-19 in schools

A picket line during the industrial dispute

Wigan drug and alcohol rehab staff celebrating as pay dispute ends

Wigan Trades Council

Trade unionists in Wigan organising events on Covid-19 problems

Wigan Trades Council is backing the People Before Profit campaign

Wigan trade unionists demand people before profit in Covid-19 recovery

Campaigners played steel drums

NHS workers march to Wigan town centre as they demand a pay rise

Campaigners at last month's demonstration

NHS staff to march from Wigan Infirmary to town centre as they call for a pay ri...

The ceremony for International Workers' Memorial Day in Wigan town centre

Sadness and anger at Wigan town centre workers' memorial event

The Face of Wigan in Believe Square where the memorial will be held

Wigan workers who have lost their lives on the coronavirus front line to be reme...

Wigan MP Lisa Nandy, centre, shows her support at rally supporting striking drug and alcohol support workers from Addaction, at Market Place, Wigan

Trade unionists hit out at Wigan Council's Deal scheme

Addaction staff on strike in Wigan

Wigan Trades Council backs striking drug and alcohol support workers

MP Lisa Nandy speaks at the rally

'Determination' of rehab staff in Wigan and Leigh taking strike action is recogn...

Unison regional organiser Paddy Cleary and Kathryn Herbert, a drug and alcohol worker and Unison rep, on the picket line last month

Rallying call for support as Wigan rehab staff prepare for further strike action

Addaction workers are prepared to go on strike over not receiving the same pay rates as NHS employees

Final effort to avoid Wigan drug and alcohol rehab staff going on strike

Tommy Robinson

Peaceful campaign planned to oppose Tommy Robinson visit

Wigan Trades Council

MP's meeting with trade unionists cancelled amid online threats

Lisa Nandy MP

Wigan MP will meet with trade unionists for Brexit discussions

Family and friends laid red roses, watched by gathered crowds

Remembering the Wiganers who fought against fascism, 80 years on

Fighters during the Spanish Civil War

Wigan's Spanish civil war heroes to be honoured

Wigan Trades Council demonstration against the cuts on Market Place

Unions attack Labour council over care plan

Police at the scene as far-right groups stage an anti-immigration rally in Wigan town centre, as anti-racist protesters rally against their rally.

Town braced for EDL rally

Plea to MPs to join march against cuts

School cuts '˜damage children's education'

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