Derbyshire Unemployed Workers Centre's are putting on an exhibition, ‘Solidarity and Community’ a commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the Miners’ Strike 1984-1985. It is being held in the Market Hall Assembly Rooms Chesterfield from Monday 4th March to Wednesday 27th March 2024, 10am to 4pm.
This is a free event and with the funds raised Derbyshire Unemployed Workers' Centre's aim to take this exhibition on tour in 2024 around Derbyshire highlighting the incredible sacrifices made by members of our community to defend jobs.
6 July 2023
Solidarity Summer 2023The latest edition of our quarterly bulletin 'Solidarity' has been published, with articles on DUWC's 40th Anniversary, our support for former mineworkers, the return of 'Holiday Hunger', and DAST's Action Action Mesothelioma Day on July 7th. You can read the report here: Solidarity Summer 2023 (duwc.org.uk)
22 March 2023
Solidarity Spring 2023Our latest quarterly bulletin has been given a lick of paint and is now available online, with articles on DUWC's Spring Budget campaign and our response to the Spring Budget, news on our new outreaches, staffing updates for DUWC and DAST, and an update on the Help is Here project. You can view the report […]
16 March 2023
DUWC Response to the Spring BudgetYesterday’s Budget from Jeremy Hunt sent all the wrong messages to benefit claimants. Jeremy Hunt’s mission statement was clear from the get-go: the Government believes that there are thousands of people who are not working that should be, and just as many who are working, but should be working more hours. In order to […]
Spoke today at the unveiling of a plaque dedicated to the Miners who died in the 1895 Blackwell Colliery disaster. 6 men and one boy died. One man who didn't go to work that day was Willie Layton. He wanted to stay fresh as he was playing football and trying to get a contract with Sheffield Wednesday. His friends perished. He went on tin league and Fa cup medals. The legend that is Fatty Foulke went to the same school as Willie in Blackwell. He went on to win honours with the Blades as well as playing cricket for Derbyshire. Thanks to Mark Metcalf, Michael Knighton and Blackwell Parish Council for putting on a superb commemoration.
