Link Up was the quarterly newsletter produced by York TUC from 1993 until the retirement from York TUC of its editor Tim Short in 2012. Since 2012, most articles from York TUC have appeared on our website, http://www.yorktuc.org.uk.

This is an index of all the issues of Link Up that were issued since its inception in 1993.

The first issues were very ‘crude’ affairs having been produced on an Amstrad PCW+9512 with a Daisy Wheel printer. These early issues were only issued to affiliated branches as newsletters.

York TUC decided to issue Link Up to the public and copies were distributed to libraries, the Labour Party and other organizations including the TUC. By that time the publication was printed on an inkjet making it a little more professional. Compilation of Link Up was changed from the Amstrad to a PC in 1998 and again produced on Macs from 2001.

York TUC not only wanted to inform affiliated branches of the activities of the trades union council but also it was felt essential to inform union members that the trade union movement was concerned with national and international matters. In addition, it was important that people generally were aware of the importance of trades union councils their role in their local communities.

Issue by year

Issue No	Title
1	September 1993
2	November 1993
3	January 1994
4	April 1994
5	June 1994
6	October 1994
7	January 1995
8	April 1995
9	Summer 1995
10	Autumn 1995
11	Spring 1996
12	Summer 1996
13	Autumn 1996
14	Spring 1997
15	Summer 1997
16	Autumn 1997
17	Winter 1997
18	Spring 1998
19	Summer 1998
20	Autumn 1998
21	01/1999
22	02/1999
23	03/1999
24	01/2000
25	02/2000
26	03/2000
27	01/2001
28	02/2001
29	01/2002
30	02/2002
31	03/2002
32	04/2002
33	01/2003
34	02/2003
35	03/2003
36	01/2004
37	02/2004
38	03/2004
39	01/2005
40	02/2005
41	03/2005
42	01/2006
43	02/2006
44	01/2007
45	02/2007
46	01/2008
47	02/2008
48	03/2008
49	01/2009
50	02/2009
51	01/2010
52	02/2010
53	03/2010
54	04/2010
55	01/2011
56	02/2011
57	03/2011
58	01/2012

Issue by subject

Subject	Issue No
38 Degrees	56
ABB Site, York	06, 13, 15, 16, 17
Academies – TUC Model Agreement	55
Adams. Bill, Regional Secretary Yorkshire TUC	42
Age Regulations	43
Age UK Pensions Lobby	56
Agency Workers	22, 23, 47, 57
Ambulance Service	15, 21
Ambulance Service – New York, USA	34
Anderson, Brian, TGWU – YTUC Officer & Delegate	50
Arch Joseph, Agricultural Workers	19
Asbestos	15, 16, 17, 49
Asthma – Occupational	09, 30
Auto-enrolment – Pensions (See Pensions)
Balls, Ed – Secretary of State for Children, Families & Schools	47
Bank Holidays	36, 48
Banks & the Economy – TUC	55
Basic rights – TUC Web-site	57
Bayley. Hugh MP including YTUC discussions	15, 17, 26, 32, 33, 34, 35, 38, 56
Big Society	55
Blossom Street – York – York TUC response	51
Bootham Park Hospital	05
Botterill. Eric, – EEPTU – YTUC Delegate	21
Bradford & Bingley Staff Association	21
British Sugar	27, 43
Building Industry – Safety	39
Building Stronger Unions	52
Bullying at Work	20, 29, 31
Bus Fares – Office of Fair Trading	49
Buses – Fares	49, 58
Buses – Passenger Focus	49, 50
Buses – See also York Transport Plans	21, 47
CAB	03
Cable Theft	57
Call Centres	21, 27
Campaign Against Coalition Government Cuts	51, 52, 53, 54
Campaign Against Coalition Government Cuts – York	53, 54
Cancer – Workplace	58
Car Parking Charges	36, 37, 38, 39, 44
Carriage Works – See ABB Site
Chemical Industry	33
Child Poverty	47
Childcare	19, 20
Childcare	57
Childcare Vouchers	39
City Centre Action Plan – City of York Council – YTUC Response	48
City Hospital	01
Civil Service – YTUC	38
Clothing Industry	24
Coalition Government – 2010 – Cuts – General	52
Coalition Government – 2010 – Cuts – TUC Campaign Against	51, 52, 53, 54
Confectionary Industry	41
Construction Industry	27
Contract Law – LRD	07
Cookson. Les –ASLEF -YTUC Officer	40
Cooper.Ken – Councillor – Lord Mayor	45
COSHH	40
County Associations of Trades Union Councils	30
CPI	47
Crime	09, 10
Developing an Integrated Transport Policy – Gvt White Paper -YTUC Response	16, 17
Directors’ Pay	41
Disability Employment Proposals	47
Dismissed Miners Appeal	03
DIY Repair Scheme	56
Drivers – Lorry	26
Dyson – Vacuum Cleaners	29
Earnings	18
Economic Development Board – York	27
Economy – UK	05, 06, 48, 56
Education Bill – 2011 – TUC	55
Eight Hours Movement	46
Employee – Violence Against	28
Employment Agencies Regulations 2004	36
Employment Campaigns	05
Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 – see Age Regulations
Employment Law – General	03, 04, 22
Employment Relations Act 1999	24
Engineers’ Lock Out	46
Equal Pay	09, 30
Fairness at Work incl YTUC	19
FBU	32
Field, Alf – Musician Union – YTUC Delegate	02
Fire Fighters- Dispute	22, 32
First York – First Group	25, 26, 52
Flint, Caroline – Housing & Planning Minister	47
Freight Transport See also Workfret
Friends of Park Grove School	24
Future Jobs Fund	50
Future Prospects	16
Future York Group Report	45, 46
Glass Industry in York	28
Global Warming	44
Green Economic growth	57
Hazards (Magazine)	47
Hazards at Work	41
Hazards Conference	22
Health & Safety – General	05, 07, 26, 27, 57
Health & Safety – Guides	16
Health & Safety Committees	27
Health & Safety Construction Industry	45
Health & Safety Exhibition	21
Health & Safety Inspectors	38, 44
Health & Safety Union Reps	45
HIV/AIDS Workshop	02
Horton Dave Cllr	30, 46
Housing – Affordable	33, 35, 38, 43, 46
Housing – York Area	46
Housing & Regeneration Bill	46
HSC Consultation	35
HSE – Food Forum	36
Human Rights Act	31
Industrial Injuries	30
Industrial Injuries Advisory Council	36
Industry – UK	25, 34
Industry – York	41, 43
Information Leaflet – YTUC	40
Integrated Transport Authorities	48
International Labour Organization	18
Job Seekers Allowance	07, 08, 58
Jobs – Girls	39
Johnston’s Press/NUJ	49
Knapp. Jimmy, – General Secretary, RMT	28
Kosova	22
Labour History. National Museum of -See National Museum of Labour History
Labour Market – Yorkshire	31
Labour Party History	31
Labour Research Department	47
Launch Breaks	37
Law at Work – LRD	12, 34
Lawyers	30
Lighthouse Services (Train Catering)	22, 24
Link Up	03, 15, 18, 22, 50
Live Music	36
Liverpool Docks Dispute	15
Local Development Framework	12, 43
Local Transport Act 2008	48
Local Transport Bill	47
Local Transport Day – York	12, 15, 18
Local Transport Plan see York Transport Plan
Localism Bill	55
Long Hours (See also Working Time)	31, 39, 46
Lord Mayor’s Liaison Committee	45
Low Income Families	52
Low Pay Unit	30
Lyon, Alex, M.P.	02
Magnet Joinery	13, 15, 17
Managing Age	57
Manufacturing Industry – TUC Message	29
March & Rallies	06
May Day Bank Holiday	56
McNulty Report	57
Middlebrook Mushrooms	01
Miners	03, 29
Minimum Wage	18, 22, 35, 36, 46
Mobile Phones	24, 30, 32
Mushroom Dispute	01
Musicians Union	36
National League of the Blind & Disabled	16, 20, 22
National Museum of Labour History	47
Nestle	43, 45
Newspapers – Regional	49
Newsquest/NUJ	49
NFC – Tanker Drivers	24
NHS – Stress	41
NHS Reforms	56
NHS Reforms – Hugh Bayley Article	56
NHS Staff Violence	39
North West Development Sites – York	46
Norwegian Trades Unionists Visit	39, 40
Norwich Union	43, 45
NSPCC	20
Office Health & Safety	24
Palestine	44
Palestinian Solidarity Campaign	44
Part Time Workers	11
Partnership Agreements	15
Partnerships- Union/Employers	29
Passenger Transport Authorities (See Integrated Transport Authorities)
Pay and Employment Rights Service (PERS)	47
Pensioners Association	06
Pensions – Women	31, 36
Pensions – Auto-enrolment	58
Pensions – General	31, 41, 48
Pensions – Legislation incl Consultation	11, 42
Pensions – Public Sector	49, 56, 57, 58
Pensions – TUC Campaigns	36, 44
Pensions & Jobs	40
Pensions Champions	44
Performance Related Pay	04
Pit Brass Bands	04
Policy Exchange Report	56
Portakabin	10, 14
Pre-employment Medicals	52
Pregnancy Law	38
Prentis, Dave – TUC President	47
Public Sector Pay	47
Public Services	06
Racial Attacks Demonstartion	05
Railway Safety	30, 36
Railway Safety – Workers at Risk	29
Railways	20, 34, 57
Recession	49
Recognition	27
Regional Development Agency	51
Regional TUC – Yorkshire & Humberside – AGM	44, 47, 49, 51
Renumeration Committees	57
Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI)	01, 03, 07
Retail Crime	31
RMT	21
Road Transport	20
Royal Mail – Privatisation	49
Sacking in Britain	27
Safety Laws – General	35
Safety Reps	18, 29
Scout Car Rally	58
Shopworkers	38, 57
Sickness	32
Sickness – CBI Report	39
South African Elections	05
State Benefits Guides	22
Statement of Community Involvement (York Council)	42
Stress – Injury Claims	36
Stress – Workplace	08, 26, 29, 34, 39
SUNREG – European Trades Union Project	14
Sustainable Vision for York	22
Sweatshops	54
Tax Avoidance	54, 56
Taxi Drivers	38, 39
Terry’s Factory	41, 43
Thameside Care Workers	21
Thrall	21
Tolpuddle Martyrs – History	49
Tolpuddle Martyrs – York 150^th Anniversary Celebrations	49
Tourism for All	42
Trade Union TV	08
Trades Union Council’s Programme of Work	14, 17, 20, 42
Trades Union Councils	03, 14, 25, 30, 51, 52
Trades Union History	07, 21, 31
Trades Union Rights	17
Training Schemes	35
Transport & General Workers Union (TGWU)	15
Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association (TSSA)	14, 15
Transport White Paper	17
Tribunals	28
TUC Guide for Young People	40
TUC Know Your Rights Leaflets	44
TUC Leaflets	44
TUC News Round – News from the TUC	47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58
TUC Web Site	30
TUPE	13
Unemployment	14, 58
Unfair Dismissal Reforms – 2011	56
Union Awareness Day	07, 18, 20, 22, 41
Union Learn	47
Union Learning Reps	35, 50
Unions – General	14, 31
Unions – History	15, 31
VDU’s	14, 15, 20
Vibration White Finger	33
Violence at Work	48
Vulnerable Workers	47
Wages Councils	17
West Yorkshire Repetitive Strain Injury Support Group	01, 03
William Cook Dispute	28
Women’s Health	20, 39
Women’s Health & Safety – LRD	36
Women’s Pay	57
Workers Memorial Day	39, 42
Workfret (Freight Transport) – European Union Study	16, 18, 20
Working Temperatures	34
Working Time	20, 34, 46
York & District Pensioners Association	20
York & District Trades & Labour Council – see York TUC 1910
York Associates	39
York Central Site\	32, 33
York City Archives	30
York City Arms Club	27
York City Council	14
York City Council – Economic Development	13, 20, 45
York Credit Union	33
York Disabled Workers Cooperative	54, 56, 57
York Economy	20, 29, 43, 46
York Industrial Chaplaincy/Workplace Chaplaincy	05, 08, 13, 19, 20, 28
York Railway Station	38, 39
York Trades Union Council – Web-site	36, 37, 54
York Trades Union Council – Union Promotion Day – see Union Awareness day
York Trades Union Council – Affiliations	56, 57
York Trades Union Council – AGM <2007	02, 04, 07, 08, 11, 14, 17, 21, 25, 28, 30, 33, 36, 39
York Trades Union Council – AGM >2007	44, 47, 51
York Trades Union Council – Delegates	12, 21
York Trades Union Council – General	19, 20
York Trades Union Council – History	24, 46, 51, 52, 54, 58
York Trades Union Council – Venues	49, 57
York Transport Plans	13, 15, 18, 22, 25, 26, 40, 41
York TUC – 1910	51, 52, 54
York Unity	36
Yorkshire Assembly	10, 16, 19, 35, 36
Yorkshire Evening Press	31
Young People & Work	17
Young Peoples Pay	39