Link Up Archive

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, 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 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 150th 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