Somerset's second successive 'Solidarity Day' will be held in Frome this coming October.

Organisers, the Mendip Trades Union Council, have been campaigning to raise awareness of the benefits that membership of a trade union can bring workers. It is a fact that workers who are union members enjoy better pay, hours, health and safety and pensions than those workers who are own their own without union backing.

Mendip Trades Unionists have also been campaigning on most crucial local issues, including cuts to public transport, mental health services, community care, housing, education and the environment. Our 2022 Solidarity Day was a great success, with 28 different stalls and a wide range of workshops and speakers: our 2023 event will be bigger and better!

The Somerset Solidarity Day is for all those local workers who are interested in finding out how joining a trade union can help them. We will bring together, under one roof, stalls, talks and discussions by individual trade unions, progressive campaign groups of all kinds, community charities and local history talks.

Organisers say: "The current political situation cannot be ignored, so there will also be time during the day for debates and discussions on most current crucial issues, including escalating household energy costs and fuel poverty, fast disappearing bus services, sky-high rents, river pollution, the continuing nuclear war danger, and how we can defend what is left of our publicly-provided NHS."

Community campaign groups and charities from all over Somerset, and further afield, are invited to book a stall and suggest hosting a talk or a discussion. For further enquiries contact Dave Chapple on 07707 869144 or send an email to [email protected]