UK Unions

Jobs and services not bailouts for the rich

Demonstrate: Saturday 6 March 2010

Assemble 12 midday at The Level, Brighton

At a so-called disciplinary hearing Lancaster Cleaning Services have sacked UNITE shop-steward and leader of the Latin American Workers Association Alberto Durango.

Show your support:

MASS DEMONSTRATION
Reinstate Alberto – Hands off Our Union
Friday 12 February 1:00 PM,
Outside UBS Capital, 100 Liverpool Street, London EC2M 2RH

Public Meeting
Tuesday 9th February, 7.30pm, Brighthelm Centre

Speakers:
Janet Henney, Unite regional officer, plus a senior Unite rep at Edwards
Jim Guild, University and Colleges Union, Sussex University
RMT, Network Rail
FBU rep from Preston Circus Fire Station

Public meeting: Support the Vestas Workers!
Thursday 24 September, 7.30pm
Friends Meeting House, Ship Street, Brighton

With a speaker from the Vestas workers committee.
Plus contributors invited from the Visteon occupation, Brighton bin workers / street cleaners’ dispute & Brighton Housing Trust dispute, and others.

Support group meeting
Wednesday 6 May 7.30pm, upstairs at the Phoenix Millennium Centre, West Green Road, N15 (entrance on Vincent Road).

It was 1834 and 100,000 people gathered in what was Copenhagen Fields and is now just north of King’s Cross to demand freedom for the Tolpuddle Martyrs; it is now 175 years later and residents in King’s Cross together with trades unions from all over the country are preparing to commemorate that momentous day with a march on 25 April from the Caledonian Park to Edward Square where an acoustic music festival and lots of activities will end a week of events.
Edward Square and surrounding area of Copenhagen Street, Kings Cross, London.

Organise 2008!
A conference organised by trade union organisers
Saturday 8 November, 10–5pm
London Metropolitan University

Film and discussion of young workers organising experiences in New Zealand, France and the UK.

"NHS Together" trade union demonstration, London
Assemble at 11.00 at the Embankment

Assemble at Watling Park (nr Burnt Oak Station, Northern Line), march leaves at 12.30
Rally at St Alphage Church Hall, Playfield Road, Edgeware HA8
Speakers: Heather Wakefield, Linda Perks, Jon Rodgers (Unison) and Eric Lee (LabourStart)

LRC Conference 2007: The Next Steps for the Left

Saturday 17th November

There will be an action for JUSTICE FOR CLEANERS this SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 15th
from 2.30pm at the LLOYDS Building on 100 Leadenhall Street in the
City...nearest tube is Liverpool St.

LLOYDS are having an open day and we are going to be protesting outside.

The cleaners at LLoyds are contracted by MCLELLAN .....they are earning poverty
wages, the contractor is still refusing to sign a union recognition agreement
and allegations of harassment and intimidation have been made against
management by the cleaners.

Please note: this march has been canceled!

Preliminary details of CWU national demonstration in support of the postal
strike on 21 August.

Assemble at 12 noon, Clerkenwell Green, EC1 (nearest tube: Farringdon on
Circle, Hammersmith & CIty, and Metropolitan lines). March departs at
12.30. Circular route back to Clerkenwell Green for rally a 1.30 PM.
Speakers to be confirmed.

Further information will be available from the CWU website. Get in touch
with local CWU branches to find out about transport.

Saturday 15 September

Noon-6pm. St Mary’s Community Centre, 302b Upper St, London N1

Professionally-staffed creche provided

Sessions include

* Disputes: how to win them
* Pensions: a strategy to win
* Partnerships: can they work for workers?
* Equality: the fight goes on
* Iraqi trade unions: building solidarity
* Mergers, Super-unions & union structure

Organised by the Alliance for Workers' Liberty
Email dayschool@workersliberty.org for more information or to book tickets.

Rally to promote the second reading of the 'Trade union rights and freedoms bill'
Committee Room 4 at House of Commons, Westminster, London

www.unitedcampaign.org.uk

Labour Movement Conference on Climate Change is set for February 2008.

There will be an open planning meeting for this conference in Birmingham on Saturday 14 July. The venue is Carrs Lane Church, Carrs Lane, Birmingham City Centre, and the start time is 12. 45pm. Please do all you can to publicise this meeting amongst your union friends and comrades. We will need to take decisions on the venue, budget, structure and publicity for the February event at this meeting. If you are planning to attend this meeting in Birmingham please let me know by email as soon as possible.