SERTUC activities and news
New book The Burston School Strike
The third book in our series on the history of labour movement struggles in the Region will be available from 5 September. 60 pages, written by Peta Steel, price £2. Send cash or cheque (payable to SERTUC) to Joanne Williams, Congress House, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3LS
Burston Strike School Rally
Sunday 4 September with Mick Whelan ASLEF, Attila the Stockbroker, Steve White and the Protest Family, NASUWT Brass Band, Red Flag, Grace Petrie, Banner Theatre 1st May Band and Jeremy Corbyn MP Labour leader https://burstonstrikeschool.wo
SERTUC organising with CGTP and OPZZ
Workshop for Polish workers in the East of England Thursday 22 September 5pm in Kings Lynn, see here https://www.facebook.com/event
Cable Street 80 Sunday 9 October
Rally in Altab Ali park, march, rally in St George’s Gardens plus many other community and political events https://www.facebook.com/event
Retrospect Opera The Boatswain’s Mate by Ethel Smyth
SERTUC sponsored the recording of this opera by Ethel Smyth (who wrote The March of the Women, anthem of the suffragette movement). The recording is available to buy here http://www.retrospectopera.org
Celebrating 50 years of the 1967 Abortion Act
SERTUC Women’s Rights Committee is supporting Abortion Rights’ events January 2017 to October 2018. http://www.abortionrights.org.
SERTUC CLIC – open meeting Tuesday 6 September
6pm at Congress House (register with svolunteer@tuc.org.uk) with a speaker on the national demonstration Saturday 5 November opposing the cuts and closures of libraries, museums and galleries https://www.facebook.com/event
Trade union actions
NUT World Teachers’ Day Wednesday 5 October
With Amnesty International and Day-Mer 6pm London. Free, info here https://teachers.org.uk/news-e
Trades Council actions
Battersea & Wandsworth trades council
North Battersea Alliance against the Bridge family fun day Saturday 10 September 11am to 4pm http://www.bwtuc.org.uk/news/n
Peterborough trades council
· Townsend Productions with play Dare Devil Rides to Jarama Wednesday 19 October 7.30pm £10/£8 book atpeterboroughtuc@gmail.com and info here http://www.townsendproductions
· Peterborough Women’s Festival Saturday and Sunday 4-5 March Women and Education peterboroughtuc@gmail.com for more information
Re-establishing Tower Hamlets trades council
Thursday 22 September 6.30pm, more info from Roger Sutton roger@hsm1.org.uk
Barnsley trades council Festival of Labour
Friday 14 to Sunday 16 October https://www.tuc.org.uk/about-t
TUC
Fund our NHS campaign
See Matt Dykes from the TUC’s blog here http://touchstoneblog.org.uk/2
Midlands Region TUC demo
Demonstration at the Conservative Party conference Sunday 2 October, Birmingham with Dave Prentis Unison, Tom Roache GMB, Owen Jones writer https://www.tuc.org.uk/events/
· Coach organised by Greenwich & Bexley trades council from Bromley, Woolwich and Lewisham. £10/£5 contactlynnechristinechamberlain@gmai
· Coach organised by St Albans, Welwyn & Hatfield trades council from Welwyn Garden City, St Albans and Luton. £10/donation contactnutjon@aol.com to book
Other actions/events
National Pensioners Convention
International Older People’s Day Saturday 1 October briefing paper for download here http://npcuk.org/2296
Ascott Martyrs’ project
Info on the project Tuesday 13 September 7.30pm Ascott under Wychwood (with curry and beer £9.95) book atpaul.jackson@triangle.eu.com 01993 831 967
Lewisham Pensioners Forum
The LPF is looking for Lewisham trade union activists, 55 years plus, who are no longer in full time employment but want to use their union experience, skills and connections to campaign for a better society http://www.lewishampensionersf
NPC conference and lobby
· Conference The future of public transport Thursday 22 September 11am London. £5 including lunch info@npcuk.org
· Lobby of parliament Wednesday 2 November 12 noon plus rally in parliament info@npcuk.org
Marx Memorial Library events
· 17-30 October Remembering the International Brigades, two week festival http://www.marx-memorial-libra
· Fundraising evening with socialist magician Ian Saville at the Harrison Pub Wednesday 21 September 7pm http://www.marx-memorial-libra
London Recruits – an anti-apartheid story
Funding required… The inspirational story of the women and men who joined the struggle against apartheid, London Recruits is a film that trade unionists as well as union branches and regions can help bring to the big screen. Full info here http://londonrecruits.com/
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