[IER] Union action against govt cuts: Len McCluskey, Keith Ewing & John Hendy QC discuss

[Sarah Glenister]

GFTU and IER Sunday Night Special


Sunday 9 September 2012

 

A joint meeting and social at the TUC Conference


The Old Ship Hotel, Brighton
7pm, following conference

IER: Days of Action, Protesting Against Austerity.
with the United Campaign for the Repeal of anti trade union laws

Plus

GFTU: Transforming Lives: Involving the Young
with Ruskin College Northern College National Institute of Adult Education
and Global Labour Institute

Free to conference attendees

 
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About the Sunday Night Special

At the 2012 TUC Congress, the GFTU and IER are coming together for the first
time to host a joint event at the Old Ship Hotel in Brighton. Combining the
traditional GFTU Sunday night reception with the well established IER
fringe, the event will start as the first day of Congress ends on Sunday
evening. Both organisations will first host separate events in two adjoining
rooms before joining together for a joint social event with live music and a
fish and chip supper. The concept of bringing together the IER's fringe
meeting and the GFTU's social may be new, but the issues are all too
familiar.

The Institute of Employment Rights will be launching their publication Days
of Action: the legality of protest strikes against government cuts, written
by IER's President and Chair respectively, Prof. Keith Ewing and John Hendy
QC. In the run-up to the mass demonstration on 20th October, how much
further could union action go in protest against austerity cuts? Len
McCluskey, UNITE will join the platform to outline UNITE's line of
resistance.

At the same time, the General Federation of Trade Unions will be inviting
dynamic young speakers to examine the challenges facing young people in
today's society. With youth unemployment devastatingly high, how can trade
unions and educationalists engage with the next generation? And what
benefits will better engagement bring to the trade union movement?

And as the refreshments are being served, the GFTU will launch its new
journal Viewpoint - the first edition of which includes a powerful
collection of articles looking at alternative economic strategies, with
articles from economists, trade union activists as well as a report
following a recent delegation to Greece.

The evening will continue with a fish and chip supper, refreshments and live
music provided by the Musicians Union.

Location

The Old Ship Hotel
Regency Room/Paganini Room
Kings Road
Brighton
BN1 1NR

Speakers

Days of Action: Protesting Against Austerity

Keith Ewing, IER President

John Hendy QC, IER Chairman

Len McCluskey, UNITE

Chair: Carolyn Jones

 

Transforming Lives: Involving the Young

Dami Bernbow, Young Mayors' Network

Dara Farrell, British Youth Council Vice Chair

Joe Mann, UNITY

 

 

Sarah Glenister

IT and Communications Assistant

Institute of Employment Rights

4th Floor, Jack Jones House, 1 Islington, Liverpool. L3 8EG

0151 207 5265

 

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