7.30-9pm Trades Council Venue: tel. 07719 283132 for details Newsletter May-June 2008
Launch of Monday 16 June TUC
Barnet trades climate change conference: a just council… and transition. Congress House, Great Russell Street, our monthly London. Details: erichards@tuc.org.uk newsletter! Saturday 21 June National march against BARNET TRADES COUNCIL fascism and racism. was launched at a lively public Assemble: 12 noon, Tooley meeting on 22 April in Hendon Street, town hall. We heard speakers London SE1. March to: from the Fremantle care workers’ Fremantle dispute: an Trafalgar Square. dispute here in Barnet; the Hope inspiration behind the Organiser: Love Music, Not Hate campaign (campaigning launch of Barnet Trades Council. The workers will Hate Racism/Unite Against against the BNP); PCS and RMT Fascism. Details: lovemusi- unions; and the umbrella organi- be represented at the national Trades Councils chateracism.com sation for London trades councils. conference this June At this meeting and at the first Sat 28 June National trades council meeting in May we Shop Stewards elected our officers, many of Network conference. them doing a job-share. They are: Keeping you informed South Camden Community Helen Davies (Unison) - chair School, Charrington Street, John Burgess (Unison) - vice- Soon there will be a Barnet trades London NW1. Details: chair council website with news about info@shopstewards.net Austin Harney (PCS) - secre- trade unions in Barnet, and issues tary Thur 3-Fri 4 July TUC of interest to trade unionists. Your LGBT conference. Ken Montague (UCU) - assis- are reading the first issue of a tant secretary Congress House, Great monthly newsletter which will Russell Street, London. Alex McRae (PCS) - treasurer give details of trades council Gloria Pereira (PCS) - assistant Details: ppurton@tuc.org.uk meetings, past and upcoming, di- treasurer ary events, and news and discus- Fri 18-Sun 20 July Kieran Crowe (RMT) - youth sion pieces of interest to the trade Tolpuddle martyrs’ officer union movement. I encourage you festival. Tolpuddle, Vicki Morris (NUJ) - publicity to contact me with pictures, news Dorset. Details: http:// officer items, diary www.tuc.org.uk/the_tuc/tuc- And Executive Committee dates, etc. We 14521-f0.cfm members: Deana Hamed (PCS), cannot promise to Paul Coles (GMB), Maggi My- put everything in, Fri 15-Sun 17 August Stop land (Unison), Craig Diggins but we will cer- the BNP’s Red White (RMT), Keith Nason (NUT) and tainly try to! and Blue Festival. Am- Colin Tull (CWU). Vicki Morris, ber Valley. Details: http:// publicity officer nobnpfestival.wordpress.com/
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