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Striking Striking
together together
and organising to win
and organising to win
Saturday 15 November, 12 - 5pm • central London
Saturday 15 November, 12 - 5pm • central London
A conference with speakers including:
A conference with speakers including:
@ Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church, 235 Shaftesbury Avenue, London WC2H 8EP
Alex Ajufo RMT rep,
ISS East Coast strike
Matt Wrack
FBU general secretary
Mags Dalton & Roger
Hutt Care UK strikers
John McDonnell MP
Jane Aitchison
& Sean Vernell
Unite the Resistance
joint secretaries
Karen Howell
Support Stafford
Hospital campaign
Karen Reissman
Unison HSE/ NEC (pc)
Frank Wood Unite NEC
& Kings College Hospital
Ian Hodson BFAWU
national president
Mandy Brown
UCU Lambeth College
Paula Peters Disabled
People Against the Cuts
Peter Pinkney
RMT president
Bryan Kennedy
Sacked Unite convenor,
One Housing Group
Lukasz Bemka
BFAWU NEC
Billy Hayes
CWU general secretary
NHS workers strike for a pay rise on 13 October Photo: Ben Windsor
Fast food strikers
from the US
Ian Lawrence
NAPO general
secretary
Helen Davies
Unison NEC/ Barnet
Unison (pc)
Barbara Pokryszka
Unite, hotel worker
organiser
@ Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church, 235 Shaftesbury Avenue, London WC2H 8EP
Alex Ajufo RMT rep,
ISS East Coast strike
Matt Wrack
FBU general secretary
Mags Dalton & Roger
Hutt Care UK strikers
John McDonnell MP
Jane Aitchison
& Sean Vernell
Unite the Resistance
joint secretaries
Karen Howell
Support Stafford
Hospital campaign
Karen Reissman
Unison HSE/ NEC (pc)
Frank Wood Unite NEC
& Kings College Hospital
Ian Hodson BFAWU
national president
Mandy Brown
UCU Lambeth College
Paula Peters Disabled
People Against the Cuts
Peter Pinkney
RMT president
Bryan Kennedy
Sacked Unite convenor,
One Housing Group
Lukasz Bemka
BFAWU NEC
Billy Hayes
CWU general secretary
NHS workers strike for a pay rise on 13 October Photo: Ben Windsor
Fast food strikers
from the US
Ian Lawrence
NAPO general
secretary
Helen Davies
Unison NEC/ Barnet
Unison (pc)
Barbara Pokryszka
Unite, hotel worker
organiser
• Back the strikes, build the unions
• Fight austerity and for decent pay
• Stop scapegoating claimants and migrants
• Back the strikes, build the unions
• Fight austerity and for decent pay
• Stop scapegoating claimants and migrants
H
H
undreds of thousands of
health workers struck
on Monday 13 October for fair
pay. Two days later civil service
workers walked out.
These strikes sum up what
austerity is all about. While the
Tories talk of recovery workers
are still paying the price for the
economic crisis – with low pay, a
squeeze on living standards and
a relentless attack on services.
But while the strikes and
the TUC and STUC protests
are impressive shows of our
strength, the October week of
action on pay would have been
far stronger if local government
unions had struck too.
We were also hobbled by
anti-union laws which the
employers used to stop UCU
members striking.
With health unions talking
about further strikes in
November we will soon have
another chance to organise
united action against the Tories.
That unity is even more
important as Ukip and the
Tories try harder to divide us.
The Unite the Resistance
conference aims to bring
together those who want to
see unity against austerity, to
support local strikes, and to
oppose all scapegoating and
attempts to divide our side.
Book now £6 waged, £3 unwaged
Main sessions on:
• Strategies to win: How do we
beat the austerity agenda?
• This is what we want:
Demands for the election
campaign and the next
government
Workshops include:
• After the strikes: Where next
for the fight to save the NHS?
• The fight against zero hours
contracts and organising the
unorganised
• Migrant workers: Part of the
union, part of the solution
• Benefit justice: Stop the Tories’
war on the poor
Book online: uniteresist.org
Or fill in the form below
undreds of thousands of
health workers struck
on Monday 13 October for fair
pay. Two days later civil service
workers walked out.
These strikes sum up what
austerity is all about. While the
Tories talk of recovery workers
are still paying the price for the
economic crisis – with low pay, a
squeeze on living standards and
a relentless attack on services.
But while the strikes and
the TUC and STUC protests
are impressive shows of our
strength, the October week of
action on pay would have been
far stronger if local government
unions had struck too.
We were also hobbled by
anti-union laws which the
employers used to stop UCU
members striking.
With health unions talking
about further strikes in
November we will soon have
another chance to organise
united action against the Tories.
That unity is even more
important as Ukip and the
Tories try harder to divide us.
The Unite the Resistance
conference aims to bring
together those who want to
see unity against austerity, to
support local strikes, and to
oppose all scapegoating and
attempts to divide our side.
Book now £6 waged, £3 unwaged
Main sessions on:
• Strategies to win: How do we
beat the austerity agenda?
• This is what we want:
Demands for the election
campaign and the next
government
Workshops include:
• After the strikes: Where next
for the fight to save the NHS?
• The fight against zero hours
contracts and organising the
unorganised
• Migrant workers: Part of the
union, part of the solution
• Benefit justice: Stop the Tories’
war on the poor
Book online: uniteresist.org
Or fill in the form below
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