Durham Miners’ Gala: Eve of Gala Meeting 2026 – Restoring Trade Union Rights

Name: Durham Miners’ Gala: Eve of Gala Meeting 2026 – Restoring Trade Union Rights
Start: 2026-07-10T18:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-07-10T19:30:00+01:00
Location: Elvet Methodist Church

Institute of Employment Rights (IER) and Campaign for Trade Union Freedom (CTUF) Meeting

10th July 2026 – 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Elvet Methodist Church, Durham, DH1 3HL

About the event

On Fri 10th July, we’re teaming up with the Campaign for Trade Union Freedom (CTUF) once again for our Eve of Gala meeting – one of the highlights of the Big Meeting weekend.

Supported by Morrish Solicitors

Details

Join us at Durham to make the call for trade union rights.

The Employment Rights Act passed last year is a good first step and introduces a number of important new rights for individual workers.

But it has done very little to restore rights for trade unions – our collective rights at work. There are three important topics that were set out in Labour’s Green Paper New Deal for Working People that have not made it into the new legislation:

repeal the anti-union laws
ensure that UK labour law is in compliance with international standards
statutory support for sector wide collective bargaining.

We need a new framework of law at work that will once again ensure that trade unions have power in the workplace.

Join us in the call for an Employment Rights #2 Bill

This is a joint Campaign for Trade Union Freedom and Institute of Employment Rights event, in association with Strike Map.

Kindly sponsored by Morrish Solicitors.

Friday 10th July, 6:00pm
Durham Miners’ Gala
Eve Of Gala Fringe Meeting
Methodist Church, 8 Old Elvet, Durham, DH1 3HL

at Durham Miners’ Gala

*No need to book, just turn up.

For more details and updates, visit our Facebook event page.

Speakers

Speakers:

Welcome: Dave Pike – Regional Secretary, TUC North East, Yorkshire & Humber
Fran Heathcote – General Secretary, Public & Commercial Services Union
Andrea Egan – General Secretary, Unison
Lord John Hendy KC – Campaign for Trade Union Freedom/Institute of Employment Rights
Steve Gillan – General Secretary, POA
Gawain Little– General Secretary, GFTU
Cristina loanitescu – Genera/ Secretary, App Drivers & Couriers Union
Sarah Kilpatrick – Deputy General Secretary, NEU
Dr Paul Evans – UK Council Member, BMA
Chair: Sarah Woolley – General Secretary, Bakers’ Food & Allied Workers’ Union