Public Rally: Hands off our Unions | Defend our right to resist austerity
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Tuesday 11 February 2014An evening rally About the RallyOn Tuesday 11 February at 6:30pm, at the Camden Centre in London, the Institute of Employment Rights (IER) will be holding a public rally co-hosted by the People’s Assembly and the Campaign for Trade Union Freedom. Come along to fight for union rights with speakers Len McCluskey, General Secretary of Unite the Union; Mark Serwotka, General Secretary of the Public and Commercial Services Union; comedian Francesca Martinez; John Hendy QC IER/CTUF and Brian Munro, striking tube driver RMT. The Rally will be chaired by Alex Kenny, NUT and Carolyn Jones, IER The government’s announcement of an inquiry into trade union tactics is further proof of its determination to undermine the right to protest against its austerity programme. As millions of people face falling real wages, unemployment, part time or casualised low paid work, and the rapid destruction or privatisation of the welfare state they stand in need of trade union organisation and the right to protest more than ever. We pledge ourselves to resist this attack. The right to protest is a fundamental civil liberty. The right to join an effective trade union is the product of generations of working class resistance. We have no intention of relinquishing it to a Government with no interests in the needs of working people. Free eventPlease register your place here LocationCamden Centre |
