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18-20 July 2008
The 2008 Tolpuddle festival will take place in Dorset
from 18th to 20th July
Further details
21 June 2008 10.30am- 3.15pm,
Is the revolution happening for women? The promise of
equality for women is still to be realised. How far have we come and how
can we finish the job? It's a long time since women won the right to equal
pay and even longer since the vote was won. Women are still paid on average
17% less than men and in parts of the South West the gap is as high as
30%. The Albermarle Centre, Albermarle Road, Taunton TA1 1BA. Details
from the TUC
9 June 2008
Speak Up Lobby and Rally Join the fight
back against public service pay cuts. Please contact
the branch if you wish to go!
13th - 15th July 2007
Tolpuddle Martyrs' Festival 2007 
On February 24th, 1834, six farm labourers from the Dorset village of
Tolpuddle were arrested on a charge of taking part in an 'illegal oath'
ceremony. In the eyes of their masters, however, the real offence was
that they had dared to form a trade union to defend their livelihood.
For this they were sentenced to seven years' transportation to the penal
colonies of Australia. The sentences provoked an immense outcry, leading
to the first great mass trade union protest. Download
leaflet from the TUC
7th July 2007
National Shop Stewards Network Founding Conference
11am - 5pm, South Camden Community School, Charrington Street, London.
Workshops including: organising in the workplace, pay struggles, privatisation,
organising young workers, organising migrant labour, anti-union laws,
pensions issues. Visit www.shopstewards.net
for more details
24th February 2007
National Demonstration - NO TRIDENT / TROOPS OUT OF IRAQ:
Central London assemble 12 noon. Called by CND
& Stop
the War Coalition
23rd January 2007
Speak Up for Public Services - TUC lobby of Parliament
starting at 11:30am, with a rally in Methodist Central Hall from 12:30pm
featuring a number of speakers. Transport will be arranged from throughout
the country by unions working together through TUC regional offices. Transport
will be arranged from throughout the country by unions working together
through TUC regional offices. More
from the TUC
9th December 2006
Somerset's bid for Unitary status
Emergency Meeting called by Somerset Association of Trades Union Councils,
1-3pm, Eastover Youth Centre, Bridgwater. Further
details and press
release
29th November 2006
Stop Arming Israel - Stop Starving the Palestinians -
3-6pm: lobby of Parliament, House of Commons. 7pm public meeting committee
room 12, for more details visit the Palestine Solidarity Campaign at http://www.palestinecampaign.org/
22nd November 2006
LGPS Mass Lobby of Parliament - A delegation from the
Branch attended the public sector unions' LGPS
Mass Lobby of Parliament
11th November 2006
Organising for Fighting Unions
- Saturday, Shoreditch Town Hall, London
23rd September 2006
Time to Go - Troops out of Iraq - Don't
Attack Iran - Demonstrate, Saturday 1pm at the Labour
Party Conference, Manchester. Called by Stop the War Coalition www.stopwar.org.uk
and CND
8th February 2006
Defend Council Housing, Lobby of Parliament
- Mass rally at Central Hall, Westminster, 12 noon. For more details visit
www.defendcouncilhousing.org.uk.
3rd December 2005
Climate March - Assemble
12.00 pm at Lincoln's Inn Fields (Holborn tube), London. Speakers to include
George Monbiot, Michael Meacher MP, Norman Baker MP (Lib Dem Shadow Environment
Secretary) Caroline Lucas MEP (Green Party). Part of the Day
of International Protest Against Climate Change.
24th September 2005
March for Peace and Liberty
- Assemble at noon, Parliament Square, London. More info from www.stopwar.org.uk
9th July 2005
Employment Advice Sessions
- 10am to 1pm, The Credit Union Shop, 40 Eastover, Bridgwater. Organised
by Bridgwater Trades Union Council. Get advice and information on YOUR
rights at work!
6th July 2005
Another World is Possible
- Demonstration at G8 summit, Gleneagles. Assemble 12 noon, Gleaneagles
railway station.
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