How do we defeat the anti-union laws? – meeting hosted by Battersea & Wandsworth Trades Council, 29 November

A public meeting organised by London labour movement organisations, hosted by Battersea and Wandsworth Trades Council at the Bread & Roses

7pm, Wednesday 29 November

The Bread & Roses, 68a Clapham Manor Street, London SW4 6DZ

The Tories’ Minimum Service Levels law represents a huge new attack on our already heavily suppressed right to strike. TUC Congress in September voted for a campaign of resistance and non-compliance. What does that mean in practice? How do we build that campaign? And can we simultaneously build the level of political pressure necessary to force a Labour government to repeal the anti-union laws, not just the most recent ones but all of them (as the TUC policy also demanded)?

We will also discuss how this fight connects to organising against low pay, precariousness and outsourcing. The meeting will hear from London PCS facilities management workers in dispute and hold a collection for their strike fund.

You can just turn up but if possible please register to give us a sense about numbers. You can also make a donation to the PCS members in dispute by opting for a paid registration.

Provisional speakers will include (more info shortly):

• Maria Exall, TUC President 2022-3 and Communication Workers’ Union (CWU) Greater London Combined
• Riccardo la Torre, National Officer and anti-union laws lead for the Fire Brigades Union (FBU)
• Plus reps and activists from unions including PCS, RMT and Unison

Join us to discuss how we take forward this crucial struggle for our movement.

More information: paulette_romain@hotmail.co.uk (Paulette Romain, PCS London and SE Regional Chair)

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