Unite the Resistance Conference

                                     Unite the Resistance Conference

Dear Member's

Your BEC Branch Executive Committee vote today to support Unite The Resistance as you will see from the information below there is a conference coming up shortly.  The list of speakers is very impressive which includes our own Mark Serwotka and Zita  Holbourne.  In addition there are many other very good speakers and activities put on for the day.

If you get the chance we would recommend you consider attending this event details of how to apply are below 

Regards
Sheffield PCS HQ Branch   

Venue London

Date Saturday 17th November 2012

Coaches from Sheffield £20.00 unwaged free

http://uniteresist.org/2012/09/book-tickets-for-unite-the-resistance-con...

You can now book tickets for the national Unite the Resistance conference on Saturday 17 November

The conference will take place at:

The Emmanuel Centre, 9 – 23 Marsham Street, London SW1P 3DW
(Nearest tubes Victoria, Westminster, St James’s Park, Pimlico)

Registration: 10am
Conference sessions start: 11am
Conference ends: 5pm

Details of Speakers

A South African miner involved in the bitter struggle against British-owned mining firm Lonmin will join an impressive line-up of speakers from across the trade union movement at Unite the Resistance’s national conference on 17 November.

Independent trade unionist Hind Abd-el-Gawad Ibrahim will fly from Egypt to join the platform, which also includes campaigning barrister Mike Mansfield QC and stalwart left-wing Labour MP John McDonnell.

Trade unionists among the speakers include PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka, FBU general secretary Matt Wrack, BFAWU president Ian Hodson and NUT deputy general secretary Kevin Courtney.

Zita Holbourne, a PCS executive member and joint chair of BARAC (Black Activists Rising Against Cuts), author Owen Jones and Unison NEC member Karen Reissmann (speaking in a personal capacity) are also confirmed speakers.

More than 1,000 activists will come together at the conference, which will take place in the wake of the 20 October TUC demo, to discuss the way forward in the fight against austerity. The all-day conference will include plenty of time for discussion and debate from the floor.

Conference agenda

Opening session (11am – 1pm)

Where next in the fight against austerity?

Workshops (2pm – 3.30pm)

1. The international struggle against austerity
2. Solidarity and the law
3. The campaign for equality
4. In defence of the public sector
5. Our vision in education
6. Organising unemployed people, migrant workers and young people

Elections and aims (3.30pm – 5pm)

Election of UTR steering committee
Debate on aims and objectives of UTR

Union/sector meetings (5pm – 6pm)

The conference rooms will be handed over to union groups to discuss their ongoing struggles against austerity.

http://uniteresist.org/2012/09/book-tickets-for-unite-the-resistance-con...