tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60711749651296004342024-03-13T00:46:07.105-07:00Green Party Trade Union GroupA Blog for and about the GREEN PARTY TRADE UNION GROUP to post to this blog send posts to GPTU Secretary at yrrumuk@yahoo.co.uk.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1201125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071174965129600434.post-51947931719946868632021-12-28T12:59:00.001-08:002021-12-28T12:59:28.637-08:00Brian Barnes obituary https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/dec/28/brian-barnes-obituaryThis is the Guardian obituary of the artist Brian Barnes who was famous for his murals, mainly in and around Battersea in south London. He was a Green Party member. More details of his work can be found inFor Walls With Tongues Publication, £20 incld. p&PFor Walls With Tongues is a collection of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071174965129600434.post-11236802982120973912020-10-15T03:43:00.001-07:002020-10-15T03:43:35.777-07:00message of support to UCU Solidarity Movement and Students Before ProfitThe Green Party Trade Union group sends a message of support to UCU Solidarity Movement and Students Before Profit UofG for their day of action for an immediate reduction in FE class sizes, an increase in staff to make colleges safer, social distancing rules to be applied, regular deep cleaning and more funding to fully implement safe blended Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071174965129600434.post-86977631210361985982016-03-30T02:33:00.003-07:002016-03-30T02:33:46.814-07:00New website
We have moved!
Please visit our new website at:
gptu.greenparty.org.uk
Kieronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07122250735470832906noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071174965129600434.post-72910353462660584592016-02-27T01:07:00.001-08:002016-02-27T01:09:48.259-08:00UCU Campaigns update1. Higher education (HE) pay campaign: tackling casual contracts 2. Fair pay in further education: Wednesday’s strike action 3. In the news 4. UN anti-racism day events 5. ‘Don’t cut me out’ – lifelong learning in Wales 6. Learn new skills with UCU’s free CPD courses 7. Iran: release teacher union leader Esmail Abdi 8. End austerity march: 16 April 2016 9Unknownnoreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071174965129600434.post-38357735991481262572016-02-23T09:56:00.001-08:002016-02-23T09:57:12.769-08:00Help us mark the 40th anniversary of the Grunwick strike
News from Grunwick 40
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Help us mark the 40th anniversary of the Grunwick strike
The plans for the Grunwick anniversary commemorations are taking shape quickly, there's a lot happening...
We're excited to announce that we now have permission to to install a mural on a prominent wall very close to the former factory site in Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071174965129600434.post-4428540721186721982016-02-23T08:12:00.004-08:002016-02-23T08:12:56.765-08:00Solidarity with the Strike in Further Education
Solidarity with the Strike in Further Education
If you get a chance, please call by your local FE college on strike on Wednesday 24th February.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071174965129600434.post-51364659574047704642016-02-22T10:19:00.000-08:002016-02-22T10:19:17.625-08:00Why #Heathrow13 @planestupid are prepared to go to jail and why we're backing their protest http://www.segreens.com/heathrow_13_protest
http://www.segreens.com/heathrow_13_protest
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Why #Heathrow13 @planestupid are prepared to go to jail and why we're backing their protest http://www.segreens.com/heathrow_13_protest
Threat of Unprecedented Jail Sentence for Heathrow 13 Helps Amplify Protest
“No-one seems to be worried about the impact Heathrow is already causing, just the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071174965129600434.post-60765572829450161452016-02-22T06:39:00.005-08:002016-02-22T06:39:57.075-08:00SERTUC activities and news February and March 2016Also Oxford International Women's Festival, Friday 4 to Tuesday 15 March 2016: links here:
https://oxfordinternationalwomensfestival.co.uk/festival/
https://oxfordinternationalwomensfestival.co.uk/events/
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SERTUC activities and news
Paddling furiously. Equality survey launch…
On Tuesday 8 March at 4.30pm at Congress Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071174965129600434.post-15612125078763457182016-02-20T08:26:00.002-08:002016-02-20T08:26:55.759-08:00Feminist Library faces eviction on 1st March – start of Women's History month
Feminist Library faces eviction on 1st March – start of Women's History month
Dear Sisters,
As you can see from the title of this email and the attached press release, the Feminist Library is in an emergency situation, facing eviction within the next 2 weeks after over 30 years in the current building!
We request that you show your support by sharing the press release below to spread the wordUnknownnoreply@blogger.com101tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071174965129600434.post-58410270837545305852016-02-19T10:07:00.003-08:002016-02-19T10:07:30.487-08:00 “REBELS RADICALS AND THE RED FLAG”
Fundraising walking tour
for GLA elections
Meeting
place : Farringdon tube (exit on Cowcross Street).
3 April
Time: 2.30pm – 4pm.
“REBELS
RADICALS AND THE RED FLAG”
Description:
Join
qualified London Blue Badge Tour Guide and Historian Diane Burstein for
a guided
walking tour in Clerkenwell. Sometimes referred to as “London’s
Secret
Village” this is an area that has retained itsUnknownnoreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071174965129600434.post-34025947182639769472016-02-19T03:27:00.002-08:002016-02-19T03:27:50.933-08:00Save the Cass at Aldgate.
Update: Save the Cass at Aldgate.
Support the nomination for Central House as a Community Asset (London Borough Tower Hamlets). Join the Community Group at:
https://savethecassataldgateblog.wordpress.com/
Petition the LMU Board of Governors: Change your current strategic plan ‘One Campus, One Community’, and pursue a two-site solution.
Read this:
Open Letter
We, the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071174965129600434.post-47738407402886385622016-02-17T09:00:00.000-08:002016-02-17T09:13:30.318-08:00NUT call on the next Mayor of London to defend education and help teachers create a just society for all.Wednesday, 17 February 2016 from http://www.wembleymatters.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/nut-call-on-next-mayor-of-london-to.html
NUT call on the next Mayor of London to defend education and help teachers create a just society for all.
The NUT will be holding a London Mayoral Hustings on Monday March 7th 6pm at the union's headquarters at Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, WC1H 9BD, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071174965129600434.post-37377039508761162002016-02-17T03:00:00.001-08:002016-02-17T03:00:07.911-08:00Meet tomorrow to help plan Grunwick commemoration 40 years on
Wednesday, 17
February 2016 from http://wembleymatters.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/meet-tomorrow-to-help-plan-grunwick.html
Meet tomorrow to help plan Grunwick
commemoration 40 years on
Painting by Dan Jones
Plans are forging ahead to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Grunwick
strike, one of the most significant events for trade unionists and anti-racists
in the last Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071174965129600434.post-83545879592725008312016-02-16T15:54:00.002-08:002016-02-16T15:54:46.400-08:00CATASTROIKA
'Debt Resistance UK is hosting a FREE screening of 'CATASTROIKA: Privatization Goes Public' on Tuesday 23 February 2016.It starts at 7pm at the Hive, 260-264 Kingsland Road, E8 4DG (map)After the documentary, we will be joined by activists for a discussion on anti-privatization movements in Greece and the UK.There is more information about the film belowUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071174965129600434.post-33694256360555467982016-02-16T13:09:00.000-08:002016-02-16T13:09:07.487-08:00Heathrow 13 need your support Wednesday 24th February - Stand up for Climate Justice
Heathrow 13 need your support Wednesday 24th February - Stand up for Climate Justice
The #Heathrow13 will return to court for final sentencing, on Wednesday February 24th at Willesden Magistrates Court, having all been found guilty of aggravated trespass and entering the security restricted area of London Heathrow Airport’s (LHR) north runway in protest of plans to build a Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071174965129600434.post-91675053156946943432016-02-16T10:23:00.002-08:002016-02-16T10:23:57.124-08:00National Demo: Refugees Welcome Here:
National Demo: Refugees Welcome Here: Stand up to racism Islamophobia anti-Semitism & fascism! UN Anti-racism day demonstration Sat 19 Mar 2016 London
Assemble 12 noon Portland Place London W1A 1AA
Followed by march and rally in Trafalgar Square
DOWNLOAD DEMO LEAFLET
DOWNLOAD ‘I’m Standing up to racism’ sign – take a picture and tweet it @antiracismday
Join Facebook Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071174965129600434.post-81300780999484245982016-02-16T01:55:00.001-08:002016-02-16T01:55:01.354-08:00Emergency Rally: Save our NHS - No to the Imposition of the Junior Doctors Contracts
Emergency Rally: Save our NHS - No to the Imposition of the Junior Doctors Contracts
From People's Assembly Following the Governments shameful decision to impose the new contracts for junior doctors, we are working with doctors, nurses, trade unions and NHS campaigners to organise an emergency rally in London this Wednesday in defence of our NHS. We'll be proposing further action &Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071174965129600434.post-88395605155533824572016-02-15T01:47:00.002-08:002016-02-15T01:49:38.560-08:00SERTUC Pensioners Network Seminar 2016 - Tuesday 15 March 2016
SERTUC Pensioners Network Seminar 2016Crisis in Care and Caring
Tuesday 15 March 2016, 10 - 3.30pmCongress House, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3LS
Guest speakers include:
Barbara Keeley MPShadow Minister for Older People, Social Care and Carers
Jan ShorttVice President, National Pensioners Convention
Every week we hear about failures in the care services: neglect and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071174965129600434.post-61931901504186558452016-02-14T11:43:00.004-08:002016-02-15T02:09:55.283-08:00The Green Heart of #Bristol’s #SocialMovements
William Quick GPTU CAMPAIGNS OFFICER
I joined the Green Party back in October 2014 at the start of the ‘Green surge’. I’d became increasingly aware that they were the only party consistently talking about restructuring the economy in the interests of everyone to tackle not only climate change but also the spiralling inequality infecting our society.
Within a month Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071174965129600434.post-3901813682699121262016-02-11T07:42:00.002-08:002016-02-11T07:42:57.931-08:00Pension funds, not ministers should decide where to invest their members’ money (Unison press release:)
Pension
funds, not ministers should decide where to invest their members’ money
(Unison
press release: https://www.unison.org.uk/news/press-release/2016/01/local-government-pension-funds-not-ministers-should-decide-where-to-invest-their-members-money-says-unison/)
Local
government pension funds must be able to decide where to invest their money in
the best interests of present and future Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071174965129600434.post-2519060703525085392016-02-11T07:31:00.004-08:002016-02-11T07:33:55.079-08:00Another attack on local democracy? proposed new divestment rules Campaign Against Climate Change
Another attack on local democracy?
Submitted by Claire on Wed, 2016/02/10 - 12:01pm
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Divestment campaigners are worried that the government's current
consultation on local authority pensions investment contains a significant
attack on local democracy and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071174965129600434.post-87185325975655112892016-02-08T01:56:00.002-08:002016-02-08T01:56:53.715-08:00The murder of Giulio Regeni
The murder of Giulio Regeni is an attack on academic freedom
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The murder of Giulio Regeni
The body of Giulio Regeni was discovered in a ditch in Cairo on February 2, showing evidence of torture, and a slow and horrific death. Giulio was studying for a PhD at the University of Cambridge, and was carrying out research on the formation of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071174965129600434.post-3901277568168171832016-02-08T01:33:00.001-08:002016-02-08T01:56:05.233-08:00Unite’s pro-expansion stance denounced outside Heathrow Airport
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 07/02/2016
Unite’s pro-expansion stance denounced outside Heathrow Airport
Protestors speak out against Unite’s unsustainable policy, Unite Building Heathrow Airport, 07/02/2016
Unite has unthinkingly supported Heathrow’s expansion policy arguing that more jobs are better for the region. However the housing crisis means thatUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071174965129600434.post-29618770284820960042016-02-06T10:23:00.002-08:002016-02-06T10:23:47.520-08:00TUC DAY OF ACTION PROTEST AT NATIONAL GALLERY THURSDAY 11 FEBRUARY 6-6.30pmInvitation to join us at National Gallery!
TUC DAY OF ACTION PROTEST
AT NATIONAL GALLERY
THURSDAY 11 FEBRUARY 6-6.30pm
Trafalgar Square
https://www.facebook.com/events/1006749746062837
* Scrap the Trade Union Bill * Defend our unions * Protect our pay and conditions* End privatisationNational Gallery PCS members and supporters will join the TUC day of action by protesting Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6071174965129600434.post-7627070116351105162016-02-01T10:44:00.001-08:002016-02-01T10:44:05.442-08:00LONDON 30/1/2016: march against the housing bill
LONDON 30/1/2016: march against the housing bill
The housing bill will benefit property developers and have a devastating effect on the availability of affordable housing. It's the exact opposite of what is necessary to ease the housing crisis. Everyone needs to do whatever they can to stop it.
Published on 31 Jan 2016: acknowledgements to Lois DavisUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0