Monday 24 November 2014

Blacklist update!

1. 17th December 2014 - High Court & Blacklist Support Group meeting 

9:30 am - 3pm (approx)
High Court Blacklisting trial continues 
Royal Courts of Justice
The Strand
(nearest tube Holborn or Temple) 

4:30pm - 6:30pm 
Blacklist Support Group national meeting
Central London venue 
invited speakers include: John McDonnell MP, John Hendy QC, Guney Clark & Ryan solicitors 

2. Mike Emmott, CIPD expert tells conference that blacklisting is "a big fuss about very little" and that "union moral outrage is rather distasteful" 

3. Workers walk out at Carrington Power station over blacklisting 

4. Police collusion
Video: This is what police collusion in blacklisting is all about (and why those in authority don't want a public inquiry)

Mark Metcalf on police spying: 

Blacklisted activist & journalist Mark Thomas sues the police for spying on him in peaceful & legal campaigns (a few of us might be doing this sometime in the near future)  

5. Upcoming:

Wed 26th Nov
Umbrella Scam Day of Action - across the UK
Westminster Lobby  
10:45 demo
12:45 Lobby - committee room 14
speakers: Steve Murphy (UCATT), Mick Cash (RMT), Gail Cartmail (UNITE), Steve Rotheram MP (flyer attached) 
Holyrood Lobby - 10:30am 

Construction Safety Campaign AGM
Sat 13th December 2014.
11.00am to 3.00pm.
Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, Manchester, M2 5NS 
Speakers include: Steve Acheson - Blacklist Support Group & Hilda Palmer, Greater Manchester Hazards Campaign

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