1. Ed Milliband speech to Scottish TUC this week:
"In days gone by, people didn’t have the
right to join a trade union.
And were
thrown out of work if they campaigned for better rights.
But today, we still have
the odious practice of blacklisting.
Contractors, companies who
block and blacklist those who have a history of trade union activity.
I will not tolerate that
in the country I lead.
So that is why we will
have a full inquiry that is transparent and public into blacklisting.
With one purpose and one
purpose alone:
To put an end to
blacklisting right across the United Kingdom.
And throughout the history
of this movement, you have fought most of all for people’s right to work."
Blacklist Support
Group welcome Labour's public commitment to a full inquiry into blacklisting. If
Ed Milliband becomes PM in May, we will be knocking on his door asking for a
full public inquiry and asking to be involved in drawing up the remit before it
begins.
2. Special Branch spied on union activists,
General Secretaries and MPs at Wapping dispute
3. Blacklisted book - Tour dates this
week
Sun 26th - Bournemouth - (1pm) CWU
Conference with Billy Hayes & Trish Lavelle
Tue 28th - Liverpool
1pm - Workers Memorial
Day event - South Piazza George Dock
Building, L3 1DD
6pm - Jack Jones House, Unite
offices
after-party Casa Club
Wed 29th
1pm - Liverpool - News From Nowhere
bookstore
7pm - Leeds
- Swarthmore
Centre, 2-7
Woodhouse Square, Leeds,LS3
- with Pete Shaw, Sandy McPherson, Merrick
Badger
Thurs 30th (6am) - Teeside, Wilton Centre, TS10 4RF - in support of the #PaytheRate protests https://www.facebook.com/events/1425729721061975/
Fri 1st May (7pm) - Kings Arms, Salford -
with Colin Trousdale, Steve Acheson, Tony Jones, Graham Bowker
Book launch & May Day Celebration
4. Blacklisting of construction
workers in Australia
Blacklist Support Group
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