Now -read the book!

Here is a link to my memoirs which, if you are a glutton for punishment, you can purchase online at https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/an-obscure-footnote-in-trade-union-history.
Men fight and lose the battle, and the thing that they fought for comes about in spite of their defeat, and when it comes turns out not to be what they meant, and other men have to fight for what they meant under another name. (William Morris - A Dream of John Ball)

Sunday, September 06, 2009

Support UCU strikers at Tower Hamlets College

I've just received the following via UNISON United Left;

UCU members at Tower Hamlets College have been on all out strike since Thursday 27th August - fighting to defend jobs and education. Below please see all ways you can raise this in your branches.

What you can do to help:

1. Picket lines all day

Visit picket lines

Poplar High Street E14 0AF

Arbour Square E1 0PT

Bethnal Green E2 6AB

2. Take a collection at work:

Strike fund: c/o Keith Priddle UCU THC Treasurer

Tower Hamlets College, Arbour Square Site, E1 0PT.

Sort code 089299

Account number 65252262

3. Send urgent messages of support to:

Richard McEwan (Branch Sec) 07532364638 richmcewan@hotmail.com

Alison Lord (Branch Chair) 07805819605 lallylord@hotmail.com

John Budis (Branch Sec) 07967893664 johnbudis@gmail.com

4. Write to the Principal Michael.farley@tower.ac.uk

6. Sign: http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/THCollegefunding/

7. For uptodate info, video and photos join the Facebook group: ‘Tower Hamlets - Stop the Cuts!’

8. Write to your MP: www.theyworkforyou.com

9. Demand Jobs and Educations for All. Join UCU sponsored lobby of the Labour party conference September 27th in Brighton.

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