Will you help to rally opposition to the sell-off of the health service? A march arriving in London from Jarrow on 6 September and days of strikes and protests in October need your support. South London organisations also are organising support for a strike in October of a million public sector workers calling for a pay rise, and there is a huge demonstration in London a few days after.
***Please put in your diary the events not just happening this week but the dates for big events this autumn, shown below.***
Please tweet this listing, link to our website or post on your own Facebook page. Thank you.
EVENTS LIST
Tuesday 26 August
7pm. Organising meeting of South London People’s Assembly to continue planning the October conference (see below) and build support for upcoming events. Venue: The Bread and Roses Pub, 68 Clapham Manor Street, SW4 6DZ. For more information, write to secretary@southlondonpeoplesassembly.org
Tuesday 26 August
7pm. Meeting of Southwark Defend Council Housing campaign in the Parish Office at St John’s Church, Larcom Street, SE17 1NQ. Map.
Tuesday 26 & Thursday 28 August
Start dates of NHS union members’ ballot for industrial action over pay Unite’s ballot will run from 26 August – 26 September, Unison’s from 28 August - 18 September. GMB and Royal College of Midwives will ballot in September. If you can help leafleting local health workforces to promote a ‘Yes’ vote, contact local trade union offices or southwarksos@gmail.com
Thursday 28 August
Fast Food Rights Campaign day of action. London – exact location(s) to be announced. More details here.
Saturday 6 September
2pm – 5pm. noTTIP planning meeting for Octobers’ day of action (see below)
at the London office of Friends of the Earth, The Printworks, 1st Floor, 139 Clapham Road, London, SW9 0HP. (Step-free access) Facebook event
Saturday 6 September
999 March for the NHS from Jarrow to London arrives in London. Depart Clissold Park, Stoke Newington N16 9HU at 11.45am. Welcome the marchers as they come into central London at 2pm: assemble at UNITE HQ, 128 Theobald’s Road WC1X. Rally at 3.30pm. (Venue to be announced) Details at http://999callfornhs.org.uk/.
Thursday 11 September
11am. Protest: End Sanctions, Bedroom Tax and Benefit Cuts. Assemble Old Palace Yard Westminster SW1P 3JY and 1pm DWP HQ Tothill St SW1. This is part of the National Day of action called by Anti Bed Tax and Benefits campaigners, with PCS and other trade unions, and claimant groups. Contact southwarkbenefitjustice@gmail.com to join the local contingent. See http://antibedroomtax.org.uk/ for more information.
Wednesday 17 September
7pm. ‘Support the Pay Strikes’ – public meeting with Ian Hodson National President bakers Union, Paul Embury, Secretary London Region FBU, Kevin Courtney Deputy General Secretary NUT, Mandy Brown , Secretary Lambeth College UCU, Hassina Malik, Assistant Branch secretary Lambeth Unison. Venue: Karibu Centre, 7 Gresham Road, Brixton SW9 7PH. Organised by South London Unite the Resistance. Supported by Lambeth Unison. More information from http://uniteresist.org/category/events/
To Join the South London email list, phone 07956579466.
Thursday 18 September
7pm. Lambeth Keep Our NHS Public campaign planning meeting in the Phoenix pub between Stockwell Tube and Clapham North tube stations.
ADVANCE NOTICE
Saturday 4 October
10am – 4pm. People’s Assembly South London Conference in Lambeth Town Hall. Get tickets (concessions are free) here. Key themes for the conference are action over pay, privatisation and housing. More details posted on the website at http://www.southlondonpa.org/.
Saturday 11 October
A pan-European day of action against the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). Background information on why this is so dangerous to public services here. Find out what action is being planned at http://www.nottip.org.uk/nationaldayofaction/
Monday 13 October
Proposed date of Unison health workers’ four hour strike following the ballot (see above). Further details to be announced.
Tuesday 14 October
Strike of around a million local government workers in Unison, Unite and GMB. Other unions may join this action. Background information here. Contact your union branch officers for details of local action.
Saturday 18 October
‘Britain Needs a Pay Rise’ TUC national demonstration in London. See facebook.com/britainneedsapayrise or website for resources and publicity materials at http://britainneedsapayrise.org/ Details of the exact timings and the march route will be announced in September.
OTHER LOCAL CAMPAIGNS not listed above:
Southwark Pensioners Action Group
Meets bi-monthly. Campaign information at http://www.spag.btck.co.uk/
Southwark Disabled People Against Cuts meet at Southwark Independent Living Centre, 10 Bradenham Close, SE17 2QB. Details from southwarkdpac@mail.com
Lambeth College UCU
Information about their continuing campaign can be found at http://lambethcollegestrike.wordpress.com/
SolidariTEA, a weekly drop-in between 2pm and 4pm for those affected by work capability, benefits & housing problems etc. Mutual support & planning direct action. at 97 Dawes House, Orb St, Walworth, London, SE17 1RD.
For information, email to solidariteasouthwark@gmail.com or phone 07966180429 on Mondays pm.
Ritzy workers are being balloted on a pay offer in their fight for the London Living Wage. The results will be announced on the 26th August. You can get campaign updates at www.facebook.com/RitzyLivingWage
FOLLOW US!
http://southwarksaveourservices.blogspot.com/
Twitter @southwarkSOS
Facebook: Southwark SSOS
Are you part of a community group or campaign? We’d like to hear from you. Tell us what you’re doing and we can advertise your anti-cuts campaign activities. Email us at southwarksos@gmail.com.
Tuesday, 26 August 2014
Monday, 28 July 2014
Southwark Action Alert 21 July 2014
The sacking of Michael Gove last week and damning evidence in a DWP report that has forced the Lib Dems’ about-turn on the bedroom tax, are both events that show how our pressure is limiting the government’s scope to impose its anti-austerity policies. The escalation of the firefighters’ strikes has also forced back their employers’ attacks.
But there are lots of active campaigns still needing your support. Please put in your diary the events not just happening this week but the dates for big events this autumn, shown below.
Please tweet this listing, link to our website or post on your own Facebook page. Thank you.
EVENTS LIST
Wednesday 23 July
10.30 for 11am. Southwark Pensioners Forum about Care Homes, to be held at InSpire, Liverpool Grove, SE17 2HH. More information at http://www.spag.btck.co.uk/
Wednesday 23 July
3.45pm. Oppose new contracts for GSTT NHS staff. Lobby the Board of Directors Meeting. Robens Suite, Guy’s Hospital SE1. Get more information by contacting the trade union office via frank.wood@nhs.net
Wednesday 23 July
2pm-5pm. Southwark Benefit Justice stall at ‘Money Savvy’ event, Walworth Methodist Church, Camberwell Road (opposite Burgess Park). To help on the stall, inform southwarkbenefitjustice@gmail.com or just come along.
Wednesday 23 July
7pm. Open meeting of South London People’s Assembly to continue planning the October conference (see below) and build support for upcoming events. Venue: The Bread and Roses Pub, 68 Clapham Manor Street, SW4 6DZ. For more information, write to secretary@southlondonpeoplesassembly.org
Thursday 24 July
8pm. St Helier Quiz. Keep Our St Helier Hospital (KOSHH) campaign are having their fund raising general knowledge quiz. Venue: The Morden Brook Pub (formerly The Beverley) Lower Morden Lane SM4 4SS. More information here.
Friday 25 July
10am. Our Health , Our Lives , Our Homes protest. Supported by Defend Council Housing, Housing Action Southwark and Lambeth, and others. Meet at Bramah Green Community Centre, Fairburn Green SW9. Contact officerramb@gmail.com
Tuesday 29 July
7pm. Meeting of Southwark Defend Council Housing campaign in the Parish Office at St John’s Church, Larcom Street, SE17 1NQ. Map.
ADVANCE NOTICE
Thursday 28 August
***New*** NHS members of Unison, GMB and Royal College of Midwives begin balloting for industrial action over pay (ballot close on 26 September)
Saturday 6 September
999 March for the NHS from Jarrow to London arrives in London on this date. More details at https://www.facebook.com/999CallForTheNhs
Thursday 11 September
National Day of action called by Anti Bed Tax and Benefits campaigners, with PCS and other trade unions, and claimant groups. No Benefit Cuts, No Sanctions, No Bailiffs. Contact southwarkbenefitjustice@gmail.com for more information.
Tuesday 30 September
***New*** UNISON national strike over pay by local government and education workers. More details at http://www.unison.org.uk/
Saturday 4 October
People’s Assembly South London Conference in Lambeth Town Hall. Get tickets (concessions are free) here. More details posted on the website at http://www.southlondonpa.org/.
Saturday 18 October
‘Britain Needs a Pay Rise’ TUC national demonstration in London. See facebook.com/britainneedsapayrise Details tba.
OTHER LOCAL CAMPAIGNS not listed above:
Southwark Pensioners Action Group
Meets bi-monthly. Campaign information at http://www.spag.btck.co.uk/
Southwark Disabled People Against Cuts meet at Southwark Independent Living Centre, 10 Bradenham Close, SE17 2QB. Details from southwarkdpac@mail.com
South London Unite the Resistance. For news updates and action alerts on trade union and anti-austerity events in south London, join the email list by writing to southlondonunitetheresistance@gmail.com or phone 07956579466.
Lambeth College UCU
Information about their continuing campaign can be found at http://lambethcollegestrike.wordpress.com/
SolidariTEA, a weekly drop-in between 2pm and 4pm for those affected by work capability, benefits & housing problems etc. Mutual support & planning direct action. at 97 Dawes House, Orb St, Walworth, London, SE17 1RD.
For information, email to solidariteasouthwark@gmail.com or phone 07966180429 on Mondays pm.
Ritzy workers still need solidarity in their fight for the London Living Wage. You can get campaign updates at www.facebook.com/RitzyLivingWage
FOLLOW US!
http://southwarksaveourservices.blogspot.com/
Twitter @southwarkSOS
Facebook: Southwark SSOS
Are you part of a community group or campaign? We’d like to hear from you. Tell us what you’re doing and we can advertise your anti-cuts campaign activities. Email us at southwarksos@gmail.com.
But there are lots of active campaigns still needing your support. Please put in your diary the events not just happening this week but the dates for big events this autumn, shown below.
Please tweet this listing, link to our website or post on your own Facebook page. Thank you.
EVENTS LIST
Wednesday 23 July
10.30 for 11am. Southwark Pensioners Forum about Care Homes, to be held at InSpire, Liverpool Grove, SE17 2HH. More information at http://www.spag.btck.co.uk/
Wednesday 23 July
3.45pm. Oppose new contracts for GSTT NHS staff. Lobby the Board of Directors Meeting. Robens Suite, Guy’s Hospital SE1. Get more information by contacting the trade union office via frank.wood@nhs.net
Wednesday 23 July
2pm-5pm. Southwark Benefit Justice stall at ‘Money Savvy’ event, Walworth Methodist Church, Camberwell Road (opposite Burgess Park). To help on the stall, inform southwarkbenefitjustice@gmail.com or just come along.
Wednesday 23 July
7pm. Open meeting of South London People’s Assembly to continue planning the October conference (see below) and build support for upcoming events. Venue: The Bread and Roses Pub, 68 Clapham Manor Street, SW4 6DZ. For more information, write to secretary@southlondonpeoplesassembly.org
Thursday 24 July
8pm. St Helier Quiz. Keep Our St Helier Hospital (KOSHH) campaign are having their fund raising general knowledge quiz. Venue: The Morden Brook Pub (formerly The Beverley) Lower Morden Lane SM4 4SS. More information here.
Friday 25 July
10am. Our Health , Our Lives , Our Homes protest. Supported by Defend Council Housing, Housing Action Southwark and Lambeth, and others. Meet at Bramah Green Community Centre, Fairburn Green SW9. Contact officerramb@gmail.com
Tuesday 29 July
7pm. Meeting of Southwark Defend Council Housing campaign in the Parish Office at St John’s Church, Larcom Street, SE17 1NQ. Map.
ADVANCE NOTICE
Thursday 28 August
***New*** NHS members of Unison, GMB and Royal College of Midwives begin balloting for industrial action over pay (ballot close on 26 September)
Saturday 6 September
999 March for the NHS from Jarrow to London arrives in London on this date. More details at https://www.facebook.com/999CallForTheNhs
Thursday 11 September
National Day of action called by Anti Bed Tax and Benefits campaigners, with PCS and other trade unions, and claimant groups. No Benefit Cuts, No Sanctions, No Bailiffs. Contact southwarkbenefitjustice@gmail.com for more information.
Tuesday 30 September
***New*** UNISON national strike over pay by local government and education workers. More details at http://www.unison.org.uk/
Saturday 4 October
People’s Assembly South London Conference in Lambeth Town Hall. Get tickets (concessions are free) here. More details posted on the website at http://www.southlondonpa.org/.
Saturday 18 October
‘Britain Needs a Pay Rise’ TUC national demonstration in London. See facebook.com/britainneedsapayrise Details tba.
OTHER LOCAL CAMPAIGNS not listed above:
Southwark Pensioners Action Group
Meets bi-monthly. Campaign information at http://www.spag.btck.co.uk/
Southwark Disabled People Against Cuts meet at Southwark Independent Living Centre, 10 Bradenham Close, SE17 2QB. Details from southwarkdpac@mail.com
South London Unite the Resistance. For news updates and action alerts on trade union and anti-austerity events in south London, join the email list by writing to southlondonunitetheresistance@gmail.com or phone 07956579466.
Lambeth College UCU
Information about their continuing campaign can be found at http://lambethcollegestrike.wordpress.com/
SolidariTEA, a weekly drop-in between 2pm and 4pm for those affected by work capability, benefits & housing problems etc. Mutual support & planning direct action. at 97 Dawes House, Orb St, Walworth, London, SE17 1RD.
For information, email to solidariteasouthwark@gmail.com or phone 07966180429 on Mondays pm.
Ritzy workers still need solidarity in their fight for the London Living Wage. You can get campaign updates at www.facebook.com/RitzyLivingWage
FOLLOW US!
http://southwarksaveourservices.blogspot.com/
Twitter @southwarkSOS
Facebook: Southwark SSOS
Are you part of a community group or campaign? We’d like to hear from you. Tell us what you’re doing and we can advertise your anti-cuts campaign activities. Email us at southwarksos@gmail.com.
Monday, 30 June 2014
Southwark Action Alert 29 June 2014
After last week’s 50,000 strong demonstration against austerity, a million people will be on strike across Britain on 10th July. UNISON and GMB members in Local Government have confirmed they will take action on this date and have named the dates for a further two-day strike in September. PCS and UNITE will announce their ballot results early next week. Health workers plan ballots for action in the autumn.
Events for J10 are being planned this coming week. Reply to this email or use the links below if you can help.
Meanwhile, locally, Lambeth College teachers and administrative staff are still taking strike action. Your support will be very welcome. (See below)
Please tweet this listing, link to our website or post on your own Facebook page. Thank you.
EVENTS LIST
Ongoing
Lambeth College UCU all-out strike action against new contracts. Join the picket-lines from 7.30am onwards at all sites: Clapham Common South Side SW4, Brixton Hill SW2 , Vauxhall Centre (Belmore Street, Wandsworth Road) SW8. Send messages of support to the UCU rep at mandybrowncow@yahoo.com Information, including a donations page, can be found at http://lambethcollegestrike.wordpress.com/
Monday 30 June
2pm – 4pm. Launch of SolidariTEA, a weekly drop-in for those affected by work capability, benefits & housing problems etc. Mutual support & planning direct action. Venue: 97 Dawes House, Orb St, Walworth, London, SE17 1RD.
For more information and a leaflet/poster, email to solidariteasouthwark@gmail.com or phone 07966180429 on Mondays pm.
Monday 30 June
7.30pm. Ritzy Workers Solidarity Meeting at the Effra Social in Effra Road, Brixton, SW2 1DF. Come along to build support for the Ritzy workers and show solidarity for their fight. Campaign updates at Facebook/RitzyLivingWage
Wednesday 2 July
9.45am-11.30am. Southwark Benefit Justice leafleting against sanctioning and to encourage people to put in appeals against the bedroom tax. Meet outside Kennington Jobcentre, 204 Kennington Park Road, Kennington SE11 4BT. For more information contact southwarkbenefitjustice@gmail.com or ring 07932 431464.
Wednesday 2 July
7pm. Southwark TUC meeting to organise for 10 July strike at 160, Tooley Street SE1. Trades Council delegates and others all welcome. For more information contact southwarktuc@gmail.com
Friday 4 July
2pm. Action against the closure of the Independent Living Fund at the DWP, Caxton House in Tothill Street SW1. There will be fun & games, and entertainment; and of course, some civil disobedience. Called by Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC). More details on Facebook here.
Saturday 5 July
11am - 4pm. Special conference: What is Further and Adult Education for? At City Heights school, Somerleyton Road, Brixton SW2 8ND. Workshops on ‘Employability’ the new mantra, Towards a charter for Further and Adult Education. Closing session on Organising to win. Called by Lambeth College UCU and UNSION. More details at http://lambethcollegestrike.wordpress.com/
Saturday 5 July
11am-5pm. ‘Fight Together for a Pay Rise!’ NSSN National Conference at Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, Holborn, WC1R 4RL. Delegate/visitor fee £6. Confirmed speakers include Ronnie Draper BFAWU bakers’ union General Secretary, POA General Secretary Steve Gillan and Janice Godrich PCS President. Email info@shopstewards.net
Saturday 5th July
2pm. Save Our Surgeries Rally in Altab Ali Park, Alder Street, Aldgate E1. Cuts have already been made to GP funding and massive re-distribution of funding streams, now also faced with privatisation. Get more information from http://www.peoplesnhs.org/ or www.facebook.com/SaveOurGPsurgeries. To get a petition, email to Erkan.Ersoy@unitetheunion.org
Monday 7 July
6.30pm. Benefit gig for the People's Assembly. Hammersmith Apollo (Eventim Apollo Hammersmith). Confirmed acts: Jo Brand, Jason Manford, Stewart Lee, Shappi Khorsandi, Francesca Martinez, Marcus Brigstocke, Jeremy Hardy, Mark Steel, Jen Brister, Robin Ince, Kate Smurthwaite.
Wednesday 9 July
7pm. Open meeting of South London People’s Assembly to continue planning the October conference (see below) and build support for upcoming events. Venue: The Bread and Roses Pub, 68 Clapham Manor Street, SW4 6DZ. For more information, write to secretary@southlondonpeoplesassembly.org
Thursday 10 July STRIKE: BRITAIN NEEDS A PAY RISE
UNISON and GMB members in Local Government and the NUT are on strike.
TIMETABLE:
7am onwards. Picket lines across London.
10am. Southwark meeting point possibly at Elephant & Castle (tbc)
11.30am. Assemble at BBC Broadcasting House, Great Portland Street (nr Oxford Circus Tube). 12noon. March to Trafalgar Square for rally.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Contact local trade union branches, southwarktuc@gmail.com or reply to this email for updates.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT: For local information email contact@southwarkunison.co.uk or phone 020 7525 6030. News and background info here.
TEACHERS: For local information email secretary@southwarknut.org.uk or phone 07983475050. For updates and background information go to http://southwarknut.com
Thursday 10 July
7pm. Public meeting: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) to raise awareness and take action. Venue: Mander Hall, NUT, Hamilton House, WC1H 9BD (no need to register). Hosted by War On Want.
Friday 11 July and Saturday 12 July
8pm. ‘Housed’ – a play about London’s housing crisis. Hotel Elephant, Units A & B, 40-42 Newington Causeway, SE1 6DR. Information and tickets here.
Saturday 12 July
Time tbc. Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) day of action.
Thursday 17 July
7pm. Lambeth KONP meeting in the Phoenix pub between Stockwell Tube and Clapham North tube stations.
Tuesday 29 July
7pm. Meeting of Southwark Defend Council Housing campaign in the Parish Office at St John’s Church, Larcom Street, SE17 1NQ. Map.
ADVANCE NOTICE
Saturday 6 September
999 March for the NHS from Jarrow to London arrives in London on this date. More details at https://www.facebook.com/999CallForTheNhs
Thursday 11 September
National Day of action called by Anti Bed Tax and Benefits campaigners, with PCS and other trade unions, and claimant groups. Contact southwarkbenefitjustice@gmail.com for more information.
Saturday 4 October
People’s Assembly South London Conference in Lambeth Town Hall. Buy tickets (concessions are free). More details posted on the website at http://www.southlondonpa.org/.
Saturday 18 October
‘Britain Needs a Pay Rise’ TUC national demonstration in London. See facebook.com/britainneedsapayrise Details tba.
OTHER LOCAL CAMPAIGNS not listed above:
Southwark Pensioners Action Group
Meets bi-monthly. Campaign information at http://www.spag.btck.co.uk/
Southwark Disabled People Against Cuts meet at Southwark Independent Living Centre, 10 Bradenham Close, SE17 2QB. Details from southwarkdpac@mail.com
South London Unite the Resistance. For more information phone 07956579466. Get the latest Steering Committee report at http://uniteresist.org/2014/05/unite-the-resistance-steering-committee-report/
Events for J10 are being planned this coming week. Reply to this email or use the links below if you can help.
Meanwhile, locally, Lambeth College teachers and administrative staff are still taking strike action. Your support will be very welcome. (See below)
Please tweet this listing, link to our website or post on your own Facebook page. Thank you.
EVENTS LIST
Ongoing
Lambeth College UCU all-out strike action against new contracts. Join the picket-lines from 7.30am onwards at all sites: Clapham Common South Side SW4, Brixton Hill SW2 , Vauxhall Centre (Belmore Street, Wandsworth Road) SW8. Send messages of support to the UCU rep at mandybrowncow@yahoo.com Information, including a donations page, can be found at http://lambethcollegestrike.wordpress.com/
Monday 30 June
2pm – 4pm. Launch of SolidariTEA, a weekly drop-in for those affected by work capability, benefits & housing problems etc. Mutual support & planning direct action. Venue: 97 Dawes House, Orb St, Walworth, London, SE17 1RD.
For more information and a leaflet/poster, email to solidariteasouthwark@gmail.com or phone 07966180429 on Mondays pm.
Monday 30 June
7.30pm. Ritzy Workers Solidarity Meeting at the Effra Social in Effra Road, Brixton, SW2 1DF. Come along to build support for the Ritzy workers and show solidarity for their fight. Campaign updates at Facebook/RitzyLivingWage
Wednesday 2 July
9.45am-11.30am. Southwark Benefit Justice leafleting against sanctioning and to encourage people to put in appeals against the bedroom tax. Meet outside Kennington Jobcentre, 204 Kennington Park Road, Kennington SE11 4BT. For more information contact southwarkbenefitjustice@gmail.com or ring 07932 431464.
Wednesday 2 July
7pm. Southwark TUC meeting to organise for 10 July strike at 160, Tooley Street SE1. Trades Council delegates and others all welcome. For more information contact southwarktuc@gmail.com
Friday 4 July
2pm. Action against the closure of the Independent Living Fund at the DWP, Caxton House in Tothill Street SW1. There will be fun & games, and entertainment; and of course, some civil disobedience. Called by Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC). More details on Facebook here.
Saturday 5 July
11am - 4pm. Special conference: What is Further and Adult Education for? At City Heights school, Somerleyton Road, Brixton SW2 8ND. Workshops on ‘Employability’ the new mantra, Towards a charter for Further and Adult Education. Closing session on Organising to win. Called by Lambeth College UCU and UNSION. More details at http://lambethcollegestrike.wordpress.com/
Saturday 5 July
11am-5pm. ‘Fight Together for a Pay Rise!’ NSSN National Conference at Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, Holborn, WC1R 4RL. Delegate/visitor fee £6. Confirmed speakers include Ronnie Draper BFAWU bakers’ union General Secretary, POA General Secretary Steve Gillan and Janice Godrich PCS President. Email info@shopstewards.net
Saturday 5th July
2pm. Save Our Surgeries Rally in Altab Ali Park, Alder Street, Aldgate E1. Cuts have already been made to GP funding and massive re-distribution of funding streams, now also faced with privatisation. Get more information from http://www.peoplesnhs.org/ or www.facebook.com/SaveOurGPsurgeries. To get a petition, email to Erkan.Ersoy@unitetheunion.org
Monday 7 July
6.30pm. Benefit gig for the People's Assembly. Hammersmith Apollo (Eventim Apollo Hammersmith). Confirmed acts: Jo Brand, Jason Manford, Stewart Lee, Shappi Khorsandi, Francesca Martinez, Marcus Brigstocke, Jeremy Hardy, Mark Steel, Jen Brister, Robin Ince, Kate Smurthwaite.
Wednesday 9 July
7pm. Open meeting of South London People’s Assembly to continue planning the October conference (see below) and build support for upcoming events. Venue: The Bread and Roses Pub, 68 Clapham Manor Street, SW4 6DZ. For more information, write to secretary@southlondonpeoplesassembly.org
Thursday 10 July STRIKE: BRITAIN NEEDS A PAY RISE
UNISON and GMB members in Local Government and the NUT are on strike.
TIMETABLE:
7am onwards. Picket lines across London.
10am. Southwark meeting point possibly at Elephant & Castle (tbc)
11.30am. Assemble at BBC Broadcasting House, Great Portland Street (nr Oxford Circus Tube). 12noon. March to Trafalgar Square for rally.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Contact local trade union branches, southwarktuc@gmail.com or reply to this email for updates.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT: For local information email contact@southwarkunison.co.uk or phone 020 7525 6030. News and background info here.
TEACHERS: For local information email secretary@southwarknut.org.uk or phone 07983475050. For updates and background information go to http://southwarknut.com
Thursday 10 July
7pm. Public meeting: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) to raise awareness and take action. Venue: Mander Hall, NUT, Hamilton House, WC1H 9BD (no need to register). Hosted by War On Want.
Friday 11 July and Saturday 12 July
8pm. ‘Housed’ – a play about London’s housing crisis. Hotel Elephant, Units A & B, 40-42 Newington Causeway, SE1 6DR. Information and tickets here.
Saturday 12 July
Time tbc. Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) day of action.
Thursday 17 July
7pm. Lambeth KONP meeting in the Phoenix pub between Stockwell Tube and Clapham North tube stations.
Tuesday 29 July
7pm. Meeting of Southwark Defend Council Housing campaign in the Parish Office at St John’s Church, Larcom Street, SE17 1NQ. Map.
ADVANCE NOTICE
Saturday 6 September
999 March for the NHS from Jarrow to London arrives in London on this date. More details at https://www.facebook.com/999CallForTheNhs
Thursday 11 September
National Day of action called by Anti Bed Tax and Benefits campaigners, with PCS and other trade unions, and claimant groups. Contact southwarkbenefitjustice@gmail.com for more information.
Saturday 4 October
People’s Assembly South London Conference in Lambeth Town Hall. Buy tickets (concessions are free). More details posted on the website at http://www.southlondonpa.org/.
Saturday 18 October
‘Britain Needs a Pay Rise’ TUC national demonstration in London. See facebook.com/britainneedsapayrise Details tba.
OTHER LOCAL CAMPAIGNS not listed above:
Southwark Pensioners Action Group
Meets bi-monthly. Campaign information at http://www.spag.btck.co.uk/
Southwark Disabled People Against Cuts meet at Southwark Independent Living Centre, 10 Bradenham Close, SE17 2QB. Details from southwarkdpac@mail.com
South London Unite the Resistance. For more information phone 07956579466. Get the latest Steering Committee report at http://uniteresist.org/2014/05/unite-the-resistance-steering-committee-report/
Sunday, 15 June 2014
Southwark Action Alert 15 June 2014
Not only will thousands of people demonstrate this Saturday in central London against austerity, a million people could be on strike across Britain on 10th July. We urgently need leafleters in Southwark to publicise these two events. Reply to this email or use the links below if you can help.
Meanwhile, locally, there are college lecturers, firefighters and legal aid workers taking action this week against cuts. Your support will be very welcome.
Please tweet this listing, link to our website or post on your own Facebook page. Thank you.
EVENTS LIST
Until 23 June
UNISON local government workers (600,000 of them) being balloted for strike over pay. More information https://www.unison.org.uk/at-work/local-government/key-issues/local-government-pay/home/. (Also see 10 July below). For local information email contact@southwarkunison.co.uk or phone 020 7525 6030.
Ongoing
Lambeth College UCU all-out strike action against new contracts. Join the picket-lines from 7.30am onwards at all sites: Clapham Common South Side SW4, Brixton Hill SW2 , Vauxhall Centre (Belmore Street, Wandsworth Road) SW8. Send messages of support to the UCU rep at mandybrowncow@yahoo.com Information, including a donations page, at http://lambethcollegestrike.wordpress.com/
Monday 16 June
12noon- 2pm. Magna Carta Day protest at Blackfriars Advice Centre & Cambridge House Law Centre 1 Addington Square, Camberwell, SE5 0HF. Giving information about legal aid, getting people to sign a petition and take a selfie. Get resources to download from http://justiceallianceuk.wordpress.com/magna-carta-day-16-june/
Monday 16 June
6.30pm. Leafleting for next Saturday’s ‘No More Austerity demonstration, at Elephant & Castle shopping centre – Phone Alistair on 07826 541 052 for meeting point.
Monday 16 June
6.30pm. ‘Strategies for solving the housing crisis’ Panel speakers and small group discussion. Part of ‘The Spark’ week of events sponsored by the Economic Justice project. See http://economicjustice.jubileedebt.org.uk/ for venue and further details.
Wednesday 18 June
9.45am-11.30am. Southwark Benefit Justice leafleting against sanctioning and to encourage people to put in appeals against the bedroom tax. Meet outside Kennington Jobcentre, 204 Kennington Park Road, Kennington SE11 4BT. For more information contact southwarkbenefitjustice@gmail.com or ring 07932 431464.
Wednesday 18 June
7pm. ‘The big sell out: privatisation and corporate power’ talks given by speakers from Stop G4S Network, World Development Movement and others. Part of ‘The Spark’ week of events sponsored by the Economic Justice project. See http://economicjustice.jubileedebt.org.uk/ for venue and further details.
Thursday 19 June
7pm. Lambeth KONP meeting in the Phoenix pub between Stockwell Tube and Clapham North tube stations.
Saturday 21 June
10am-5pm. Fire Brigade Union strike to defend their pensions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5Y92nuevPE&feature=youtu.be
Saturday 21 June
1pm. People’s Assembly national demonstration & free festival. The People United...Against austerity, cuts and privatisation…For education, the NHS and public services. Assemble outside BBC HQ, Portland Place. (Tube: Oxford Circus) March to Parliament. South London meeting-point will be outside Charing Cross Station at 12.30pm. Southwark Pensioners Action Group will meet first at Southwark Pensioners Centre. The demonstration will be followed by a free festival in Central London. See full details (including line-up of speakers). http://www.thepeoplesassembly.org.uk/national_demo_21_june?utm_campaign=ldn_act_mtg_gig&utm_medium=email&utm_source=thepeoplesassembly
Monday 23 June
7pm. Open meeting of South London People’s Assembly to continue planning the October conference (see below) and build support for upcoming events. Venue: The Bread and Roses Pub, 68 Clapham Manor Street, SW4 6DZ. For more information, write to secretary@southlondonpeoplesassembly.org
Tuesday 24 June
7pm. Meeting of Southwark Defend Council Housing campaign in the Parish Office at St John’s Church, Larcom Street, SE17 1NQ.
Friday 27 June
7.30pm til Late. Gimme some education - Fundraiser for the Lambeth College strikers at The Bedford, 77 Bedford Hill SW12 9HD. Entrance £10/£5. Featuring live music by Fowokan, Common Denominator, Grantby, Zero Hrs. More details of the event http://lambethcollegestrike.wordpress.com/events/27613-fundraiser-gimme-some-education/. Send a donation.
Saturday 28 June
10am to 4.30pm. ‘Keep Our NHS Public’ National AGM Venue: Unite HQ, 128 Theobald's Road, Holborn, London WC1X 8TN. To attend, register by email to officepa@keepournhspublic.com
Saturday 28 June
12noon -5pm. Defend Council Housing Campaign national meeting at GMB offices, 22 Stephenson Way, London NW1 2HD (beside Euston station) More information at www.defendcouncilhousing.org.uk
ADVANCE NOTICE
Saturday 5 July
11am-5pm. ‘Fight Together for a Pay Rise!’ NSSN National Conference at Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, Holborn, WC1R 4RL. Delegate/visitor fee £6. Confirmed speakers include Ronnie Draper BFAWU bakers’ union General Secretary, POA General Secretary Steve Gillan and Janice Godrich PCS President. Email info@shopstewards.net
Monday 7 July
6.30pm. Benefit gig for the People's Assembly. Hammersmith Apollo (Eventim Apollo Hammersmith). Confirmed acts: Jo Brand, Jason Manford, Stewart Lee, Shappi Khorsandi, Francesca Martinez, Marcus Brigstocke, Jeremy Hardy, Mark Steel, Jen Brister, Robin Ince, Kate Smurthwaite.
Thursday 10 July
Proposed date for national strike by members of NUT. UNISON, UNITE, GMB also being balloted. Contact local trade union branches or southwarktuc@gmail.com for updates.
Thursday 10 July
7pm. Public meeting: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) to raise awareness and take action. Venue: Mander Hall, NUT, Hamilton House, WC1H 9BD (no need to register). Hosted by War On Want.
Friday 11 July and Saturday 12 July
8pm. ‘Housed’ – a play about London’s housing crisis. Hotel Elephant, Units A & B, 40-42 Newington Causeway, SE1 6DR. Information and tickets here.
Saturday 6 September
999 March for the NHS from Jarrow to London arrives in London on this date. More details at https://www.facebook.com/999CallForTheNhs
Saturday 4 October
People’s Assembly South London Conference in Lambeth Town Hall. Details to follow.
Saturday 18 October
‘Britain Needs a Pay Rise’ TUC national demonstration in London. See facebook.com/britainneedsapayrise Details tba.
OTHER LOCAL CAMPAIGNS not listed above:
Southwark Pensioners Action Group
Meets bi-monthly. Campaign information at http://www.spag.btck.co.uk/
Southwark Disabled People Against Cuts meet at Southwark Independent Living Centre, 10 Bradenham Close, SE17 2QB. Details from southwarkdpac@mail.com
South London People's Assembly. Meet at Bread and Roses, 68 Clapham Manor Street, SW4 6DZ. Contact secretary@southlondonpeoplesassembly.org for details of next local meeting and about national events.
South London Unite the Resistance. For more information phone 07956579466. Get the latest Steering Committee report at http://uniteresist.org/2014/05/unite-the-resistance-steering-committee-report/
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Are you part of a community group or campaign? We’d like to hear from you. Tell us what you’re doing and we can advertise your anti-cuts campaign activities. Email us at southwarksos@gmail.com.
Meanwhile, locally, there are college lecturers, firefighters and legal aid workers taking action this week against cuts. Your support will be very welcome.
Please tweet this listing, link to our website or post on your own Facebook page. Thank you.
EVENTS LIST
Until 23 June
UNISON local government workers (600,000 of them) being balloted for strike over pay. More information https://www.unison.org.uk/at-work/local-government/key-issues/local-government-pay/home/. (Also see 10 July below). For local information email contact@southwarkunison.co.uk or phone 020 7525 6030.
Ongoing
Lambeth College UCU all-out strike action against new contracts. Join the picket-lines from 7.30am onwards at all sites: Clapham Common South Side SW4, Brixton Hill SW2 , Vauxhall Centre (Belmore Street, Wandsworth Road) SW8. Send messages of support to the UCU rep at mandybrowncow@yahoo.com Information, including a donations page, at http://lambethcollegestrike.wordpress.com/
Monday 16 June
12noon- 2pm. Magna Carta Day protest at Blackfriars Advice Centre & Cambridge House Law Centre 1 Addington Square, Camberwell, SE5 0HF. Giving information about legal aid, getting people to sign a petition and take a selfie. Get resources to download from http://justiceallianceuk.wordpress.com/magna-carta-day-16-june/
Monday 16 June
6.30pm. Leafleting for next Saturday’s ‘No More Austerity demonstration, at Elephant & Castle shopping centre – Phone Alistair on 07826 541 052 for meeting point.
Monday 16 June
6.30pm. ‘Strategies for solving the housing crisis’ Panel speakers and small group discussion. Part of ‘The Spark’ week of events sponsored by the Economic Justice project. See http://economicjustice.jubileedebt.org.uk/ for venue and further details.
Wednesday 18 June
9.45am-11.30am. Southwark Benefit Justice leafleting against sanctioning and to encourage people to put in appeals against the bedroom tax. Meet outside Kennington Jobcentre, 204 Kennington Park Road, Kennington SE11 4BT. For more information contact southwarkbenefitjustice@gmail.com or ring 07932 431464.
Wednesday 18 June
7pm. ‘The big sell out: privatisation and corporate power’ talks given by speakers from Stop G4S Network, World Development Movement and others. Part of ‘The Spark’ week of events sponsored by the Economic Justice project. See http://economicjustice.jubileedebt.org.uk/ for venue and further details.
Thursday 19 June
7pm. Lambeth KONP meeting in the Phoenix pub between Stockwell Tube and Clapham North tube stations.
Saturday 21 June
10am-5pm. Fire Brigade Union strike to defend their pensions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5Y92nuevPE&feature=youtu.be
Saturday 21 June
1pm. People’s Assembly national demonstration & free festival. The People United...Against austerity, cuts and privatisation…For education, the NHS and public services. Assemble outside BBC HQ, Portland Place. (Tube: Oxford Circus) March to Parliament. South London meeting-point will be outside Charing Cross Station at 12.30pm. Southwark Pensioners Action Group will meet first at Southwark Pensioners Centre. The demonstration will be followed by a free festival in Central London. See full details (including line-up of speakers). http://www.thepeoplesassembly.org.uk/national_demo_21_june?utm_campaign=ldn_act_mtg_gig&utm_medium=email&utm_source=thepeoplesassembly
Monday 23 June
7pm. Open meeting of South London People’s Assembly to continue planning the October conference (see below) and build support for upcoming events. Venue: The Bread and Roses Pub, 68 Clapham Manor Street, SW4 6DZ. For more information, write to secretary@southlondonpeoplesassembly.org
Tuesday 24 June
7pm. Meeting of Southwark Defend Council Housing campaign in the Parish Office at St John’s Church, Larcom Street, SE17 1NQ.
Friday 27 June
7.30pm til Late. Gimme some education - Fundraiser for the Lambeth College strikers at The Bedford, 77 Bedford Hill SW12 9HD. Entrance £10/£5. Featuring live music by Fowokan, Common Denominator, Grantby, Zero Hrs. More details of the event http://lambethcollegestrike.wordpress.com/events/27613-fundraiser-gimme-some-education/. Send a donation.
Saturday 28 June
10am to 4.30pm. ‘Keep Our NHS Public’ National AGM Venue: Unite HQ, 128 Theobald's Road, Holborn, London WC1X 8TN. To attend, register by email to officepa@keepournhspublic.com
Saturday 28 June
12noon -5pm. Defend Council Housing Campaign national meeting at GMB offices, 22 Stephenson Way, London NW1 2HD (beside Euston station) More information at www.defendcouncilhousing.org.uk
ADVANCE NOTICE
Saturday 5 July
11am-5pm. ‘Fight Together for a Pay Rise!’ NSSN National Conference at Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, Holborn, WC1R 4RL. Delegate/visitor fee £6. Confirmed speakers include Ronnie Draper BFAWU bakers’ union General Secretary, POA General Secretary Steve Gillan and Janice Godrich PCS President. Email info@shopstewards.net
Monday 7 July
6.30pm. Benefit gig for the People's Assembly. Hammersmith Apollo (Eventim Apollo Hammersmith). Confirmed acts: Jo Brand, Jason Manford, Stewart Lee, Shappi Khorsandi, Francesca Martinez, Marcus Brigstocke, Jeremy Hardy, Mark Steel, Jen Brister, Robin Ince, Kate Smurthwaite.
Thursday 10 July
Proposed date for national strike by members of NUT. UNISON, UNITE, GMB also being balloted. Contact local trade union branches or southwarktuc@gmail.com for updates.
Thursday 10 July
7pm. Public meeting: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) to raise awareness and take action. Venue: Mander Hall, NUT, Hamilton House, WC1H 9BD (no need to register). Hosted by War On Want.
Friday 11 July and Saturday 12 July
8pm. ‘Housed’ – a play about London’s housing crisis. Hotel Elephant, Units A & B, 40-42 Newington Causeway, SE1 6DR. Information and tickets here.
Saturday 6 September
999 March for the NHS from Jarrow to London arrives in London on this date. More details at https://www.facebook.com/999CallForTheNhs
Saturday 4 October
People’s Assembly South London Conference in Lambeth Town Hall. Details to follow.
Saturday 18 October
‘Britain Needs a Pay Rise’ TUC national demonstration in London. See facebook.com/britainneedsapayrise Details tba.
OTHER LOCAL CAMPAIGNS not listed above:
Southwark Pensioners Action Group
Meets bi-monthly. Campaign information at http://www.spag.btck.co.uk/
Southwark Disabled People Against Cuts meet at Southwark Independent Living Centre, 10 Bradenham Close, SE17 2QB. Details from southwarkdpac@mail.com
South London People's Assembly. Meet at Bread and Roses, 68 Clapham Manor Street, SW4 6DZ. Contact secretary@southlondonpeoplesassembly.org for details of next local meeting and about national events.
South London Unite the Resistance. For more information phone 07956579466. Get the latest Steering Committee report at http://uniteresist.org/2014/05/unite-the-resistance-steering-committee-report/
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Are you part of a community group or campaign? We’d like to hear from you. Tell us what you’re doing and we can advertise your anti-cuts campaign activities. Email us at southwarksos@gmail.com.
Wednesday, 4 June 2014
On strike from tomorrow for education and jobs
Southwark Action Alert 2 June 2014
Lambeth College teachers and support staff are on indefinite strike from tomorrow over cuts which threaten jobs and education provision. They need your support.
Meanwhile, up to a million people could be on strike across Britain on 10th July and leafleters in Southwark are needed to publicise the campaign for a ‘Yes’ vote in the ballot. Reply to this email if you can help. Thank you.
Please tweet this listing, link to our website or post on your own Facebook page. Thank you.
EVENTS LIST
Today – 2/3 June
UNISON local government workers (600,000 of them) being balloted for strike over pay. More information here. (Also see 10 July below). For local information email contact@southwarkunison.co.uk or phone 020 7525 6030.
Tuesday 3 June onwards
Lambeth College UCU all-out strike action against new contracts. Join the picket-lines from 7 am onwards at all sites: Clapham Common South Side SW4, Brixton Hill SW2 , Vauxhall Centre (Belmore Street, Wandsworth Road) SW8. Send messages of support to the UCU rep at mandybrowncow@yahoo.com Information, including a donations page, at http://lambethcollegestrike.wordpress.com/ (Also see Friday 6 June, below)
Wednesday 4 June
9.45am-11.30am. Southwark Benefit Justice leafleting against sanctioning and to encourage people to put in appeals against the bedroom tax. Meet outside A4E Work Programme sanctioners, Castle Works, 21 St Georges Road, SE1 6ES. (just up from the London College of Communications).
For more information contact southwarkbenefitjustice@gmail.com or ring 07932 431464.
Wednesday 4 June
12noon. Demonstration ‘Save Student Warden Jobs’ at Camberwell Arts, Peckham Road SE5 8UF. Find out more here. Get in touch to sign the petition: savestudentjobs@gmail.com
Thursday 5 June
7.30am - 8.30am. Leafleting to support a Yes vote in the ballot for industrial action against the NHS pay freeze at King’s College Hospital Casualty entrance and main gate (Bessemer Road SE5). Phone King’s College UNITE on 07798 531734 if you can help.
Friday 6 June
7.30pm til late. ‘Gimme Some Education’ Lambeth College Live Gig Fundraiser for UCU/Unison strikers at Bread and Roses, 68 Clapham Manor Street, SW4 6DZ. Music by Steve White & the Protest Family and Christine Asomoah, plus DJ set.
Tuesday 10 June
6.30pm – 8.30pm. London-wide activists meeting to organise for the People’s Assembly demo. (see 21 June, below). Venue: NUT HQ's Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, WC1H 9BD. More information from office@thepeoplesassembly.org.uk
Thursday 12 June
Start of PCS ballot of members to support a strike with other public sector unions on 10 July. More information available from the PCS website here.
Thursday 12 June
6.30pm. Launch of 'Staying Put: an Anti-gentrification Handbook for Council Estates in London' (in collaboration with Southwark Notes Archives Group, London Tenants Federation and others. Venue: Room 2.26, School of Geography, Queen Mary University of London (Mile End Campus). For more information, email antigentrificationhandbook2014@yahoo.co.uk
Monday 16 June
7pm. ‘Strategies for solving the housing crisis’ Panel speakers and small group discussion. Part of ‘The Spark’ week of events sponsored by the Economic Justice project. See http://economicjustice.jubileedebt.org.uk/ for venue and further details.
Wednesday 18 June
9.45am-11.30am. Southwark Benefit Justice leafleting against sanctioning and to encourage people to put in appeals against the bedroom tax. Meet outside Kennington Jobcentre, 204 Kennington Park Road, Kennington SE11 4BT. For more information contact southwarkbenefitjustice@gmail.com or ring 07932 431464.
Wednesday 18 June
7pm. ‘The big sell out: privatisation and corporate power’ talks given by speakers from Stop G4S Network, World Development Movement and others. Part of ‘The Spark’ week of events sponsored by the Economic Justice project. See http://economicjustice.jubileedebt.org.uk/ for venue and further details.
Thursday 19 June
7pm. Lambeth KONP meeting in the Phoenix pub between Stockwell Tube and Clapham North tube stations. Map
Saturday 21 June
1pm. People’s Assembly national demonstration & free festival. The People United...Against austerity, cuts and privatisation…For education, the NHS and public services. Assemble outside BBC HQ, Portland Place. (Tube: Oxford Circus) March to Parliament. The demonstration will be followed by a free festival in Central London. See full details (including initial line-up of speakers)
ADVANCE NOTICE
Tuesday 24 June
7pm. Meeting of Southwark Defend Council Housing campaign in the Parish Office at St John’s Church, Larcom Street, SE17 1NQ. Map.
Saturday 28 June
10am to 4.30pm. ‘Keep Our NHS Public’ National AGM Venue: Unite HQ, 128 Theobald's Road, Holborn, London WC1X 8TN. To attend, register by email to officepa@keepournhspublic.com
Saturday 5 July
11am-5pm. ‘Fight Together for a Pay Rise!’ NSSN National Conference at Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, Holborn, WC1R 4RL. Delegate/visitor fee £6. Confirmed speakers include Ronnie Draper BFAWU bakers’ union General Secretary, POA General Secretary Steve Gillan and Janice Godrich PCS President. Email info@shopstewards.net
Monday 7 July
6.30pm. Benefit gig for the People's Assembly. Hammersmith Apollo (Eventim Apollo Hammersmith). Confirmed acts: Jo Brand, Jason Manford, Stewart Lee, Shappi Khorsandi, Francesca Martinez, Marcus Brigstocke, Jeremy Hardy, Mark Steel, Jen Brister, Robin Ince, Kate Smurthwaite. To book your place click here .
Thursday 10 July
Proposed date for national strike by members of NUT. UNISON, UNITE, GMB also being balloted. Contact local trade union branches or southwarktuc@gmail.com for updates.
Saturday 6 September
999 March for the NHS from Jarrow to London arrives in London on this date. More details at https://www.facebook.com/999CallForTheNhs
Friday 11 July and Saturday 12 July
8pm. ‘Housed’ – a play about London’s housing crisis. Hotel Elephant, Units A & B, 40-42 Newington Causeway, SE1 6DR. Information and tickets here.
Saturday 18 October
‘Britain Needs a Pay Rise’ TUC national demonstration in London. See facebook.com/britainneedsapayrise Details tba.
OTHER LOCAL CAMPAIGNS not listed above:
Southwark Pensioners Action Group
Meets bi-monthly. Campaign information at http://www.spag.btck.co.uk/
Southwark Disabled People Against Cuts meet at Southwark Independent Living Centre, 10 Bradenham Close, SE17 2QB. Details from southwarkdpac@mail.com
South London People's Assembly. Meet at Bread and Roses, 68 Clapham Manor Street, SW4 6DZ. Contact secretary@southlondonpeoplesassembly.org for details of next local meeting and about national events.
South London Unite the Resistance. For more information phone 07956579466. Get the latest Steering Committee report at http://uniteresist.org/2014/05/unite-the-resistance-steering-committee-report/
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Twitter @southwarkSOS
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Are you part of a community group or campaign? We’d like to hear from you. Tell us what you’re doing and we can advertise your anti-cuts campaign activities. Email us at southwarksos@gmail.com.
Saturday, 3 May 2014
Southwark Action Alert 2nd May 2014
A court injunction has put only a temporary halt to the indefinite strike by Lambeth College lecturers. Apart from this significant dispute, three other disputes have affected Southwark workplaces this week and in June, there is a real possibility of a million or so public sector trade unionists on strike over pay, pensions or cuts.
Please show your support for underground workers and fire-fighters who will be taking action over these next few days (details below).
Please tweet this listing, link to our website or post on your own Facebook page. Thank you.
EVENTS LIST
Friday 2 May – Sunday 4 may
The fire-fighters’ union FBU will be on strike over pensions at the following times: Friday – 12noon-5pm; Saturday - 2pm-2am; Sunday - 10am-3pm. Please visit your local fire station picket line to offer support – moral or practical – or send a message of support to southwarksos@gmail.com to be forwarded to the fire-fighters at your local fire station. Background information here.
Saturday 3 May
11am. Flyering to publicise the People’s Assembly national demonstration & free festival in June (see below). Stall outside Brixton tube station will feature performances from local musicians. Just turn up if you can help. Contact
secretary@southlondonpeoplesassembly.org for further details.
Monday 5 May – Thursday 8 May
9pm on Monday and continuing. Strike and picket lines by RMT members against closure of ticket offices and job losses. Join the picket-line at Bakerloo Tube entrance at the Elephant & Castle, or go to other tube stations near where you live or work to offer support – moral or practical. For information and updates on the strike go to http://www.rmtlondoncalling.org.uk/
Wednesday 7 May
9.45am-11.30am. Southwark Benefit Justice leafleting against sanctioning and benefit cuts. Meet outside Peckham Job Centre Plus, 24-26 Peckham High St, SE15 5DS. For more information contact southwarkbenefitjustice@gmail.com
Saturday 10 May
2pm. Buggy Army stunt called by Keep Our St Helier Hospital (KOSHH) campaign. Starting opposite the hospital. Please pass this information to anyone you know in the Sutton, Carshalton, Cheam, Mitcham, Morden, Wallington, Worcester Park areas. To contact the protest organisers, write to keepoursthelierhospital@gmx.co.uk
Mid May – date to be confirmed
Lambeth College UCU members are due to begin all-out strike action against new contracts. Their strike was due to begin on 1st May but was halted by a court injunction. Send messages of support to the UCU rep at mandybrowncow@yahoo.com Also see https://www.facebook.com/savebrixtoncollege
Monday 12 May
1pm. Protest outside British Gas AGM at QEII Conference Centre, London W1
Slogans: No more energy profit before people and planet; Time for affordable, democratic, sustainable energy! More information at facebook.com/fuelpovertyaction
Tuesday 13 May
7pm. Public meeting to launch the Wandsworth People's Assembly. Speakers to be notified. Venue: PCS Headquarters, 160 Falcon Road, SW11 2LN. For more information, write to secretary@southlondonpeoplesassembly.org
Thursday 15 May
Fast Food Rights international day of action. If you’re planning an action in your area for this day, please send details to fastfoodrights@mail.com and to southwarksos@gmail.com so the details can be circulated.
Saturday 17 May
‘Save our NHS March’ From Welling to Bexleyheath. Protest against increasing privatisation, the threat of an American style insurance, consecutive Governments’ stealth policies. Assemble Westwood Lane car park (Corner of Bellegrove Road and Westwood Lane DA16 3QS) Welling, to Bexleyheath (Clock Tower). Sponsored by: KONP (Keep our NHS Public) Greenwich; NHA (National Health Action) Bexley, Bromley & Greenwich; and SOLH (Save our Local Hospitals). For more information write to bromleycutsconcern@gmail.com
Wednesday 21 May
9.45am-11.30am. Southwark Benefit Justice leafleting against sanctioning and benefit cuts. Meet outside London Bridge Job Centre Plus (Elephant & Castle), Coburg House, 63-67 Newington Causeway, SE1 6LS. For more information contact southwarkbenefitjustice@gmail.com
Tuesday 27 May
7pm. Meeting of Southwark Defend Council Housing campaign in the Parish Office at St John’s Church, Larcom Street, SE17 1NQ. Map.
Tuesday 27 May
7.30pm. Forum: The economics of austerity and the alternatives. With Michael Burke, economist and campaigner for the People's Assembly Against Austerity, and Mary Robertson, researcher on the housing crisis. Room 150, Goldsmiths, University of London, SE14 6NW. See Facebook event here.
ADVANCE NOTICE
Thursday 5 June
8am- 9.30am. Leafleting to support a Yes vote in the UNISON ballot for industrial action against the NHS pay freeze. Contact London KONP at londonkeepournhspublic@gmail.com or Kings College UNITE on 07798 531734 if you can help with leafleting at King’s or Guy’s.
Monday 16 June
7pm. ‘Strategies for solving the housing crisis’ Panel speakers and small group discussion. Part of ‘The Spark’ week of events sponsored by the Economic Justice project. See http://economicjustice.jubileedebt.org.uk/ for venue and further details.
Wednesday 18 June
7pm. ‘The big sell out: privatisation and corporate power’ talks given by speakers from Stop G4S Network, World Development Movement and others. Part of ‘The Spark’ week of events sponsored by the Economic Justice project. See http://economicjustice.jubileedebt.org.uk/ for venue and further details.
Saturday 21 June
1pm. People’s Assembly national demonstration & free festival. The People United...Against austerity, cuts and privatisation…For education, the NHS and public services. Assemble outside BBC HQ, Portland Place. (Tube: Oxford Circus) March to Parliament. The demonstration will be followed by a free festival in Central London. See full details (including initial line-up of speakers)
Late June
National teachers strike by the NUT, in coordination with other unions currently balloting for action. We will circulate details when known.
Saturday 28 June
10am to 4.30pm. ‘Keep Our NHS Public’ National AGM Venue: Central London Details tba.
Saturday 5 July
11am-5pm. ‘Fight Together for a Pay Rise!’ NSSN National Conference at Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, Holborn, WC1R 4RL. Delegate/visitor fee £6. Confirmed speakers include Ronnie Draper BFAWU bakers’ union General Secretary, POA General Secretary Steve Gillan and Janice Godrich PCS President. Email info@shopstewards.net
Monday 7 July
6.30pm. Benefit gig for the People's Assembly. Hammersmith Apollo (Eventim Apollo Hammersmith). Confirmed acts: Jo Brand, Jason Manford, Stewart Lee, Shappi Khorsandi, Francesca Martinez, Marcus Brigstocke, Jeremy Hardy, Mark Steel, Jen Brister, Robin Ince, Kate Smurthwaite. To book your place click here .
Saturday 6 September
999 March for the NHS from Jarrow to London arrives in London on this date. More details at https://www.facebook.com/999CallForTheNhs
Saturday 18 October
‘Britain Needs a Pay Rise’ TUC national demonstration in London. See facebook.com/britainneedsapayrise Details tba.
OTHER LOCAL CAMPAIGNS not listed above:
Living Wage for Ritzy Staff
Cinema Workers are campaigning for the London Living wage. They will be organising more strike days and welcome visitors to their picket line. Send messages of support to ritzylivingwage@gmail.com More information at www.facebook.com/RitzyLivingWage
South London People’s Assembly
Usually meet in The Bread and Roses Pub, 68 Clapham Manor Street, SW4 6DZ. Date of next meeting to be notified. For more information, write to secretary@southlondonpeoplesassembly.org
Southwark Pensioners Action Group
Meets bi-monthly. Campaign information at http://www.spag.btck.co.uk/
Southwark Disabled People Against Cuts meet at Southwark Independent Living Centre, 10 Bradenham Close, SE17 2QB. Details from southwarkdpac@mail.com
South London Unite the Resistance. Meet monthly. For more information phone 07956579466. For information about the national UtR organisation go to http://uniteresist.org/
FOLLOW US!
http://southwarksaveourservices.blogspot.com/
Twitter @southwarkSOS
Facebook: Southwark SSOS
Are you part of a community group or campaign? We’d like to hear from you. Tell us what you’re doing and we can advertise your anti-cuts campaign activities. Email us at southwarksos@gmail.com.
Please show your support for underground workers and fire-fighters who will be taking action over these next few days (details below).
Please tweet this listing, link to our website or post on your own Facebook page. Thank you.
EVENTS LIST
Friday 2 May – Sunday 4 may
The fire-fighters’ union FBU will be on strike over pensions at the following times: Friday – 12noon-5pm; Saturday - 2pm-2am; Sunday - 10am-3pm. Please visit your local fire station picket line to offer support – moral or practical – or send a message of support to southwarksos@gmail.com to be forwarded to the fire-fighters at your local fire station. Background information here.
Saturday 3 May
11am. Flyering to publicise the People’s Assembly national demonstration & free festival in June (see below). Stall outside Brixton tube station will feature performances from local musicians. Just turn up if you can help. Contact
secretary@southlondonpeoplesassembly.org for further details.
Monday 5 May – Thursday 8 May
9pm on Monday and continuing. Strike and picket lines by RMT members against closure of ticket offices and job losses. Join the picket-line at Bakerloo Tube entrance at the Elephant & Castle, or go to other tube stations near where you live or work to offer support – moral or practical. For information and updates on the strike go to http://www.rmtlondoncalling.org.uk/
Wednesday 7 May
9.45am-11.30am. Southwark Benefit Justice leafleting against sanctioning and benefit cuts. Meet outside Peckham Job Centre Plus, 24-26 Peckham High St, SE15 5DS. For more information contact southwarkbenefitjustice@gmail.com
Saturday 10 May
2pm. Buggy Army stunt called by Keep Our St Helier Hospital (KOSHH) campaign. Starting opposite the hospital. Please pass this information to anyone you know in the Sutton, Carshalton, Cheam, Mitcham, Morden, Wallington, Worcester Park areas. To contact the protest organisers, write to keepoursthelierhospital@gmx.co.uk
Mid May – date to be confirmed
Lambeth College UCU members are due to begin all-out strike action against new contracts. Their strike was due to begin on 1st May but was halted by a court injunction. Send messages of support to the UCU rep at mandybrowncow@yahoo.com Also see https://www.facebook.com/savebrixtoncollege
Monday 12 May
1pm. Protest outside British Gas AGM at QEII Conference Centre, London W1
Slogans: No more energy profit before people and planet; Time for affordable, democratic, sustainable energy! More information at facebook.com/fuelpovertyaction
Tuesday 13 May
7pm. Public meeting to launch the Wandsworth People's Assembly. Speakers to be notified. Venue: PCS Headquarters, 160 Falcon Road, SW11 2LN. For more information, write to secretary@southlondonpeoplesassembly.org
Thursday 15 May
Fast Food Rights international day of action. If you’re planning an action in your area for this day, please send details to fastfoodrights@mail.com and to southwarksos@gmail.com so the details can be circulated.
Saturday 17 May
‘Save our NHS March’ From Welling to Bexleyheath. Protest against increasing privatisation, the threat of an American style insurance, consecutive Governments’ stealth policies. Assemble Westwood Lane car park (Corner of Bellegrove Road and Westwood Lane DA16 3QS) Welling, to Bexleyheath (Clock Tower). Sponsored by: KONP (Keep our NHS Public) Greenwich; NHA (National Health Action) Bexley, Bromley & Greenwich; and SOLH (Save our Local Hospitals). For more information write to bromleycutsconcern@gmail.com
Wednesday 21 May
9.45am-11.30am. Southwark Benefit Justice leafleting against sanctioning and benefit cuts. Meet outside London Bridge Job Centre Plus (Elephant & Castle), Coburg House, 63-67 Newington Causeway, SE1 6LS. For more information contact southwarkbenefitjustice@gmail.com
Tuesday 27 May
7pm. Meeting of Southwark Defend Council Housing campaign in the Parish Office at St John’s Church, Larcom Street, SE17 1NQ. Map.
Tuesday 27 May
7.30pm. Forum: The economics of austerity and the alternatives. With Michael Burke, economist and campaigner for the People's Assembly Against Austerity, and Mary Robertson, researcher on the housing crisis. Room 150, Goldsmiths, University of London, SE14 6NW. See Facebook event here.
ADVANCE NOTICE
Thursday 5 June
8am- 9.30am. Leafleting to support a Yes vote in the UNISON ballot for industrial action against the NHS pay freeze. Contact London KONP at londonkeepournhspublic@gmail.com or Kings College UNITE on 07798 531734 if you can help with leafleting at King’s or Guy’s.
Monday 16 June
7pm. ‘Strategies for solving the housing crisis’ Panel speakers and small group discussion. Part of ‘The Spark’ week of events sponsored by the Economic Justice project. See http://economicjustice.jubileedebt.org.uk/ for venue and further details.
Wednesday 18 June
7pm. ‘The big sell out: privatisation and corporate power’ talks given by speakers from Stop G4S Network, World Development Movement and others. Part of ‘The Spark’ week of events sponsored by the Economic Justice project. See http://economicjustice.jubileedebt.org.uk/ for venue and further details.
Saturday 21 June
1pm. People’s Assembly national demonstration & free festival. The People United...Against austerity, cuts and privatisation…For education, the NHS and public services. Assemble outside BBC HQ, Portland Place. (Tube: Oxford Circus) March to Parliament. The demonstration will be followed by a free festival in Central London. See full details (including initial line-up of speakers)
Late June
National teachers strike by the NUT, in coordination with other unions currently balloting for action. We will circulate details when known.
Saturday 28 June
10am to 4.30pm. ‘Keep Our NHS Public’ National AGM Venue: Central London Details tba.
Saturday 5 July
11am-5pm. ‘Fight Together for a Pay Rise!’ NSSN National Conference at Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, Holborn, WC1R 4RL. Delegate/visitor fee £6. Confirmed speakers include Ronnie Draper BFAWU bakers’ union General Secretary, POA General Secretary Steve Gillan and Janice Godrich PCS President. Email info@shopstewards.net
Monday 7 July
6.30pm. Benefit gig for the People's Assembly. Hammersmith Apollo (Eventim Apollo Hammersmith). Confirmed acts: Jo Brand, Jason Manford, Stewart Lee, Shappi Khorsandi, Francesca Martinez, Marcus Brigstocke, Jeremy Hardy, Mark Steel, Jen Brister, Robin Ince, Kate Smurthwaite. To book your place click here .
Saturday 6 September
999 March for the NHS from Jarrow to London arrives in London on this date. More details at https://www.facebook.com/999CallForTheNhs
Saturday 18 October
‘Britain Needs a Pay Rise’ TUC national demonstration in London. See facebook.com/britainneedsapayrise Details tba.
OTHER LOCAL CAMPAIGNS not listed above:
Living Wage for Ritzy Staff
Cinema Workers are campaigning for the London Living wage. They will be organising more strike days and welcome visitors to their picket line. Send messages of support to ritzylivingwage@gmail.com More information at www.facebook.com/RitzyLivingWage
South London People’s Assembly
Usually meet in The Bread and Roses Pub, 68 Clapham Manor Street, SW4 6DZ. Date of next meeting to be notified. For more information, write to secretary@southlondonpeoplesassembly.org
Southwark Pensioners Action Group
Meets bi-monthly. Campaign information at http://www.spag.btck.co.uk/
Southwark Disabled People Against Cuts meet at Southwark Independent Living Centre, 10 Bradenham Close, SE17 2QB. Details from southwarkdpac@mail.com
South London Unite the Resistance. Meet monthly. For more information phone 07956579466. For information about the national UtR organisation go to http://uniteresist.org/
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Are you part of a community group or campaign? We’d like to hear from you. Tell us what you’re doing and we can advertise your anti-cuts campaign activities. Email us at southwarksos@gmail.com.
Wednesday, 16 April 2014
Southwark Action Alert - 16th April 2014
College teaching staff are planning for an all-out strike to save jobs, preserve working conditions and the provision of further education services in Brixton. A few hundred yards away, workers at the Ritzy Cinema are on strike this Friday for the London Living Wage. Elsewhere, NHS, housing and energy price campaigns are planning protests taking place in the coming weeks. Please support them. Dates, venues and contact details are given below.
Please tweet this listing, link to our website or post on your own Facebook page. Thank you.
EVENTS LIST
Friday/Saturday, 18/19 April
BECTU members at the Ritzy cinema in Brixton will strike again this week in their fight for a living wage. Picket lines will be up from 5pm on Friday evening and on Saturday from 9am. Please go along and show your support, or send messages of support to ritzylivingwage@gmail.com More information at www.facebook.com/RitzyLivingWage
Late April – date to be confirmed
Lambeth College UCU members are due to begin all-out strike action against new contracts. Send messages of support to the UCU rep at mandybrowncow@yahoo.com Also see https://www.facebook.com/savebrixtoncollege
Monday 28 April
7pm. Planning meeting for the next South London People’s Assembly conference in October. Venue: The Bread and Roses Pub, 68 Clapham Manor Street, SW4 6DZ. For more information, write to secretary@southlondonpeoplesassembly.org
Tuesday 29 April
7pm. Meeting of Southwark Defend Council Housing campaign in the Parish Office at St John’s Church, Larcom Street, SE17 1NQ. Map.
Tuesday 29 April
6.30pm. Join the debate – ‘Save the NHS’ in Committee Room 19, House of Commons. Part of the people’s Parliament http://thepeoplesparliament.me.uk/themes/nhs/
Monday 12 May
1pm. Protest outside British Gas AGM at QEII Conference Centre, London W1
Slogans: No more energy profit before people and planet; Time for affordable, democratic, sustainable energy! More information at facebook.com/fuelpovertyaction
Thursday 15 May
Fast Food Rights international day of action. If you’re planning an action in your area for this day, please send details to fastfoodrights@mail.com and to southwarksos@gmail.com so the details can be circulated.
Saturday 17 May
‘Save our NHS March’ From Welling to Bexleyheath. Protest against increasing privatisation, the threat of an American style insurance, consecutive Governments’ stealth policies. Assemble Westwood Lane car park (Corner of Bellegrove Road and Westwood Lane DA16 3QS) Welling, to Bexleyheath (Clock Tower). Sponsored by: KONP (Keep our NHS Public) Greenwich; NHA (National Health Action) Bexley, Bromley & Greenwich; and SOLH (Save our Local Hospitals). For more information write to bromleycutsconcern@gmail.com
ADVANCE NOTICE
Saturday 28 June
10am to 4.30pm. ‘Keep Our NHS Public’ National AGM Venue: Central London Details tba.
Saturday 21 June
1pm. People’s Assembly national demonstration. The People United...
Against austerity, cuts and privatisation…For education, the NHS and public services. Assemble outside BBC HQ, Portland Place. March to Parliament. The demonstration will be followed by a free festival in Central London. More details to be announced.
Saturday 5 July
11am-5pm. ‘Fight Together for a Pay Rise!’ NSSN National Conference at Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, Holborn, WC1R 4RL. Delegate/visitor fee £6. Confirmed speakers include Ronnie Draper BFAWU bakers’ union General Secretary, POA General Secretary Steve Gillan and Janice Godrich PCS President. Email info@shopstewards.net
Saturday 6 September
999 March for the NHS from Jarrow to London arrives in London on this date. More details at https://www.facebook.com/999CallForTheNhs
Saturday 18 October
‘Britain Needs a Pay Rise’ TUC national demonstration in London. See facebook.com/britainneedsapayrise Details tba.
OTHER LOCAL CAMPAIGNS not listed above:
Southwark Pensioners Action Group
Meets bi-monthly. Campaign information at http://www.spag.btck.co.uk/
Southwark Disabled People Against Cuts meet at Southwark Independent Living Centre, 10 Bradenham Close, SE17 2QB. Details from southwarkdpac@mail.com
South London Unite the Resistance. Meet monthly. For more information phone 07956579466. For information about the national UtR organisation go to http://uniteresist.org/
Please tweet this listing, link to our website or post on your own Facebook page. Thank you.
EVENTS LIST
Friday/Saturday, 18/19 April
BECTU members at the Ritzy cinema in Brixton will strike again this week in their fight for a living wage. Picket lines will be up from 5pm on Friday evening and on Saturday from 9am. Please go along and show your support, or send messages of support to ritzylivingwage@gmail.com More information at www.facebook.com/RitzyLivingWage
Late April – date to be confirmed
Lambeth College UCU members are due to begin all-out strike action against new contracts. Send messages of support to the UCU rep at mandybrowncow@yahoo.com Also see https://www.facebook.com/savebrixtoncollege
Monday 28 April
7pm. Planning meeting for the next South London People’s Assembly conference in October. Venue: The Bread and Roses Pub, 68 Clapham Manor Street, SW4 6DZ. For more information, write to secretary@southlondonpeoplesassembly.org
Tuesday 29 April
7pm. Meeting of Southwark Defend Council Housing campaign in the Parish Office at St John’s Church, Larcom Street, SE17 1NQ. Map.
Tuesday 29 April
6.30pm. Join the debate – ‘Save the NHS’ in Committee Room 19, House of Commons. Part of the people’s Parliament http://thepeoplesparliament.me.uk/themes/nhs/
Monday 12 May
1pm. Protest outside British Gas AGM at QEII Conference Centre, London W1
Slogans: No more energy profit before people and planet; Time for affordable, democratic, sustainable energy! More information at facebook.com/fuelpovertyaction
Thursday 15 May
Fast Food Rights international day of action. If you’re planning an action in your area for this day, please send details to fastfoodrights@mail.com and to southwarksos@gmail.com so the details can be circulated.
Saturday 17 May
‘Save our NHS March’ From Welling to Bexleyheath. Protest against increasing privatisation, the threat of an American style insurance, consecutive Governments’ stealth policies. Assemble Westwood Lane car park (Corner of Bellegrove Road and Westwood Lane DA16 3QS) Welling, to Bexleyheath (Clock Tower). Sponsored by: KONP (Keep our NHS Public) Greenwich; NHA (National Health Action) Bexley, Bromley & Greenwich; and SOLH (Save our Local Hospitals). For more information write to bromleycutsconcern@gmail.com
ADVANCE NOTICE
Saturday 28 June
10am to 4.30pm. ‘Keep Our NHS Public’ National AGM Venue: Central London Details tba.
Saturday 21 June
1pm. People’s Assembly national demonstration. The People United...
Against austerity, cuts and privatisation…For education, the NHS and public services. Assemble outside BBC HQ, Portland Place. March to Parliament. The demonstration will be followed by a free festival in Central London. More details to be announced.
Saturday 5 July
11am-5pm. ‘Fight Together for a Pay Rise!’ NSSN National Conference at Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, Holborn, WC1R 4RL. Delegate/visitor fee £6. Confirmed speakers include Ronnie Draper BFAWU bakers’ union General Secretary, POA General Secretary Steve Gillan and Janice Godrich PCS President. Email info@shopstewards.net
Saturday 6 September
999 March for the NHS from Jarrow to London arrives in London on this date. More details at https://www.facebook.com/999CallForTheNhs
Saturday 18 October
‘Britain Needs a Pay Rise’ TUC national demonstration in London. See facebook.com/britainneedsapayrise Details tba.
OTHER LOCAL CAMPAIGNS not listed above:
Southwark Pensioners Action Group
Meets bi-monthly. Campaign information at http://www.spag.btck.co.uk/
Southwark Disabled People Against Cuts meet at Southwark Independent Living Centre, 10 Bradenham Close, SE17 2QB. Details from southwarkdpac@mail.com
South London Unite the Resistance. Meet monthly. For more information phone 07956579466. For information about the national UtR organisation go to http://uniteresist.org/
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