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Posted: 17 Nov 2011 04:39 PM PST
Right to Work are compiling a list of all the protests / rallies and demonstrations on November 30. You can check what’s happening in your areas at the link below
Please send your event details to reports@righttowork.org.uk
So far there are marches and protests almost everywhere in the country and more and more unions have balloted members and are joining this protest which will be the biggest general strike ever seen in the UK. Over 3 million trade union members are going to be on strike, including disabled members. This is not just about public sector pensions although that is the only thing unions can legally take strike action about: it is a fight to save the welfare state that we all need, to stop the Condems destroying our NHS, and our lives.
Although you may feel this doesn’t involve you if you’re not a union member or aren’t working it is all very much part of our continuing fight for justice for our community so we would urge anyone who can to take part in these events on November 30th.
John Mc Donnell said at our conference that it would be great to have a disabled person on every picket line in the country. We agree and we need to be seen to be part of this so that we and our fight keep being visible to non-disabled people and trade union leaders.
If you have any pictures and words from the day and would like them put on the website send them to mail@dpac.uk.net
Aberdeen – March from St Nicholas Churchyard to a Rally in the Castlegait. Times TBC Contact: aberdeentradesunion@tiscali.co.uk
Barnet Hospital protest 12 – 2pm
Barnsley – 10am, demonstration in Churchfield road, S70 2JT. 10.30am, rally at YMCA, Blucher Street, S70 1AP.
Bathgate – 10am-2pm rally at Fairway Hotel, EH48 1BA.
Bedford – 10am, The Salvation Army, Bedford Congress Hall, Commercial Road, Bedford, MK40 1QS
Belfast – noon, four feeder marches assemble at: Central Railway Station, Bridge Street, BT1 3PB; Mater Hospital, Crumlin Road, BT14 7AB; Royal Victoria Hospital, Grosvenor Road, BT12 6BA; City Hospital, Lisburn Rd, Belfast, County Antrim BT9 7ER. They will march to a rally at 1pm at Belfast City Hall, Donegall Square, BT1 5GS.
Birmingham – Assemble 11.30am Lionel St, B3 1AT to march to TUC Rally Birmingham Indoor Arena
Blackburn – 11.30am Assemble King William Street, outside old Town Hall
Blackpool – Assemble opposite St John’s Church in the town centre 1.15pm – Rally in the Ruskin Hotel, Albert Road, Blackpool
Bolton – 11.30am, rally at Victoria Square, BL1 1RU. 12.30pm march to Derby Ward Labour Club, Deane Road, BL3 5AH, for rally at 1pm.
Bournemouth – 12noon assemble Central Library, The Triange, 12.30pm March thro town 1.30pm Rally at Royal Bath Hotel, Bath Road
Bradford – 11am, rally at Centenary Square, BD1 1HY.
Brighton – 11.30am, assemble at Victoria Gardens, BN2 1UG. March to The Level, BN1 4SB, for rally at 1pm.
Bristol – 11am, assemble at College Green, BS1 5TA. March to Castle Park, Castle Street, BS1 3XD.
Cambridge – noon, Parkers Piece, CB2 1AA
Cardiff – noon, assemble at Cathays Park, CF10 3AT, for march to a rally at 1pm at the SWALEC stadium, Sophia Gardens, CF11 9XR.
Chester – noon, assemble at Castle Drive, CH1 1SL for march to Guildhall, Watergate Street, CH1 2LA, stopping at the Chester Cross junction, CH1 1PD, at 1pm for a protest.
Chesterfield - Assemble 11.00 am Rykneld Square (By Crooked Spire) S40 1SB.March to Rally at Club Chesterfield, Chester Street ( Formerly Chesterfield Miners Welfare) at 12.30.S40 1DL
Croydon Hospital Protest 12 – 2pm
Derby – Silk Mill 11.15am march to Market Place for rally at noon.
Dumphries – Rally Cairndale Hotel 10.45 – 12 noon Contact:Dumfries@eis.org.uk
Dundee -March & Rally Dudhope Park West gate from 12noon. March off 12:30pm to City Square for Rally Contact: dundeetuc@ymail.com
Ealing – 10.30am, Ealing Town Hall W5 2BY
Edinburgh – 11.30am, assemble outside Usher Hall, Lothian Road, EH1 2EA
Falkirk – Rally 12 noon at St Martha’s Hall, Hope Street, Falkirk. Contact: duncanmac@blueyonder.co.uk
Glasgow – Assemble 12 noon Shuttle Street (near High St station) March to Barrowlands Ballroom for 1.15pm Contact: triciagtuc@hotmail.co.uk
Glenrothes – 10.30am, rally outside Fife House, North Street, KY7 9TB
Halifax – 10am, assemble at Town Hall, Crossley Street, HX1 1UJ
Hastings – 11.30am, assemble at Hastings Pier, 34 White Rock, TN34 1JY, before marching to the Town centre. Rally, to take place after the march, in Robertson Street, TN34 1H; between Debenhams and the Havelock public house.
Hertford – Hartham Common, Hartham Lane, Hertford, at 11.30am March to County Hall rally about 1.30pm
Huddersfield – 10.30am, assemble at St George’s Square, HD1 1JA, march around the town centre followed by a rally.
Hull – 11am, rally at the Queen’s Gardens, Paragon Street, HU1 3NA
Inverness – 12 noon, short march and rally at Mercure Hotel, Church Street, IV1 1QY
Ipswich – 11.30am Russell Rd. March thru town centre. Rally Ipswich Cornhill 12.45pm
Kingston Hospital protest 12 – 2pm
Lancaster – 11.00am – Assemble at Dalton Square, 12.30pm – Rally at Market Square
Leeds – Assemble 10.30 Woodhouse Moor to march down to the rally, noon, outside the Art Gallery, The Headrow, LS1 5RG
Leicester – 12.30pm, rally at The Athena, Queen Street, LE1 1QD
Liverpool – 11.30am, assemble outside St George’s Hall, St George’s Place, L1 1JJ. March to a rally at Castle Street, L2 0NA
London
12 noon, Lincolns Inn Fields march to rally on Victoria Embankment
GLA protest 12 noon
Hackney Town Hall protest 12 noon
Haringey Civic Centre protest 12 noon
Islington Green Protest 12 noon
Lambeth Protest 12 noon, Windrush Square
Tower Hamlets protest 12 noon, Town Hall, Cable Street
London Hospitals
Lewisham Hospital protest 12 – 2pm
Northwick Park Hospital protest 12 – 2pm
Queen Elizabeth Hospital protest 12 – 2pm
Queens Hospital protest 12 – 2pm
St Thomas’ Hospital protest – 12 – 2pm
St Mary’s Hospital 12 – 2pm
St Georges Hospital Protest 12 – 2pm
UCLH protest 12 – 2pm
Luton – Assemble 11am Manor Park, Manor Rd, Luton. March to markey Hill for rally and speeches
Maidstone – 1pm, rally at County Hall, ME14 1XD
Manchester – March & Rally 11am Liverpool Rd off Deansgate March departs 11.30am Rally Whitworth Park 12.30pm
Chorlton House – 8am – Rally at Chorlton House, Manchester Rd. Chorlton
Chorlton Library – 9am outside Chorlton Library, Manchester Rd. M21 9PN
Milton Keynes – noon, assemble at Campbell Park, MK9 3FZ
Motherwell – noon, rally at North Lanarkshire council building, Windmillhill Street, ML1 1AB.
Newcastle – Gateshead Civic Centre 10.30am march to rally 12 noon Spillers Wharf Newcastle
Norwich – Assemble 11am city college. March from 11.30 into city hall. Rally 12.30
Nottingham – 12.30pm, rally at The Albert Hall, North Circus Street, NG1 5AA.
Oldham – 12.00pm – Assemble on Albion Street (close to Iceland shop)
Oxford – Main march assembly 2pm Cowley Plain OX4 1DZ: Feeder march assemblies to go to Cowley Plain; Education workers and students, 1.30 pm Harburton Mead, Off Marston Road; Healthworkers 1.30 pm Corner Gipsy Lane/ London Rd; Council workers and civil servants 1.30 pm Manzil Way, Cowley Rd; Disabled assembly Carfax Tower 2.30 pm to join main march; Rally Broad St 3.30 pm
Preston – 11.00am – Assemble at Avenham Park, 12 noon rally at Flag Market
Reading – March assembles Queens walk 12.15 for 12.30 start. March to Forbury Gardens for Rally
Rotherham – 10am, assemble at Rotherham Town Hall, Moorgate Street, S60 2RB. 10.30am, march to rally in All Saints Square, S60 1QX
Salford – 11.30am, assemble at Bexley Square to march to rally in Manchester. M3 6BZ.
Sandwell – 10.30am outside Sandwell Council House, Oldbury.
Sheffield – 11am, rally at the Peace Gardens, Pinstone Street,S1 2HH
N30 @ Plug, Matilda Street, Sheffield 6pm – 10pm https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=282859655080195
Telford – 12.30pm, rally at Cordingley Hall, Wellington Road, TF2 8JS
Warrington – 11.30am – Assemble at GMB Office on Town Hill, Warrington. march to Warrington Town Hall for 12.30pm
Wigan- 12.00 – March to Wigan Town Centre, from Whelley Labour Club 1.00pm – Town Centre Rally in Market Place, Wigan
York – noon at Tower Gardens, opposite Clifford’s Tower, march to York Minster for 1pm rally with union and service user speakers.
Picket Line Support Centre, 7am to 11am at St Lawrence’s Church Hall, York |
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Friday, 18 November 2011
DPAC - Right to Work protest list
Thursday, 17 November 2011
DPAC - Christmas Festivities
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Posted: 16 Nov 2011 01:46 PM PST
Join us (DPAC, Benefit Claimants Fightback, and many others) in
December for a month of protests, actions and demonstrations against poverty pimps Atos and the Condem government’s Welfare Reform Bill. With thousands to face homelessness in the New Year due to housing benefit cuts, the harassment and further impoverishment of hundreds of thousands of disabled people due to punitive ‘assessments’, the continued persecution of people on sickness benefits, soaring unemployment and forced labour in the name of Workfare, a truly Victorian Christmas is on the cards for millions of us. Whilst Atos CEO and disability denier Keith Wilman tucks into his organic Christmas turkey or multi-millionaire poverty pimp Emma Harrison of A4e hangs tinsel in her tax payer funded stately home, millions of disabled, low paid, unemployed or sick people are facing a future of poverty, worsening health and homelessness. Parents will be spending Christmas terrified that the new demands of conditionally for benefits, such as forcing single mothers into workfare schemes, will leave them unable to properly care for their children. People will life threatening conditions or mental health problems will be terrified that their upcoming Atos assessment, notoriously flawed as it is, will further strip them of vital and life saving benefits. Tens of thousands of low waged families are about to be socially cleansed from city centres due to housing benefit cuts whilst unemployed people face the prospect of being forced to work full time and still survive on just a few pounds a day. The Welfare Reform Bill will see millions of disabled people forced into a similar, if not identical, testing regime for the new Personal Independence Payment that has tragically led to suicides amongst people already forced to undertake Atos’ Work Capability Assessments. For the last year disabled people, claimant activists and supporters have been protesting against the inhumane treatment being inflicted on already vulnerable people. Scores of protests have been held outside (and sometimes inside) the offices of Atos ‘Healthcare’, the largest ever march of disabled people and supporters has taken place, protests have been held outside the Daily Mail, A4e offices and other workfare providers and online activity about benefit issues has exploded. Still the Tory Government pushes ahead, with their Lib Dem lap dogs never far ahead. We need more than ever to increase the pressure and fight these attacks on our most basic needs and very survival. Organise and help spread the word now, please list all local actions, protests at comments on: http://benefitclaimantsfightback.wordpress.com/ and we will do our best to help promote and support all events as well as list them here. Alternatively why not gather up your friends and turn up to spread seasonal cheer at your local Atos unannounced and then tell us about it afterwards. Everyone loves a surprise guest at Christmas! We will not stop until they kill us. A list of Atos corporate offices can be found at: http://uk.atos.net/en-uk/about_us/locations/ A PDF of all Atos Assessment Centres is available at: http://www.atoshealthcare.com/UserFiles/File/factsheets/ 2011/Assessment%20Centre%20Location%20List_July%202011.pdf http://benefitclaimantsfightback.wordpress.com/ |
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Posted: 16 Nov 2011 01:31 PM PST
 You are invited to LAUNCH EVENT UKDHM 2011 TUESDAY 22nd November 2011, Mander Hall, NUT, 1, Mabledon Place, London WC1H 9BD 5.00 refreshments for 5.30 to 7.30 followed by Reception till 8.30 pm
Celebrating Our Struggle for Equality
Chair Nina Franklin, President NUT Speakers :- Ruth Bashell Stay Safe – Tackling Hate Crime Tony Crosby Heritage Lottery Fund -Disability Heritage Jaspal Dhani CEO UKDPC-Black disabled peoples’ experience Ellen Goodey – Living an inclusive life Barbara Lisicki – The history of the Direct Action Network in 1990’s Maresa Mackeith-Author Taking the Time Lucy Mason – HEYA The history of disabled young voices Richard Rieser Coordinator UKDHM Disability Equality in Schools and colleges. Rounded up by Laurence Clarke- a comic view of disability equality today. To book a place RSVP to 0207 359 2855 or email rlrieser@gmail.com |
Wednesday, 16 November 2011
New to the benefits system? Need help?
If you are new to the benefits system, or have worked hard, but now need help from the state,
Go to:
www.dwpexaminations.blacktrianglecampaign.org
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