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CWU Festival of International Solidarity 6th Annual International Solidarity Fund Raising Event

admin — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 23:44:49 +0000

For several years now the Education & Training Department has organised International Solidarity fund raising through its Annual “Cyclo-Sportive” event.

This year arrangements are in progress to broaden the event out to encourage greater awareness and wider participation.

The much larger “festival” will consist of the usual popular cycle rides for all abilities through the Cotswolds on Saturday 15^th September 2010 but will also include:

Live music in staged marquees
High profile national and international guest speakers
Workshops
Formal International Solidarity debates
Family entertainment
Great food
Inside and outside bars
CWU Clarion Motorcycle Club event
Open mic sessions
B&B availability on site
Camping and on site facilities

In 2011 we raised over £1000 for the CWU International Development Fund and we intend to far exceed this figure this year.

Confirmed acts so far include “White Noize” whose line up include our very own Area Rep; Stewart Hardie. We are very aware that there is a huge pool of untapped talent within the CWU and to this end and in preparing the schedule for the day we are keen to hear from people who would like to help support the event by taking part in our open mic sessions. This could be in the form of bands, individual singers, speakers, poets, dancers, magicians etc. etc…

We would be very pleased if talented groups and individuals could support the event and to move this forward please contact Lee Wakeman on 020 8971 7441 or lwakeman@cwu.org in the first instance to discuss further and make any necessary arrangements.

Burston Strike School Rally

admin — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 22:50:14 +0000

Date Sun, 4 Sep 2011

Time to from 11:00 to 16:00

Location Church Green, Burston, near Diss, Norfolk

Cost Free

Description
Annual rally to celebrate the longest strike in history: schoolchildren ‘went on strike’ in 1914 to support their teachers, sacked by the rural squirarchy for organising agricultural workers.
Join us for food (or bring a picnic if you wish), drink, entertainment (John Hegley, Robb Johnson & the Irregulars), and speakers (Diana Holland AGS Unite, Kelvin Hopkins MP, Mary Robinson, Dave Carr – introduced by Megan Dobney SERTUC and Jim Kelly Unite)

Travel Coaches will be organised by a number of different organisations – contact the office for information when available.
Dedicated car and coach parking is available in Burston.
Nearest railway station: Diss (c.4 miles)

Register interest or request more information
Please use this email form or contact:
sertucevents@tuc.org.uk

Southport flower show

admin — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 05:06:11 +0000

Title: Southport flower show
Location: Victoria Park, Southport, PR8 2BZ
Description: As one of the most entertaining and inspirational independent flower shows in the UK, the Southport Flower Show returns this year from the 18-21 August.CWU members are offered discounted tickets to attend this event.
Start Date: 2011-08-18
End Date: 2011-08-21

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Tolpuddle Martyrs’ Festival

admin — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 04:57:38 +0000

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This year’s speakers will include TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber, CWU senior deputy general Tony Kearns, Community General Secretary and TUC President Michael Leahy, International Trade Union Confederation General Secretary Sharan Burrow, former Unison General Secretary Rodney Bickerstaffe and Shadow Environment Minister Mary Creagh.

The packed programme sees the return of Tolpuddle favourites Robb Johnson, Tony Benn and Billy Bragg, and features a huge range of music – from psychedelic skiffle to ‘dirty south’ rock’n'roll and Tasmanian folk opera. Global musicians Warsaw Village Band, Paddy Nash and the Happy Enchilados, Polkaholix, Grace Petrie, Thomas and the Mock Ups, Maddy Carty, Sean Taylor, Bemis and many more are also part of the musical line up.

This year’s theatre includes Fighting the Cuts by Banner Theatre, Protest, from a Spark to a Flame, performed by children from Theatretrain, and Loveless in Hobart Town, a folk opera about the life of Tolpuddle Martyr George Loveless during his transportation in Van Diemen’s Land, performed by 30 trade unionists from Tasmania.

Festival tickets for Tolpuddle are still a bargain at £25 for adults and £5 for children aged from five to 16 (under-fives are free).

To camp, each tent or gazebo (no caravans) will need a camping tag costing £15 (£25 for camper vans).

Day passes are also available, costing £10 (Friday only) and £15 (Saturday) for adults, with £5 child tickets covering all days.

For more information and to book tickets, visit Tolpuddle Martyrs or catch the latest news and updates on twitter via #tolpuddle and @swtuc as well on Facebook.

Background:

In1834, when six farm workers from the tiny village of Tolpuddle in Dorset were sentenced to seven years’ transportation, a massive protest swept across the country. Thousands of people marched through London and many more organised petitions and protest meetings to demand their freedom.

Their ‘crime’ was to take an oath of solidarity in forming a trade union. The protest campaign proved successful and they returned home in triumph. Their story is now part of the development of a free and democratic society. It is celebrated in the small museum in Tolpuddle and at the Festival on the weekend of the third Sunday in July.

For more information on the Tolpuddle Martyrs’ Festival, please visit www.tolpuddlemartyrs.org.uk.

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