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June 2022
The Art of Going Viral: Your guide to social exposure and engagement
World - class social media engagement workshop with Owen Williams, former head of Social Media at BBC (and now Managing Director of Siml) About this event Owen Williams was formerly head of Social Media at BBC One and is the reason that the Red Dragon, the Scottish Saltire and the St George Cross emoji flags exist on our keyboards today. Owen's session provides the recipe to getting social media right. He'll break down how content goes viral - why some…
Find out more »July 2022
International Brigade Memorial Trust commemoration,
2 July LONDON – IBMT annual commemoration at Jubilee Gardens on London's South Bank, with speakers including RMT President Alex Gordon, a representative from the Basque Children of '37 Association, Liz Estensen – daughter of International Brigader Otto Estensen, and more. Will also feature music from Na-Mara; International Brigade Memorial, Jubilee Gardens, London SE1 7JA.
Find out more »Durham Miners’ Gala
The DMA announced last year that the returning Gala will be dedicated to key workers. Carers and bus drivers, delivery workers and nurses, shop staff and teachers, everyone who has risked their lives to keep society functioning throughout the pandemic will be celebrated. The DMA will work with trades union branches across the country to bring people into Durham, and is calling on the public to gather in greater numbers than ever before in support of the country’s key workers.
Find out more »Tolpuddle Martyrs’ Festival and Museum
In the 1830s life in villages like Tolpuddle was hard and getting worse. Farm workers could not bear yet more cuts to their pay. Some fought back by smashing the new threshing machines but this brought harsh punishments. In 1834, farm workers in west Dorset formed a trade union. Unions were lawful and growing fast but six leaders of the union were arrested and sentenced to seven years’ transportation for taking an oath of secrecy. A massive protest swept across…
Find out more »Levelling Up Democracy: The Mark Drakeford One (Save the date!)
Save the date, to join Mark Drakeford, in conversation, at the second of our Levelling Up Democracy series. 6:00pm, Wednesday 20 July 2022. #Labour4PR "Now, let me make a confession: I have been a supporter of the Labour campaign for electoral reform for the whole of my political lifetime. How anyone clings to the notion that a system which delivers, so consistently, majority Conservative governments on a minority of the votes cast is best for working people simply baffles me."…
Find out more »September 2022
TUC Congress 2022
Congress is the centrepiece of the union year, when thousands of delegates, visitors and guests meet for three days of networking and debate. Your brand can be highly visible on an exhibition stand, at a fringe meeting, on lanyards, delegate bags, digital media or in the Congress Guide. TUC Congress 2022, Brighton, 11-14 September.
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