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SUMMARY:Respect for Shopworkers Week
DESCRIPTION:Usdaw’s survey results have shown a troubling increase in violence and abuse against retail workers in recent years. \nWe know our members suffer appalling abuse and violence while at work\, however the official retail crime figures don’t always reflect the true picture. This is because not all retail crime is reported. \nThe campaign can be anything from a stall in your workplace or canteen\, to a few simple conversations with colleagues (please see below for more ideas). Whatever the format of your campaign – there are three simple actions we are focusing on\, to engage with staff in your store: \n\nTalk to members and non-members about Usdaw’s Freedom From Fear campaign. Encourage all staff in your store to report every incident of violence or abuse to store management and to the police if necessary.\nAsk members and non-members to fill in the Freedom From Fear survey. We know that violence\, threats and abuse against retail workers doubled during the height of the Coronavirus crisis. The real life stories of our members bring this campaign to life and we want to hear about everyone’s experiences.\nAsk any non-members who engage with the campaign to join Usdaw. Our campaigning strength is only as strong as our Union. Together we are stronger.\n\nWe hope that you are able to help. For further information please do not hesitate to contact Michael in the Politics Office on 0161 249 2452. \nContact your local Usdaw office for more information or email: freedomfromfear@usdaw.org.uk
URL:https://politicsforthemany.co.uk/event/respect-for-shopworkers-week/
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SUMMARY:THE RAGGED TROUSERED PHILANTHROPISTS - TOUR DATES
DESCRIPTION:One person Magic Lantern show of the classic book The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists adapted by Neil Gore from the book by Robert Tressell directed by Louise Townsend \nNeil Gore\, presents a one-person version of the classic novel by Robert Tressell featuring projection\, political conjuring tricks\, live music and song. Meet the famous characters and enjoy the scenes\, speeches and songs\, featuring the Great Money Trick as its centrepiece. \n\nNOV 15 – 7.30PM – SEVERN THEATRE SHREWSBURY\nRANKWELL QUAYSHREWSBURYSHROPSHIRESY3 8FT\nTICKETS\nNOV 16 – 7.30PM – MARSDEN MECHANICS\nPEEL ST\, MARSDEN\, HUDDERSFIELD HD7 6BW\nBOX OFFICE: 01484 844587 / WEBSITE\nTICKETS\nNOV 17 – 7.30PM – CELTIC CLUB IRVINE\nBRIDGEGATE\, IRVINE KA12 8BQ\nBOX OFFICE: arthurwest7@hotmail.co.uk / WEBSITE\nNOV 23 – 7.30PM – SEVEN ARTS LEEDS (SPONSORED BY NEU)\nBOX OFFICE: richard.raftery@virginmedia.com / WEBSITE\nNOV 24 – 7.30PM – SEVEN THEATRE ARTS LEEDS (SPONSORED BY NEU)\nBOX OFFICE: richard.raftery@virginmedia.com / WEBSITE\nNOV 25 – 7.30PM – WARKWORTH WAR MEMORIAL HALL\n40 CASTLE ST\, WARKWORTH\, MORPETH NE65 0UN\nTICKETS\nDEC 5 – 7.30PM – UPSTAIRS AT THE WESTERN\, LEICESTER\nTICKETS\nDEC 6 – UPSTAIRS AT THE WESTERN LEICESTER\nTICKETS\nDEC 7 – 7.30PM – UPSTAIRS AT THE WESTERN LEICESTER\nTICKETS\nDEC 9 – 8PM (DOORS 7.30PM) – BOLTON SOCIALIST CLUB\n16 WOOD ST\, BOLTON BL1 1DY\nBOX OFFICE: heyes12@yahoo.com / WEBSITE\nDEC 14 – THE CORO\, ULVERSTON\nCOUNTY SQUARE\, ULVERSTON\, CUMBRIA\, LA12 7LZ\nDEC 21 – TBC – COVENTRY MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW
URL:https://politicsforthemany.co.uk/event/the-ragged-trousered-philanthropists-tour-dates/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231116
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231217
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SUMMARY:UK Disability History Month 2023
DESCRIPTION:This Autumn 2023 UKDHM focusses on the Experience of Disablement amongst children and young people in the past\, now and what is needed for the future. UKDHM comes from a Social Model/Human Rights approach\, so that all children and young people with long term impairment will not experience the social exclusion of stigma\, stereotypes\, negative attitudes and socially created barriers in the environment and the way things are organised. \nUKDHM 2023 provides an opportunity for all councils\, service providers\, education establishments\, youth\, play and sports organisations\, health providers and employers to examine their approaches to disabled children and youth. Those in the media\, publishing and image making can challenge the way they have portrayed disabled people in the past and create inclusive and non-stereotypical ways forward\, in conjunction with disabled young people. \nFrom a history of neglect\, harsh punishment\, segregation\, bullying and ignorance we must learn to challenge our prejudices and discriminatory practices. The way disabled children and young people have been and are treated is an indicator of how inclusive and rights respecting we are as a community and society. \nImpairment is a natural part of human existence\, but societal responses have varied across cultures and time. Disabled people including children have often been falsely blamed and scapegoated for society’s ills. If one grows up on the receiving end of negativity\, then one often internalises that negativity. \nMost important in bringing about positive change is how we think about impairment and disablement. \nDisabled people themselves over the last 60 years in the Disabled People’s Movement have separated impairment (our difference of physical\, psycho-social or mental function) from the social response to it. Disabled people reject ideas of ‘normal’ and require acceptance of us as we are. We require the barriers that prevent us participating whether of attitude\, organisation or environment\, to be dismantled. We as disabled people become accepted and society becomes more inclusive and equal. \nThis sounds easy but making the change happen is blocked by many forces who pay lip-service to equality\, while shoring up the current rotten system. \nUKDHM gives us a chance to understand this and make real changes. \nFind out more in the 2023 Broadsheet
URL:https://politicsforthemany.co.uk/event/uk-disability-history-month-2023/
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SUMMARY:The Break Up of Britain? (Edinburgh)
DESCRIPTION:This is a major conference on the democratic future of the United Kingdom and its constituent nations. One of the speakers\, Caroline Lucas\, the Green MP for Brighton Pavilion\, calls the event “incredibly timely and important.” \nOther speakers include The National columnist Lesley Riddoch\, writer Neal Ascherson\,  journalist Isabel Hilton\, Clive Lewis MP\, The Scotsman journalist Joyce McMillan\, prize-winning novelist James Robertson\, Professor Richard Wyn Jones\, former Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood and Radical Independence Campaign founder Jonathon Shafi – with many more speakers from across Britain\, Ireland and Europe soon to be confirmed. \nWhy Now? \nTom Nairn was a political thinker and theorist of unparalleled range and audacity. His work on nationalism\, the British state and globalisation in the era of market supremacy remains an inspiration to radicals and reformers everywhere. We want to celebrate Tom’s life not by looking back on his thought but by embracing his spirit of restless engagement with reality. \nThe greatest danger to our democracy is the status quo. A once suffocating but stable consensus has been replaced by an increasingly authoritarian state coordinating assaults on immigrants\, the labour movement and the right to protest. Meanwhile\, Scotland is trapped in an involuntary union\, Wales strains for more autonomy\, and Northern Ireland is held hostage. \nThe cry for an ‘independent global Britain’ in the Brexit referendum made sovereignty a live issue\, as it expressed a desire to end unaccountable elite rule. Tragically\, this sentiment was displaced onto the EU\, distracting from the major culprit: Westminster. Now Brexit is failing and progressives across the UK\, Ireland and Europe need to develop a coherent alternative vision for the future of these islands. This is an urgent strategic priority for democrats of all parties and none. It demands engaging with the disruptive democratic energies that emerged during the 2014 and 2016 referendums. \nIn Edinburgh this autumn\, we plan a major gathering of progressives to start this process. We will challenge the reactionary drift of British politics and assert the right of Scotland\, Wales\, England and Ireland to self-determination as a core principle of any democratic future. We will also debate the central questions raised by Tom Nairn’s work. Do we need to break up to shape up? What does nationalism mean in 21st-century Europe? What should come after the United Kingdom?
URL:https://politicsforthemany.co.uk/event/1907/
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SUMMARY:The Future of Democracy\, with Frances Crook OBE and Femi Oluwole
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a lively discussion on the future of our democracy featuring Frances Crook OBE\, Co-Convenor of the Commission on Political Power\, and political commentator and activist\, Femi Oluwole. \nWe’ll be diving into the challenges and opportunities facing democracy in the 21st century.
URL:https://politicsforthemany.co.uk/event/the-future-of-democracy-with-frances-crook-obe-and-femi-oluwole/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231118T110000
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SUMMARY:Young Workers winning at work – Joint TUC and Wales TUC event for Young Workers Month
DESCRIPTION:Over the past year\, we seen union members up and down the country take action to win pay rises. During Young Members Month\, join us for a day of practical workshops and talks on winning pay rises in your workplace. It’s an opportunity to: \n\nLearn skills for negotiating pay claims\nUnderstand how to escalate action in your workplace alongside negotiations and learn new organising tactics\nMeet other young members across the movement and learn from each other’s experiences\nHear from guest speakers on the importance of working with unions\n\nThis event is open to all members who meet their union’s definition of young. \n\n\n\n\nRegister now
URL:https://politicsforthemany.co.uk/event/young-workers-winning-at-work-joint-tuc-and-wales-tuc-event-for-young-workers-month/
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