I was elected to this Committee in 2013 and each year since. The Disability section of the TUC's website is here.
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by Janine Booth, co-Chair, TUC Disabled Workers’ Committee
For several years, disability rights has seemed the most intractable of issues to fight on.
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Updates on ongoing work
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Protest at Oakwood station
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Janine giving a speech at the Sussex Labour Representation Committee (LRC) fringe meeting at TUC Congress 2015. The subject of the meeting was fighting austerity and defending trade union rights.
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At Congress House, London
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1. Protesting against attacks on disabled people. The Tories are intensifying their assault on disabled people's rights, particularly access to benefits. I will be circulating information about protests and other events in and around London. Please look out for these and encourage members to take part.
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First meeting of the newly-elected Committee - planning the almighty batle we face to defend and extend disabled workers' rights.
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Published in Solidarity 366, 3 June 2015
Janine Booth, RMT delegate and co-Chair, TUC Disabled Workers’ Committee
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This article was published in Solidarity 365, 20 May 2015
As we wage the fight of our lives against Tory government attacks on disabled people, it may seem that discussing “models” of disability is an irrelevance, a distraction, a waste of time.
