Speeches

Speaking out about deaths in care

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Janine proposing a motion condemning deaths of autistic and learning disabled people in care, at TUC Disabled Workers' Conference in May 2019.

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On 21 March this year, an inquest ruled that the death of Colette McCulloch was avoidable.

Colette was thirty-five years old when she died. She was autistic, and in a hostile society, she had become mentally unwell.

To fight for disabled rights, scrap all anti-union laws!

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Right to Strike

This is Janine's speech seconding the motion on the Trade Union Act at TUC Disabled Workers' Conference 2019. The motion was passed unanimously.

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RMT welcomes PCS’ motion and its focus on electronic balloting. Our amendment extends this discussion to the rest of the Trade Union Act and to the rest of the anti-union laws.

Under UK law, we can not take lawful industrial action except in so-called ‘trade disputes’:

Arguing for Autistic Rights: the backlash against Neurodiversity and how to overcome it

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IFF 2019 Autism
22/06/2019 - 15:00

A panel discussion with speakers:

  • Judy Singer, author of Neurodiversity: the birth of an idea
  • Fergus Murray, co-founder of Autistic Mutual Aid Society, Edinburgh
  • Janine Booth, author of Autism Equality in the Workplace

Timing provisional - exact times to follow.

Loose Muse

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10/07/2019 - 19:30

Join Janine and other featured writers at LOOSE MUSE – London’s Premiere Women’s Writers Night.

On this occasion, Janine will be speaking mainly about her book, 'Minnie Lansbury - suffragette, socialist, rebel councillor'.

Venue: The Sun Pub, 21 Drury Lane (on the corner of Betterton Street), London WC2B 5RH – 8.00 p.m. – doors open from 7.30 pm. £6/£5 concessions.

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