Poetry Performance at RMT Women's Conference
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07/03/2015 - 19:30
Janine will be performing some verse at the evening social event for delegates at RMT's Women's Conference in Wigan.
Trade unions
Workers' self-defence starts with getting unionised at work. This section includes material on the trade union struggles and issues I am involved in and/or urge you to support!
ETF Women's Committee, March 2015
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04/03/2015 - 09:00
Meeting in Brussels, the European Transport Workers' Federation Women's Committee will share information and reports from women trade unionists across Europe's countries and transport sectors, and agree on a publicity campaign to tackle violence against women transport workers - it's not part of the job!
Check back after the event for Janine's report.
Speak out for Shahrokh and Reza: an evening of spoken word and poetry
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10/01/2015 - 19:00
The Union Tavern, 52 Lloyd Baker Street, London WC1X 9AA
I will be performing alongside Attila the Stockbroker, Michelle Madsen, Tim Wells, Emily Harrison, Sam Dodd, Chip Grim & more to be confirmed.
CWU Disability Conference 2014: 'Autism in the workplace' speech
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On 11 October 2014, I was the guest speaker at the Disability Conference of the Communication Workers' Union (CWU), held in Leeds. I addressed the conference about Autism in the Workplace, and got great feedback from delegates!
TUC Disabled Workers Committee
Submitted by Janine on
27/11/2014 - 11:00
Poetry Performance: RMT 'End Violence Against Women' event
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Tuesday 25 November 2014 was the annual, international Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls. RMT women held an event in London with speakers including a Kurdish campaigner, Unison women's committee chair, the International Transport Workers' Federation and the RMT National President. Around fifty people attended the event, and I was elased to be able to contribute by performing three of my poems on the theme of violence against women.
Conference: The People vs PFI
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01/11/2014 - 09:00
I will be "giving evidence" about the disastrous Public-Private Partnership on London Underground at this conference, and selling copies of my book Plundering London Underground: private capital and public service 1997-2010
For more information about the event, click here.
TUC Congress blog 2005
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I attended TUC Congress 2005 as an RMT delegate - and blogged! Here are the links to my posts:
Autism in the Workplace: Workshop at NASUWT Regional Conference
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11/10/2014 - 10:00
I will be running a workshop on Autism in the Workplace at the NASUWT South East Regional Conference at the Oxford Hotel, Oxvford.
Local Trade Unionists Slam East London Line Privatisation Plan
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Press release from Hackney Trade Union Council, 6 January 2004
London Underground has revealed that when the East London Line is extended into Hackney, it will not be a Tube line, but a privatised, mainline service.
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