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25 April 2005 - May Day - Say 'Yes' to
Workers' Rights
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The Trades Union Congress (TUC) and the London May Day
Organising Committee have jointly organised a march for modern workplaces and a
Trade Union Freedom Bill, which aims for workplace justice and minimum rights
for all. The march entitled - Free Unions! Free Rights!, will take
place in London and will set off from Clerkenwell Green at 1.00pm.
The rally will take place at Trafalgar Square at 2.30pm on Monday 1 May (May
Day).
Speakers will include London Mayor, Ken Livingstone; Gloria
Mills, TUC President; Brendan Barber, TUC General Secretary; Tony Woodley, TGWU
General Secretary; Maria Helena Andre, ETUC; Randall Howard, SATAWU; Greg Combet,
ACTU; Dave Prentis, Unison; Derek Simpson, Amicus; Paul Kenny, GMB and Tony
Benn.
TUC General Secretary, Brendan Barber, said:
"The mass dismissals at Gate Gourmet show our laws do not
meet international standards of protecting people at work from exercising their
basic rights. Unions are campaigning for a Trade Union Freedom Bill because it
is time industrial relations law lifted bureaucratic burdens on unions,
protected people exercising their rights from employer victimisation and caught
up with modern company structures. This march is a key part of the campaign for
workplace justice."
Further information can be found on the TUC web site by clicking
the following link:
Trades Union Congress - May Day 2006 March and Rally
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