Latest news from Right to Work Glasgow - please share. 1: Rally against youth unemployment 2: Austerity Uncovered: 10 day tour of Scotland starting on 21st June. 3: Unite the Resistance in Scotland: Turning words into action… in Dundee, Edinburgh, and Glasgow 4: STUC National Anti Bedroom Tax Conference, Edinburgh. 5: Peoples Assembly, Central London ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No Cheer For Low-Paid and Jobless as Unemployment Falls by 5,000 Unemployment fell by 5,000 in the 3 months to April according to the latest official figures from the Office For National Statistics (ONS) released on Wednesday. David Cameron told the Commons: “They show employment, the number of people in work in our country, going up, they show unemployment going down and the claimant count, the number of people claiming unemployment benefit, has fallen for the seventh month in a row.” Millions will be unable to share the Prime Minister’s optimism. Half-a-million people, more than 5 times the number that can fill Wembley Stadium have been helped by food banks. Still, 950,000 of young people aged between 16 and 24, more than a fifth, are locked out of work, education and training. And for those in work, the picture is not the rosy one that Cameron paints. There are record numbers, more than 8 million people working part-time. Of those at least 1.4 million people are seeking more hours. This is likely to increase when Universal Credit (UC), currently being piloted in Tameside, is rolled out in October. Read full article at righttowork.org.uk/2013/06/no-cheer-for-low-paid-and-jobless-as-unemployment-falls-by-5000/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1: Rally against youth unemployment Friday 21 June, 19:30 until 22:00 Adelaides 209 Bath Street, Glasgow, G2 4HZ One the eve of STUC Youth Coference. Young speakers from STUC; UGT Catalonia; Irish Congress of Trade Unions; Labour Party; SNP & Coalition of Resistance. Light refreshments 7.30pm. Speakers from 8pm ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2: Austerity Uncovered: 10 day tour of Scotland starting on 21st June. Prices are rising while wages are held back. Service cuts are biting hard. And getting tough on so-called cheats is used as an excuse to cut vital benefits and tax credits for millions who have played by the rules. In June 2013, the STUC & Scottish Trade Unions will be visiting towns and cities in Scotland and Britain’s trade unions will be traveling across the country, letting people tell their own story about life across the countries of the UK. The tour will end with a major anti-Bedroom Tax conference in Edinburgh on 29th June Full details at: thereisabetterway.org/austerity-uncovered/nationwide-tour ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3: Unite the Resistance in Scotland - Building on from the successful Unite the Resistance in Scotland conference in March we have organised a series of local forums. Turning words into action… in Dundee, Edinburgh, and Glasgow Mon 24th June: Dundee Voluntary Action, 10 Constitution Road, DD1 1LL Speakers include Susan Archibald, Disability Campaigner Tues 25th June: Augustine Church, 41 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EL with Francis Wylie (UNITE United Left) will be speaking on blacklisting and fighting back, John McArdle (Black Triangle) on the attacks on disabled people, Penny Gower (EIS-FELA President) on Tory changes to our employment rights & PCS speaker (to be confirmed) Tues 25th June: Jurys Inn, Jamaica Street, Glasgow, G1 4QE, all 7.30-9.30pm withJim Harte (UNITE R&F M&E Construction branch) on the Blacklist and Joyce Drummond (ATOS campaigner) on ATOS and the assault on welfare. Other speakers to be announced Stop Blacklisting, Scrap Anti-Trade Union Laws, Support the PCS strikes, End the Assault on Welfare, Bin the Bedroom Tax! We are all under attack. It is time to unite our struggles and fight back! Speakers from the Blacklist Support Group, Anti-Bedroom Tax Groups, Disability Rights Campaigners and trade union activists. The forums will bring together people from different campaigns resisting Austerity. By standing together we gain strength and learn from each other’s experiences. Supported by Black Triangle, UNITE R&F M&E Construction Branch and UNITE Scottish Housing Association Branch Contact: unitetheresistancescotland@gmail ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4: STUC against the Bedroom Tax Conference Saturday 29th June 2013: 10am—2.30pm: Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh To register for the event please go to stucantibedroomtax.eventbrite.co.uk/# FREE transport from Glasgow: call 552 – 7069 to book seats. As part of the Austerity Uncovered Campaign the STUC is hosting a Conference focussed on the Bedroom Tax on Saturday 29th June. Attendees will have the opportunity to question politicians in a plenary session and take part in two of the four workshops on offer. If you have an organising role in a local Bedroom Tax campaign group please register in this section as we have set aside a large number of places for community campaigns. Full details of the event are still being finalised and STUC will send you an email within a few days of you registering providing more details of the agenda and arrangements. We will ask you to respond to the email to confirm that you definitely wish to attend. Individuals who do not have access to email can call STUC to book a place. Please note that places at the conference are limited and that in normal circumstances online and telephone bookings will only be taken from the individual who wishes to attend. To register for the event please go to stucantibedroomtax.eventbrite.co.uk/# The UNISON Glasgow Branch is running a free bus from Glasgow to the STUC Against the Bedroom Tax Conference on Saturday 29th June in Edinburgh (see attached) Please call 552 – 7069 to book seats. The bus will leave from the UNISON Glasgow Branch, 84 Bell Street at 8.30am and arrive back around 4.30pm. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5: People’s Assembly This coming Saturday’s People’s Assembly at Westminster Central Hall will be a fantastic opportunity to discuss a strategy to defeat the attacks. A number of Right to Work campaign activists are travelling down to be part of the assembly. If you are going and would like to link up with other activists from Glasgow drop an email to righttoworkglasgow@gmail and we’ll put you in touch so you can link up. Register here: thepeoplesassembly.org.uk/
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