CELEBRATE A GREAT WORKING CLASS VICTORY
APPLY ITS LESSONS TODAY TO FIGHT THE ATTACK
ON TRADE UNIONS
FRIDAY DECEMBER 1ST 2017 18.00
EAST HAM WORKING MEN’S CLUB
2 BOLEYN
ROAD * LONDON E6 1QE
Nearest tube – Upton Park
Buses 5, 58, 115, 147
SPEAKERS
INCLUDE
LEN
MCCLUSKEY UNITE GS
ANN FIELD,
KEN LOACH
PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS * BAR
* REFRESHMENTS
In the blazing hot July of 1972, 5
London dockers were jailed in Pentonville prison. They had picketed in defiance
of Tory anti-union laws. This led to a wave of unofficial industrial action and
protest involving hundreds of thousands of workers sweeping the country forcing
the release of the 5 within a week.
It was a massive working class
victory – part of a wave of actions during the early 1970s including factory
occupations, work-ins like Upper Clyde Shipbuilders, Briant printers and
Fakenham women. A long battle against anti-union laws was underway. There were
epic miners strikes in 72 & 74. In Ireland 72 saw Bloody Sunday in
Derry.
This event celebrates this great
victory but also looks at the lessons for our battle today against anti-union
laws and rampant capitalism. Pentonville stands in the list of historic
victories from Tolpuddle onwards.
Join us for this historic celebration
and find out about our history and our future.
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