PR OG R A M M E !

8-10 SEPT ~ LIVERPOOL

OVERVIEW
THE WEEKEND WILL BE:
co-created by the attendees, and

action-oriented, generating campaign and

organising outputs, including ‘how to’
guides and plans for action, that we can
take away and use.

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FRIDAY EVENING
the weekend will kick off with:
a reception
an evening meal
an opening plenary
and a film screening (see below)

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FILM SCREENING
EVERYTHING MUST CHANGE
Our crises: cost of living, climate, food &
housing… are all deeply interlinked, as
are the solutions!

reel news & framing climate justice will

show their brand new must-see film
Everything Must Change

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SATURDAY
WE will CONTINUE saturday WITH A MASSIVE
PROGRAMME OF TALKS, PANELS, WORKSHOPS
AND TRAININGS.

sATURDAY EVENING WILL INCLUDE A MEAL AND

ENTERTAINMENT FROM holly carter. rEAD ON
FOR THE FULL LIST!

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PANEL DISCUSSION
WORKPLA C E LE A D E R S H IP:
it & how to nurture it?
where to find
ganic
What are ‘member-led’ unions? Who are ‘or LE OF
E RO
leaders' & How do we find them? What IS TH
E
paid officials? & HOW DO WE BUILD RANK N FIL
ORGANISATION?
EY,
Join ex NEU General Secretary kEVIN cOURTN TE, AUTHoR
LGA
pROFESSOR OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS JANE HO
OUT
OF 'WE CAN WIN' IAN ALLINSON & MORE TO FIND

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WORKSHOP
LIBERATION MOVEMENTS &
WORKPLACE ORGANISING
WHAT IS Liberation Organising? HOW CAN WE
BEST APPROACH Organising FOR EQUALITIES?
-
JOIN NEU EQUALITIES ORGANISER DAVID BRANIFF
HERBERT AS WE Develop strategies FOR
liberation organising in multiple contexts

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GEOGRAPHY BASED
ORGANISING individual union
How are unions organising beyond
perspectives & individual workplaces?
make
Can trades councils develop strategies to
our towns & cities "union towns"?
&
Join Amarjite Singh, Welsh TUC Organising
Development officer to dig in & find out

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COMMUNITY ORarGn?AHoNwIScanINweG
What can trade unions le
work together?

Join speakers from some of the most

effective community organising initiatives
i
across the UK including Mahmooda Quresh
of the faith & belief forum, Community Union
& more

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ASSESSING THE
STRIKeEinWtheAheVadElines ONCE AGAIN AS
Unions ar
Workers are fighting to reverse years of
real wage decline. BUT HOW DO WE WIN?
d
Assess the power dynamics & wins achieveR
in the growing strike wave with PROFESSO
OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS jane holgate

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INDUSTRIAL ACTION STRATEGtY
How can we strategically use ‘action shor
of A strike’ (EG #markingboycott)?

How crucial is timing for winning?

Explore strategic choices in industrial

disputes with mIGUEL martinez lucio,
Professor of Comparative Industrial
Relations

8-10 SEPT ~ LIVERPOOL

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TWShaSt Aca:n Ago wCroAngS?EHoSwTtoUpuDtYit right?
who
With Helena Kennedy KC & Claire Laycock,auses at
tackled sexual harassment & gagging cl ted
the TSSA, and Mary Sitole, the newly elecg &
Treasurer, on how the TSSA is recoverin
rebuilding
L
Chaired by ShavANAH Taj, WALES TUC GENERA
SECRETARY

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PANEL DISCUSSION
BEYONerDseINtaDctUicsSTtoRreIAacLhAouCrTgoIOalNs
Using div
When we speak about trade union power, we
BUT
rarely explore beyond industrial action.
use
what other levers are there & how can we
them?
C),
Join Wilf Sullivan (EX TUC), Abigail Hunt (TU
AU),
TAREK ISLAM (FASHION WORKERS ADVICE BURE
anian
Fatimah Li (HIGHFIELDS CENTRE), Ravi Subram
(UNISON) & more

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PANEL DISCUSSION
JU SGLTOBTALRCOANTNEXSTITION
IN A
n
what DOES A WORKERS transition to a greequality?
economy look like, CONSIDERING global ine er the
DO Global north ‘quick fix’ solutions answmore
global south’s needs? are unions seen as gy?
vocal for #fossilfuel jobs vs #greenener
Y
JOIN ASAD REHMAN (WAR ON WANT) AND HILAR
WAINWRIGHT (RED PEPPER) TO DISCUSS

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PANEL DISCUSSION
WORKING Wur wiITnHmeGanOfoVr orERgaNnisMing?ENT
What would a Labo
the
How can we prepare for the opportunities
w have
election will create to effect change? Ho
trade unions worked with & against
administrations?
ith (ex
Join Nisreen Mansour (welsh TUC), MARTIN sm
gmb), KIM JOHNSON MP AND THE INSTITUTE OF
EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS

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WORKSHOP
WE GOT TO MOVE:
SELF CokAe toRolEsFdeOsigRneAd toCsuTppIVorISt peTopSle
Try besp le
working in social change to build sustainab
movement & fitness into our lives
r
Share stories on how organising affects oule
bodies & Explore Body Power for SustainabTO
Organising WITH BECCA KIRKPATRICK (WE GOT
MOVE)

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RACE EQUALITY AT WORK & IN
OUR TRADE UNIONS
e how
This highly interactive session will explor to
ions
we organise against racism & move our un
be more effective
er &
With rank n file trade unionists, and form
llivan &
current TUC race equality officers Wilf Su
Riz Hussain

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PANEL DISCUSSION
ORGANISING MIGRANT
WORKngEesR, S& the opportunities that unions
The challe
can tap into
),
A panel with Adis Sehic (Work Rights Centre
Sara MendeS (NANNY SOLIDARITY), BARBARA
TANYANYIWA (UNISON), KAENAT ISSUFO (labour
behind the label) & MORE

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WORKSHOP
how do we
DEVssELO P POmeLIntT?ICAL LITERACY
acro our move
nesses
How do we evaluate the strengths & weak e
& th
of different interpretations of the world
forces at work within them?
om
Explore with Keith Venables & trainers fr
tand the
across the movement that help us unders
world we face.

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PANEL DISCUSSION
TRAINING UNION REPS
explore the extent to which current repse
training is meeting the needs of workplac
reps and what else could & should be done
on
join ian manborde (equity) & Dawn Livingst
to dig into it

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WORKSHOP
EM’sPitLgoOodYM ENTsLwiAthWout remedies?
what for? Right
ers’
Camilla palmer kC will explore how work
s
reps can best help workers use legal right
in the
Is there a danger of placing too much faith
law providing ‘justice’?
n?
Are there better alternatives to litigatio

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PANEL DISCUSSION
TRADE UNIONS GLOBALLY
An opportunity to learn from our with
international visitors & migrant workers ies
experience of trade unions in other countr
What lessons can we learn & use in our
struggles for social justice?

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WORKSHOP
DIASPORA WORKERS
ORGANISING
We will be joined by members of the African of
tion
Diaspora Workers' Union, Students' Federa
, to
India - UK, and Caribbean Labour Solidarity
ing
explore the concepts of diaspora organis

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EVENING ENTERTAINMENT

DON'T MOURN ORGANISE

Holly Carter will perform her musical
tribute to Joe Hill, a Swedish-American
activist, musician and one of the
Industrial Workers of the World's most
prolific songwriters.

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SUNDAY
the weekend will CONTINUE sUNDAY WITH
EVEN MORE TALKS, PANELS, WORKSHOPS AND
TRAININGS BEFORE WE CLOSE.

rEAD ON FOR THE FINAL SUNDAY SESSIONS!

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WORKSHOP
DEFEATING
NARRATIVES OF DIVnisISingION
As the government pushes dehuma ent,
policies to increase the #HostileEnvironm
how do we stop the narrative influencingit
people in our movement? How do we make the
counterproductive for politicians to ‘play
race card’?

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TRAINING
GETTING SATjunRiorIKdoEctRorEs beAfoDreYtheir
delivered to the BM
e action
historic 77% turnout voting 98% for strik

exploring organic leaders, whole worker

ns
organising & transformative conversatio
ol &
Influenced by Jane McAlevey’s Strike Scho
Developed for the UK

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WORKSHOP
ORGANISING & FAITH
l
Celebrate faith as a driving force of socia
justice work
Explore best practice for trade unions
tackling faith-based discrimination
Consider why faith-based discrimination is s
often taken less seriously than other form

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TRAINING
RESEARCHING YOUR
EleM PhowL#VOiolYatEionRTracker can help dig the dirt
arn
on your employer. Plus how to read annual
reports, & understand the causes of your
re of
employer’s gender pay gap & the true natu
profits
Maia
with Simon Vessey (CorpORATE Watch UK) &
Kirby (VIOLATION TRACKER)

8-10 SEPT ~ LIVERPOOL

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ART, FILM & MUSIC IN
OUintRerM OVEplM ENT ‘creativity’ &
An active ex oration of
'creative thinking approaches' as inherent
skills that everyone can learn & apply to
organising & campaigning
Join Holly Carter [musician), Shaun
Featherstone (Red Shoe Radical Poster
Archive) & more

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