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Credential badge holders afternoon session of Congress. TUC Publications/Bookmarks stand All credential badge holders must Manchester Central keeps lost (Stand 11) in the exhibition area. enter Manchester Central by the property for two months. After Charter entrance (to your right this time it is given to charity. Refreshments when facing the venue). No-one will If you have lost something Refreshment points are in the be allowed entry to the building at Manchester Central, email exhibition area. The café sells a without their credential being worn concierge@manchestercentral. range of food and drink including and easily visible; and you must co.uk or call 0161 834 2700. hot meals and snacks. keep your credential visible for checking within the building too. Distribution of leaflets Accessibility Leaflets, booklets and appeals may Delegates will have notified the TUC You will also need to keep with you only be distributed from stands in the before Congress of particular access your secondary photo ID, such as a exhibition area. TUC stewards will be needs such as seating requirements passport or modern driver’s licence. checking this restriction is observed. and documentation. All meeting Manchester Central security It is against the rules of Congress rooms have an induction loop. will undertake bag checks to distribute material relating to at the main entrance. motions. This could lead to them There are accessible toilets in the being removed from the Agenda. main venue and on the upper Belongings level. There is level access from Please ensure you remove all Congress documents the street into the venue via belongings from the Congress Hall Extra copies of Congress a ramp. You can find full details at at the end of each morning and documentation are on sale from the tuc.org.uk/congress-accessibility

Guide 2018 5 THE FRINGE These are the fringe meetings the TUC knew about by the time the Guide went to press.

12.45-2pm for lunchtime, 5.45-7.15pm for evening The TUC’s own meetings are shown in purple For a guide to the location of Fringe meeting rooms see page 5

Sunday evening in the history of our country. Contributions 12.45 18.30 (or end of conference) from the floor will be welcome. TUC Race Relations Committee/Centre IER/CTUF Speakers: Mick Whelan (General for Labour and Social Studies (CLASS) Rolling out the Manifesto Secretary, ASLEF), Sarah Wooley Is the Economy Racist? for Labour Law (BFAWU), Kelvin Hopkins (MP), Professor The Chancellors’ budgets have In 2016 IER published a Manifesto for Costas Lapavitsas (author of Left Case disproportionately disadvantaged women Labour Law offering policy proposals Against the European Union) and Black communities. The burden suitable for the 21st century. The ideas were Chair: Jacquie Johnson (former of austerity has been placed on the supported by unions, TUC, Greens and President NATFHE/UCU) shoulders of the poorest with communities SNP. The Labour Party’s popular election Venue: The Briton’s Protection, 50 Gt suffering as the public services they rely Manifesto, 2017 incorporated many of the Bridgewater St, Manchester M1 5LE on disappear. Grenfell has highlighted ideas. IER’s experts have since translated Refreshments provided how Black communities are stuck in those ideas into legislative proposals and the poorest housing. Studies by JRF on a second edition of the Manifesto will be 12.45 ethnicity and poverty identified that Black launched at the fringe. Joining the platform Trade Union Coordinating Group (TUCG) workers are concentrated in low-skilled will be Lauren Townsend (TGI Friday) How fighting trade unions sectors associated with low pay and more highlighting the extent to which the balance make a real difference likely to be in insecure work than white of power in UK workplaces has shifted How can we demonstrate the value of trade workers and that they are also trapped against workers. It’s time to put unions back union membership to a new generation in low-paid work, have lower-status jobs at the heart of our economy and at the of workers? By showing in practice how within high-paying occupations and centre of workplace relations. The fringe has fighting back together delivers results in the struggle to access decent jobs. This fringe kindly been sponsored by Morrish Solicitors. workplace and across our communities. will discuss how institutional racism is not Speakers: John McDonnell (Shadow Speakers: Mick Cash (General Secretary, considered or addressed when economic Chancellor), Lauren Townsend RMT), Janice Godrich (President, policy is formulated, implemented, and (Unite/TGI Fridays campaigner) and PCS), Ian Lawrence (General Secretary, framed and how this can be changed. John Hendy (QC IER/CTUF) NAPO), Sarah Woolley (BFAWU) Speakers: Faiza Shahen (Dir of Chair: Carolyn Jones (IER/CTUF) Chair: Ronnie Draper (General CLASS), Dr Adotey Bing-Pappoe, Clive Venue: Charter 4 Secretary, BFAWU) Lewis MP (TBC), Wanda Wyporska Refreshments provided Venue: Exchange 1 (Dir of The Equality Trust) (TBC) Refreshments provided Chair: Gloria Mills – (Chair (TUC MONDAY LUNCHTIME Race Relations Committee) 12.30 12.45 Venue: Exchange 3 Trade Unionist Against the EU Unions 21 Refreshments provided Embrace Brexit – Rebuild Everyday Voice in the and Transform Britain Everyday Economy 12.45 Brexit offers opportunities we never had As part of Unions 21’s new Commission British Dietetic Association (BDA) while members of the EU. This is now being on Collective Voice, this session explores Food security and sustainability recognised by almost everyone, even the what collective voice and bargaining Food security combines the politics of Guardian. said, 'the next can look like in the 21st century. population growth, diet, the globalisation Labour government will ... [take] advantage Speakers: Rachel Reeves MP, Jon Skewes of food production and distribution of new freedoms outside of the EU to allow (Executive Director), Patrick Roache with the limitations of soil, water, land Government to intervene to protect our NASUWT, Amy Leversidge FDA and use availability and climate change. Our industrial base'. The speakers will explore Unions 21 Mike Clancy (Prospect) speakers will ask what is the future of the opportunities offered by Brexit and Chair: Becky Wright (Unions 21) sustainable food for everyone on the planet discuss how the trade union movement Venue: Exchange 2 and in particular what will Brexit mean can take part in this most exciting phase Refreshments provided for UK food systems and sustainability?

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Speakers: Professor Tim Lang, City service for victims of anti-Muslim hate and democracy and equality in an area University (TBC), Elizabeth Atherton prejudice. Tell MAMA maps, monitors ravaged by violence and repression. RD, Sustainable Diets and Heath manager and measures anti-Muslim hate in the Speakers: Simon Dubbins – Unite MEDACT (TBC), Andy Burman, Chief UK. We provide tailored victim support, International Director, Elif Sarican – Kurdish Executive British Dietetic Association advocacy for victims of hate crime and Students Union, Abdulkarim Sabri Omar Chair: Annette Mansell-Green, BDA discrimination, signposting and referrals – Representative from Rojava (Democratic Venue: Charter 4 for legal advice and support, and court Federation of Northern Syria), Majdoleen Refreshments provided support for victims. Tell MAMA also Hassan - Representative from Rojava provides training for local authorities (Democratic Federation of Northern Syria) 12.45 and other bodies on understanding the Chair: Christine Blower – NEU Rail, Maritime and Transport Union (RMT) changing nature of anti-Muslim hate. International Secretary Reparations: Who’s been paid Since it was founded in 2012 Tell MAMA’s Venue: Exchange 10 for Afrikan enslavement? work has led to over 1,000 arrests, and Refreshments provided Reparations for slavery is the idea that it has helped over 15,000 people. compensatory payment needs to be Speakers: TBC 12.45 made to the descendants of Africans Venue: Exchange 5 Heathrow Airport Ltd who had been enslaved as part of the Heathrow Skills Taskforce - Atlantic Slave Trade. Enslavement is a 12.45 developing the skills needed crime against humanity. What we forget Trade Unionists for Safe to build an expanded Heathrow is that since abolition in 1833, payments Nuclear Energy (TUSNE) The Heathrow Skills Taskforce will officially were made to those who profited from Just Transition and Nuclear Jobs launch their recommendations to ensure this trade up to 2015. The reparations As the UK shifts towards decarbonised Britain has the critical skills and talent campaign is about the unpaid wages of energy sources, and the lines between needed to build and operate an expanded those that were enslaved. The RMT has energy and electricity become more and Heathrow, and other nationally significant been holding a Reparations Conference more blurred, this event seeks to examine infrastructure projects. This follows the for the past 12 years and encourages the role nuclear will play in a just transition overwhelming backing by Parliament fellow affiliates to support this campaign. to a low-carbon future. Attendees will hear for Heathrow expansion earlier this year. Speakers: Sean Hoyle (RMT’s National from industry, union and environmental Delegates will have the opportunity to President), Judy Richards (Co Chair Global voices to discuss the need for a balanced hear from – and pose questions to – Afrikan Congressuk (GACuk)), Glenroy energy mix. The nuclear industry reported Lord David Blunkett and other Taskforce Watson (Former President London that it provided £6.4bn and employed over members about the evidence they have Transport Region) and David Comisssiong 65,000 people in 2016. With the launch of gathered and their recommendations (Barbados Ambassador CARICOM) the government-industry agreed Nuclear for how Heathrow attracts and develops Chair: Glen Hart (RMT’s Black and Sector Deal, delegates will discuss what this its talent and skills pipeline ahead of Ethnic Member’s conference) agreement will do towards providing even construction, locally and across the UK. Venue: Exchange 6 more job opportunities and stronger local Speakers: Lord David Blunkett (Chair Refreshments provided growth across the UK in coming years. of the Heathrow Skills Taskforce), Gail Speakers: Tom Greatrex (Nuclear Industry Cartmail (Assistant General Secretary, 12.45 Association) and Tim Roache (GMB Union) Unite) and Paula Stannett (Chief People CWU/UNITE/GMB Chair: Gill Wood (Prospect Union) Officer, Heathrow Airport Ltd) The fight for a New Venue: Central 8 Venue: Exchange 11 Deal for Workers Refreshments provided Refreshments provided Following the TUC rally on 12 May the union movement needs to take forward 12.45 12.45 the fight for a new deal for workers. This Freedom for Ocalan Campaign Show Racism the Red Card requires a serious political and industrial & Unite the Union Challenging racism strategy to end insecure employment, Fighting fascism in the in the workplace advance collective bargaining and to middle east – Ocalan, the Show Racism the Red Card (SRtRC) is an engage and mobilise our members. We'll Kurds and defending the anti-racism education charity which utilises be discussing how to achieve this and what women's revolution the high profile of professional footballers the TUC and unions need to do to shift The Kurds of Turkey, Syria and Iraq have as anti-racism role-models to educate the balance of forces and come together been central to the fight against the against racism in society. The charity was to deliver a bold new deal for workers. extreme savagery of Daesh yet now face established in 1996 and has continued Speakers: Len McCluskey the barbarism of President Erdogan. In to grow. The campaign has been very (Unite), Tim Roache (GMB) and Turkey, Kurds face massive repression with successful and now involves hundreds of top Dave Ward (CWU), others cities destroyed and thousands arrested footballers and managers. The campaign Venue: Exchange 9 or murdered. In Syria, Turkey has illegally now has a national and international reach, Refreshments provided invaded Afrin and committed acts of with offices in North Tyneside, Glasgow, genocide against the population. The Cardiff and Southend-on-Sea. As well 12.45 situation is critical. Yet in Northern Syria the as producing educational resources we Tell MAMA Kurds are developing a true progressive deliver programmes of direct anti-racism Beyond the Incident: society that centres on direct democracy, education with over 50,000 young people Outcomes for Victims of ecology, and women’s liberation based and more than 6,000 adults every year. anti-Muslim Prejudice on the teaching of the jailed Kurdish Speakers: Roger McKenzie (Assistant Tell MAMA is the UK’s leading project leader Abdullah Ocalan. Join speakers to General Secretary UNISON), Viv Anderson countering anti-Muslim hate. It is a national, discuss how trade unions can support the (Former International), Trevor independent and confidential support Kurds in defending women’s liberation, Sinclair (former England international),

12 Guide 2018 Stephen Cavalier (CEO, Thompsons 18.45 TUESDAY LUNCHTIME Solicitors), Bryan Robson OBE (former Unionlearn 12.45 England international) and John Barnes Reception Amnesty International UK & NASUWT (former England international). Unionlearn is the learning and skills Children’s Human Chair: Ged Grebby (CEO of organisation of the TUC and works to Rights in the UK Show Racism the Red Card) support unions delivery of learning A toxic mix of austerity and a hostile Venue: Stanley Suite at the Midland Hotel opportunities to their members. As the environment policy is resulting in Refreshments provided TUC celebrates its 150th anniversary children in the UK being denied unionlearn invites you to attend a Reception their human rights. This meeting will at TUC Annual Congress 2018. Over the look at the barriers faced by kids in MONDAY evening past 12 years more than 40,000 Union 17.30 registering their British nationality, and Learning Representatives (ULRs) have First Actuarial LLP & Pitmans Law at the government’s callous approach been trained, whilst every year over a to child refugee family reunification. People Still Want Pensions quarter of a million people are given The government is profiteering from Working people from 1868 to 2018 workplace learning opportunities through children’s rights and hard-pressed local have always needed the security of a their union. Join TUC General Secretary authorities are losing out. The meeting wage both before and after retirement. Frances O’Grady, unionlearn chair Mary will highlight campaigns to tackle these But society seems less and less able to Bousted and Graham Hasting-Evans, scandals and will emphasise the practical provide them with that dignity. Indeed, Managing Director of NOCN, for an and progressive role that unions can the last two decades have seen employers evening of informal networking, drinks play in the workplace and more widely retreat from providing good final salary and light refreshments which will celebrate to make sure that we avoid creating a schemes. Instead they now often provide the work of unionlearn and look ahead new Windrush generation 70 years on. only defined contribution schemes where to the future skills challenges unions and Speakers: Amnesty UK Children’s individuals are required to understand workers face. www.unionlearn.org.uk Human Rights Network and “I Welcome” complex products and make sophisticated Venue: Derby Suite at The Midland Hotel campaigns, the Project for the Registration decisions that can affect their whole future of Children as British Citizens, and NASUWT lives. Is it any wonder that many fall prey 18.45 Chair: Shane Enright, Amnesty UK to pensions scams, poor advice, and the Back Heathrow Venue: Exchange 9 dangers of “freedom and choice”? This Back Heathrow Thank Refreshments provided session will look at some of the current You Reception With the backing of Unite, the GMB, highs and lows and at how trade unions 12.45 Community and other TUC affiliated unions, can achieve real dignity for their members. Morning Star Back Heathrow's 100,000 local supporters Speakers: Catherine Lockyer (Partner, How can the Union-Labour have been leading the campaign to build Party link be developed from First Actuarial LLP), Terry Pullinger a new runway at Heathrow. The project the workplace upwards? (Deputy General Secretary Postal, CWU), will create 180,000 new unionised jobs Under Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour Alasdair McDiarmid (Operations Director, and 10,000 new apprenticeships. Back Party has re-established a close working Community) and others to be confirmed Heathrow welcomes colleagues to this relationship with the Trade Unions. But Chair: Henry Tapper (Business Development thank you event at TUC, to celebrate what does that mean in practice, and Director, First Actuarial LLP) the securing of a 296-vote Parliamentary how can the link be strengthened at Venue: Lancaster Suite, Midland majority for the expansion of the UK's local and national level? Come and hear Hotel, Manchester only hub airport. This was a major Morning Star editor Ben Chacko and Refreshments provided landmark in this long-running campaign. others set out their perspectives. Plenty Speakers: Senior trade union leaders invited of time for questions and discussions. 17.45-18.45 Chair: Parmjit Dhanda, Executive Speakers: Morning Star editor Ben Chacko Civic reception by Director – Back Heathrow plus trade union general secretaries Manchester Council Venue: Exchange 11 Chair: Carolyn Jones, Director, Venue: Foyer Refreshments provided Institute of Employment Rights Venue: Exchange 1 18.45 19.00 Refreshment provided NAE PASARAN! Solidarity Reception A film documentary about an Standing up to Trump – Standing 12.45 extraordinary act of solidarity with those in solidarity with Latin America Unions 21 Hear eyewitness accounts and special guests resisting Pinochet. All welcome. More than an app, more than a from Latin America including Brazil, Mexico, petition: Meaningful digital Venue: Exchange Auditorium Nicaragua and Venezuela about how transformation for unions progressive movements in the region are Digital transformation for unions 18.45 resisting Trump's hateful and interventionist will require a fundamental shift in Stand Up To Racism agenda, and what we can do to offer data management and strategy. This The far-right on the rise: solidarity. Event supported by Venezuela session explores what we can learn how do we stop them? Solidarity Campaign, No Coup in Brazil and from unions and other organisations Speakers: Kevin Courtney NEU general other Latin American solidarity organisations to be 21st Century ready. secretary, Steve Turner Unite assistant with thanks to Thompsons Solicitors. Speakers: Alison Charlton (Acting head general secretary, Roger McKenzie Unison Wine, food and refreshments provided. of digital, UNISON), Ali Milani (NUS assistant general secretary, Weyman Venue: Rain Bar, 80 Great Bridgewater Vice President, Union Development) Bennett Stand Up To Racism & others St, Manchester M1 5JG. Chair: Jenny Andrew (Prospect Venue: Exchange 10 Refreshments provided and Unions 21)

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We are proud to be involved with the Movement, supporting positive change and developing effective financial strategies to ensure the longevity of our trade union clients.

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Venue: Exchange 2 from young workers about the impact time, automation and digital processes are Refreshments provided harassment has on them, what barriers there set to radically change the way transport are in addressing it and how unions can operates. The current government provides 12.45 help them to win better treatment at work. little response to these challenges and how Electoral Reform Society Speakers: McStrike (BFAWU) TUC, we will build the future transport system pOlitics FOR tHe ManY Usdaw, Other speakers TBC including its closer integration with the From the Chartists pushing for universal Chair: Craig Dawson, Chair of the energy sector. This fringe meeting will suffrage, to the STUC’s role campaigning TUC Young Workers Forum look at the current debate in the trade for a Scottish Parliament, unions have Venue: Exchange 5 union movement on transport and climate often been at the forefront of demands Refreshments provided change, and how we can respond to this for a better democracy. There is a new in a way that ensures good unionised democratic frontier for unions in Britain: 12.45 jobs in a zero-carbon transport system. reforming Westminster’s creaking Justice for Colombia Speakers: Rt Hon John McDonnell establishment. From a broken voting system, tRaDe UniOns, HUMan RigHts MP, Manuel Cortes (TSSA) & Tahir Latif to an unelected House of Lords, to denying anD peace in cOlOMBia (PCS). Diana Holland (Unite) (TBC) votes 16- and 17-year-olds, parliament is The recent election of a right-wing president Chair: tbc skewed towards a privileged few. Politics offers many challenges to peace, human Venue: Exchange 10 concentrates power to a handful of voters rights and trade unionism in Colombia. Refreshments provided in wealthier swing seats, while throwing Violence against civil society has sparked 22m votes in the electoral scrapheap: a alarmingly, with over 300 social and political 12.45 recipe for alienation and distrust. We must activists murdered since the start of 2016. National Education Union (NEU) constantly struggle to remake democracy The General Secretary of Colombia's main aRe we eqUipping tHe anew for each generation. Come along trade union confederation, the CUT, joins next geneRatiOn FOR a to hear from For the Many – the trade JFC to discuss how Colombian workers pOst-BRexit FUtURe? union campaign for political reform. and civil society are fi ghting to defend With Brexit and the resulting skills gaps, Speakers: Howard Beckett (Assistant labour rights, human rights and peace looming along with persistently low General Secretary, Unite), Shavanah with social justice in their country. productivity, skills education is high up Taj (Wales Secretary, PCS & President Speakers: Luis Alejandro Becerra Pedraza the political agenda. Government is WTUC), Lynn Henderson (Scottish (President, CUT Colombia) Steve Cavalier attempting to create a skills education Secretary, PCS & President, STUC) (Thompsons Solicitors) Mariela Kohon offer that addresses these economic issues, Chair: Willie Sullivan (ERS Scotland) (Director, Justice for Colombia) Mick gives vocational education the same Venue: Exchange 3 Whelan (General Secretary, ASLEF) status as academic routes and provides Refreshments provided Chair: tbc opportunities for social mobility. The Venue: Exchange 6 plans for T level qualifi cations, set to be 12.45 Refreshments provided introduced from 2022, represent a complete Public and Commercial Services (PCS) transformation of the vocational education sOcial secURitY – wHat neeDs 12.45 sector. Government’s plans do not however HW Fisher is delighted to take part in Congress 2018, tO cHange UnDeR a pROgRessiVe Centre for Labour and Social Studies (CLASS) address a number of key structural barriers laBOUR gOVeRnMent? tRaDe UniOns ROle in BOOsting to the skills education that the UK needs. Come and listen to speakers and join the ecOnOMY anD eqUalitY Our fringe panel will discuss whether the celebrating the TUC’s 150th anniversary debate on what a properly resourced and Britain's fl atlining economy suffering from government’s skills reforms are working and funded social security system would look wage stagnation and lack of investment what can be done to overcome the wider like under a progressive labour government. stands in stark contrast to those economic barriers to excellent quality skills education.” Can universal credit be reformed or should competitors that have a higher trade union Speakers: tbc We are proud to be involved with the Movement, supporting positive it be scrapped? How can job centres be membership. At this CLASS fringe event we Chair: tbc improved to be more focused on meeting will discuss how the trade union movement Venue: Exchange 11 change and developing effective financial strategies to ensure the the needs of local communities? can increase awareness in the general public Refreshments provided Speakers: Mark Serwotka (General of the importance and value of union not longevity of our trade union clients. Secretary PCS), Liane Groves (Head of just to safeguard members but also for tUesDaY eVening Unite Community) and Colin Hampton the good of society. We are also launching 17.45 (Derbyshire Unemployed Workers Centre) a new CLASS publication on trade union Campaign Against Climate Change HW Fisher & Company is a top 25 UK chartered accountancy firm Chair: Janice Godrich (President PCS) membership, economic success and equality. and Greener Jobs Alliance Venue: Charter 4 Speakers: John Hendy, QC, Kate JUst tRansitiOn – with offices in London and Watford. Refreshments provided Bell (TUC, Head of Economic and BeYOnD tOkenisM? Social Affairs), Prof Richard Wilkinson Calls for a Just Transition are gaining 12.45 (author), Dawn Butler, MP (invited) traction among unions, amid a growing TUC Young Workers Forum Chair: Dr Faiza Shaheen (Director – CLASS) realisation that the climate crisis is To learn more about what we can do for you, please contact HaRasseD at wORk: tackling Venue: Central 8 becoming ever more urgent tHiRD paRtY HaRassMent Refreshments provided This fringe meeting aims to challenge the Sailesh Mehta who is attending Congress 2018. Young people are particularly vulnerable false choice still seen by many as between to third party harassment. This meeting 12.45 jobs and the environment. The meeting will explores why this is. Harassment by third PCS & No Third Runway Coalition seek to take the debate on just transition T 07768 497777 parties such as customers, clients and the tRanspORt, cliMate beyond tokenism into how unions can take general public is a huge problem, with the cHange & JOBs a place at the forefront of campaigning for E [email protected] expansion the service sector, an increase in The transport sector accounts for 34% of an economic transformation which puts precarious contracts and the undermining the UK’s carbon emissions and is a major the planet, decent jobs, equality and social of trade union voice at work. We will hear contributor to poor air quality. At the same justice at the heart of the political agenda. www.hwfisher.co.uk Guide 2018 15 THE FRINGE

Speakers: Clive Lewis MP (Shadow 17.45 18.30 Treasury Minister), Chris Baugh (Assistant Work & Equalities Institute National Pensioners Convention General Secretary), PCS Sarah Woolley Work and Equalities: and the National Pensioners’ (Regional Secretary, Bakers, Food and Allied Futures and Challenges Education and Welfare Centre Workers Union) and Bill Adams (Regional Using research undertaken by the Work Annual Jack Jones’ Lecture: Secretary, Yorkshire & the Humber TUC) and Equalities Institute, the meeting aims Britain’s Industrial Strategy, Chair: Suzanne Jeffrey (Campaign to discuss how equality at work has been what has happened and Against Climate Change) challenged and undermined by recent how we can rebuild it Venue: Exchange 1 political developments. There will be Every year, the NPC and the NPEWC stage various trade union and academic speakers a lecture in memory of our founder and 17.45 including Heather Wakefield, Lynn Collins, former TGWU leader, Jack Jones. This year, Jill Rubery, Debra Howcroft, Tony Dundon, War on Want to coincide with the TUC’s 150th anniversary, and Miguel Martinez Lucio, who will Whose trade is it anyway? Rebecca Long-Bailey will outline Labour’s Making trade work in reflect on how the concept of equality is central to the labour movement agenda plan to rebuild Britain’s industrial base. post-Brexit Britain Speakers: Rebecca Long-Bailey Trade wars are back, trade policy is high on and how its reinvention and deepening MP, Shadow Business Secretary the agenda, and the trade minister, Liam in the age of Uberisation, Brexit and Chair: Bill Moores National Pensioners’ Fox, is flying around the world trying to Trump is both necessary and possible. Education and Welfare Centre line up trade deals with anyone who will Speakers: Heather Wakefield, Lynn Collins Venue: Friends’ Meeting House, 6 listen, not only with the US but also Saudi (TUC North West), Jill Rubery, Debra Arabia, the Philippines and Turkey. In the Howcroft, Tony Dundon, Miguel Martinez Mount Street, Manchester, M2 5NS midst of this a strong, progressive vision Lucio amongst others: Work and Equalities Refreshments provided for how trade can work for people and Institute, The University of Manchester planet is vital. Without this, the trade crisis Chair: Jill Rubery WEI, The 17.45 will be exploited to embed deregulation, University of Manchester DevoConnect, in partnership with IPPR privatisation and corporate privilege in our Venue: Central 8 North and supported by UNISON society. The voice of the labour movement Refreshments provided What can devolution deliver needs to be central and democratic for tomorrow's work? oversight of trade is essential. Join a 17.45 With devolution changing the face of politics Palestine Solidarity Campaign Fringe discussion about making trade work for and the advent of local industrial strategies Solidarity with Palestine social justice – decent jobs, good healthcare, offering new opportunities for trade unions Join us to hear about the current situation climate action and all the other things we to influence local economics everywhere, in Palestine and how you and your union value, both in the UK and around the world. this session will ask: What can devolution can stand up for justice and equality for the Speakers: Barry Gardiner MP (Shadow deliver for tomorrow's work? Metro Mayors Palestinian people. Now more than ever, Secretary of State for International Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram have with ’s onslaught on the Palestinian Trade), Kathleen Walker Shaw (European people reaching new proportions, it is been invited to set out their plans to use Officer, GMB), Nick Dearden (Director, crucial that we step up our solidarity, and their devolved powers to make work more Global Justice Now) and War on Want challenge the companies and institutions trade union responsive and inclusive. Chair: tbc complicit with Israel’s war crimes and Speakers: Andy Burnham, Mayor of Venue: Exchange 2 breaches of human rights. Everybody Greater Manchester (invited); Steve Refreshments provided welcome. Please visit us at the PSC stall in Rotherham, Mayor of Liverpool City the exhibition area for more information. Region (invited); Sarah Longlands, 17.45 www.palestinecampaign.org Director of IPPR North; Christina McAnea, Unite the Union Speakers: Salma Karmi-Ayyoub (Palestinian Assistant General Secretary of UNISON Working Class Miscarriages Lawyer and executive committee member Chair: Gill Morris, Founder and of Justice – Ensuring they of the British Palestinian Policy Council), CEO of DevoConnect never happen again Mark Serwotka (General Secretary PCS), Venue: Lancaster Suite, the Midland Hotel There are many working class miscarriages Michelle Stanistreet (General Secretary Refreshments provided of justice which involve the police and NUJ), Mick Whelan (General Secretary politicians, dating back over 40 years. ASLEF), Kiri Tunks (President NEU/NUT), The fringe highlights these issues, 18.30 Gail Cartmail (Assistant General Secretary Daily Mirror what needs to be done for justice to Unite the Union) and Hugh Lanning be achieved and what must happen to Launch of the Wigan Pier Project (Chair Palestine Solidarity Campaign) Join us as we recreate Orwell’s prevent similar injustices in the future. Venue: Exchange 11 famous journey through the north Speakers: Sheila Coleman - Hillsborough Refreshments provided Justice Campaign, Chris Peace – Truth and Midlands of the UK 80 years on – through austerity Britain. and Justice Campaign, Dave Smith – 18.00 Blacklist Support Campaign, Campaign UCU, NASUWT, NEU, EIS & NAHT Speakers: Frances O’Grady, General Opposing Police Surveillance (COPS), Joint education Secretary TUC, Ros Wynne-Jones, Daily Terry Renshaw – Shrewsbury Picket unions reception Mirror columnist and special guests Chair: Howard Beckett, assistant The education unions invite you to celebrate Chair: Ros Wynne-Jones, Daily Mirror general secretary, Unite the 150th anniversary of the TUC. Venue: People’s History Museum, Left Venue: Charter 4 Venue: Midland Hotel, Derby suite Bank, Spinningfields, Manchester M3 3ER Refreshments provided Refreshments provided Drinks provided

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