PCS are organising a protest tomorrow (7th September) outside Parliament in opposition to the second reading of the Superannuation bill. This is the bill which would tear up our Compensation Scheme and make it cheaper for the ConDem Coalition to fulfil their ambition to put us out of work and on to the dole queue. [...]
Archive of posts filed under the London category.
Equality Impact Assessment Training, various dates Sep – Nov 2010, London
PCS are organising a series of half day seminars looking at Equality Impact Assessments (EqIAs) on 14/09/10, 28/09/10, 12/10/10, 26/10/10 & 24/10/10. These are the details from the PCS London & South East Region website: The Seminar will cover equality law and how this can be used to assess the impact movements of staffs / [...]
BiCon 2010
From the BiCon site: BiCon is an annual conference/convention for bisexual people and their friends, allies and supporters, and anyone with a supportive interest in bisexuality. It’s a friendly, welcoming event – BiCon is enjoyed each year by people who are just beginning to make links with the UK bisexual community, as well as by [...]
UK Black Pride
Visit the UB Black Pride site for details: http://www.ukblackpride.org.uk/
Unite Against Fascism demo against the EDL, London
Update: the EDL march has been cancelled. UAF are still holding the anti-racism demo. Unite Against Fascism are organising a peaceful counter-demo against an English Defence League (EDL) march in Tower Hamlets, London on 20th June. Assemble at 11.00, Stepney Green Park for a march to Altab Ali Park. Please see the UAF site for [...]
HOPE Not Hate day of action in Barking and Dagenham
HOPE Not Hate are planning a day of action on Barking and Dagenham to help counter the threat of the BNP’s Richard Barnbrook winning a council seat in the forthcoming election. Assemble at HOPE Not Hate’s Dagenham headquarters. Please see the HOPE Not Hate site for more details and to sign up for the day: [...]
UK Lesbian & Gay Immigration Group (UKLGIG) Fundraising Party
The UK Lesbian & Gay Immigration Group (UKLGIG) are holding a fundraising party in London on 11th June. Please visit their site for more details and contact ian@uklgig.org.uk to register.
Protest for Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga
Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga are a Malawian gay couple who have been jailed for 14 years. A protest has been organised for Saturday 29th May outside the Malawi High Commission in London. Please come along if you can. A Facebook event page has been set up here and you can read more about the [...]
PCS Proud London Meet – Pembroke Arms, Earls Court,
Some of you may remember the time when Earls Court was the centre for gay life in London. The most famous pub in the area was The Coherne. In the 70’s and 80’s this bar attracted more of the leather crowd and had a reputation for being somewhat seedy. It shot to fame nationally when [...]
Workers: Sweating For The Olympics
WORKERS: SWEATING FOR THE OLYMPICS (A TUC AND LABOUR BEHIND THE LABEL EVENT) Monday 7 June (5.30 – 7pm) Speakers: * Serikat Pekerja Nasiona – Textile and Garment Trade Union, Indonesia * Frances O’Grady Deputy General Secretary – TUC * Lilis Mahmudah – NEC member, * Doug Miller – Professor in Ethical Fashion, University of [...]
