Cardiff Rally Against the Cuts
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ddraig
kicking against the pricks...
I'm hoping that they are the same meeting and it has been moved, probably a cock up tho!
Cardiff Against The Cuts meeting
The movement against the cuts is building momentum. RMT train drivers working for Arriva Trains Wales were striking on the 27th December in protest at unfair pay, CWU members from around the UK will converge on David Cameron's constituency in January to protest against plans to privatise Royal Mail, both the NUT and UCU education unions are discussing balloting for strike action against cuts to pension entitlements - as are PCS - and in every workplace, college and university there's discussion and debate about how to stop this vicious government in its tracks.
Students linking up with university lecturers, school students taking action alongside their teachers, alongside action by other workers could defeat these attacks.
If we can unite the forces fighting back - by making sure the demonstration on the 26th March is as big as possible - we can build a movement to stop the cuts. Come to the meeting and help plan the campaign.
When Thu 3 Feb 19:30 – 21:30 London
Where Upstairs O'Neills, St. Marys Street, Cardiff
Cardiff Against The Cuts meeting
The movement against the cuts is building momentum. RMT train drivers working for Arriva Trains Wales were striking on the 27th December in protest at unfair pay, CWU members from around the UK will converge on David Cameron's constituency in January to protest against plans to privatise Royal Mail, both the NUT and UCU education unions are discussing balloting for strike action against cuts to pension entitlements - as are PCS - and in every workplace, college and university there's discussion and debate about how to stop this vicious government in its tracks.
Students linking up with university lecturers, school students taking action alongside their teachers, alongside action by other workers could defeat these attacks.
If we can unite the forces fighting back - by making sure the demonstration on the 26th March is as big as possible - we can build a movement to stop the cuts. Come to the meeting and help plan the campaign.
When Thu 3 Feb 19:30 – 21:30 London
Where Upstairs O'Neills, St. Marys Street, Cardiff
Proper Tidy
Arsed
Yeah, I'd heard Right to Work wisely chose to organise their thing for the same day as CATC. Genius.
is that not the same night as the other cuts meeting?
oh and unison are shit!
Er , I don't think Unison were mentioned .
I agree it's an unbelievable cock-up . As far as I understand it Right to Work have been planning this since last autumn and publicity for it was launched at last year's Wales TUC .
I believe that negotiations are going on to hold a joint meeting but I don't know how that's going .
Let's hope there be more co-operation and communication in future .
Proper Tidy
Arsed
My understanding is that Right to Work didn't announce the date of their rally until CATC had already announced their meeting, and that attempts were made, unsuccessfully, to get RTW to put a few days in between them. Also none of the SWP members at previous CATC meetings mentioned any potential clash.
Udo Erasmus
Well-Known Member
You're understanding is incorrect.
The CATC meeting at O'Neils was announced after Christmas. Leading members of CATC and SP (which runs CATC) were given leaflets for the other meeting in late November at a Wales TUC gathering indeed a leading member of Cardiff SP was given a whole wad of leaflets, the meeting at Transport House was also apparently mentioned at a public meeting on student fees before Christmas as well at which leading members of Cardiff SP were at. Over Christmas I was also copied into a correspondence which included members of the SWP and SP - on a completely different issue - where it was also mentioned in passing that Transport House was booked for a meeting on Feb 3rd.
It's possible that the clash could be entirely accidental - I hope so.
I'm not a member of RTW or CATC, by the way, my own feeling is that we don't have a decent anti-cuts alliance that is fit for purpose in Cardiff - hence, for example, the demonstration on Oct 23rd was way smaller than in other cities - and that these organisations should merge with the student anti-cuts group and others to form a proper Cardiff Anti-Cuts Alliance that isn't unduly the property of this or that left wing group.
From what I hear RTW also approached CATC saying that they were quite happy to have a unified meeting, even delaying some publicity for their meeting to try and reach an- agreement apparently discussions are ongoing.
This kind of discussion is unbelievably tedious anyway and detracts from the urgent task at hand
The CATC meeting at O'Neils was announced after Christmas. Leading members of CATC and SP (which runs CATC) were given leaflets for the other meeting in late November at a Wales TUC gathering indeed a leading member of Cardiff SP was given a whole wad of leaflets, the meeting at Transport House was also apparently mentioned at a public meeting on student fees before Christmas as well at which leading members of Cardiff SP were at. Over Christmas I was also copied into a correspondence which included members of the SWP and SP - on a completely different issue - where it was also mentioned in passing that Transport House was booked for a meeting on Feb 3rd.
It's possible that the clash could be entirely accidental - I hope so.
I'm not a member of RTW or CATC, by the way, my own feeling is that we don't have a decent anti-cuts alliance that is fit for purpose in Cardiff - hence, for example, the demonstration on Oct 23rd was way smaller than in other cities - and that these organisations should merge with the student anti-cuts group and others to form a proper Cardiff Anti-Cuts Alliance that isn't unduly the property of this or that left wing group.
From what I hear RTW also approached CATC saying that they were quite happy to have a unified meeting, even delaying some publicity for their meeting to try and reach an- agreement apparently discussions are ongoing.
This kind of discussion is unbelievably tedious anyway and detracts from the urgent task at hand
Clint Iguana
not an undercover cop
is that not the same night as the other cuts meeting?
oh and unison are shit!
what have unison done now to warrant this analysis?
Clint Iguana
not an undercover cop
I think you mean your branch - plenty going on else where.
http://unisonactive.blogspot.com/2011/01/unison-wales-organising-against-cuts.html
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