Planning Meeting - People's Assembly in Birmingham
Unite Offices Transport House
All Buses along Broad stop near the venue
Ample parking in Tennant Street at back of venue
Following the People's Assembly Against Austerity conference of over 4,000 people in London on 22nd June, this is a call to all of those in Birmingham who face an impoverished and uncertain year as their wages, jobs, conditions and welfare provision come under renewed attack by the government. With some 80% of austerity measures still to come, and with the government lengthening the time they expect cuts to last, we are calling for a People's Assembly Against Austerity in Birmingham to bring together campaigns against cuts and privatisation with trade unionists in a movement for social justice. We aim to develop a strategy for resistance to mobilise millions of people against the Con Dem government.
The assembly will be part of a national move to create forums for anti-austerity views which, while increasingly popular, are barely represented in parliament. A People's Assembly can play a key role in ensuring that this uncaring government faces a movement of opposition broad enough and powerful enough to generate successful co-ordinated action, including strike action. Using the national People's Assembly as an example, we want to create an Assembly ready to support co-ordinated industrial action and national demonstrations against austerity, including the current actions by teachers and civil servants and the demonstration to defend the NHS at the Tory Party Conference in Manchester on 29th September and the national day of action against austerity on 5th November.
We are beginning the move to create a Birmingham People's Assembly Against Austerity with local organising meetings over the next few weeks and we would encourage anyone who thinks that austerity isn't working to get involved by Emailing birminghampeoplesassembly@gmail.com
Initial signatories West Midlands
Ravi Sabramanian, West Midlands Regional Secretary of the UNISON union
Andrew Lloyd, Midlands Regional Secretary of the PCS union
Lee Baron, Midlands Regional Secretary of the CWU union
Carl Chinn, broadcaster & historian
Rose Jones, FBU Executive Committee member for the Midlands
Doug Morgan, President of Birmingham National Union of Teachers
Mary Pearson, President of Birmingham Trades Union Council
Peter Gallagher, Midlands Regional Officer for Accord
Will Duckworth, Deputy Leader of the Green Party
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