What’s happening this weekend

If not venturing out into the big wide world then will be staying in the above to recover from damn cold!!

There so many things to do so little time. I need a clone….

This weekend there’s this:

7th November – Mass deportations, Mass resistance – public forum @ SOAS from 12-5pm

7th November – RMT conference on political representation @ Camden Centre, Bidborough Street, London WC1 9DB from 11am-3pm

7th November – G20 Counter Conference @ CentralHallWestminster SW1H9NH from 10:30am-5:30pm

And ….. also on the 7th is Women and Silent Britain 2: Women Writing Film

From 10am onwards

(Hat tip: F Word)

Well, that’s if I can get out of bed tomorrow as have a stinking cold…probably serves me right as I was only congratulating myself recently as I haven’t had a cold for a year now and was feeling impressed.

Ha! Now I get this (dammit, double-drat and dammit…)

Cinema:

Bright Star (director Jane Campion)

Jennifer’s Body (writer Diablo Cody …she of Juno)

 

Just what the hell is the CWU leadership up to?!

This looks to me like an almighty sell-out by the CWU leadership over the postal dispute. And I agree with David Semple when he writes, I’m also less than impressed by the role of the TUC, which has been seen to pressure the CWU into backing down. The TUC should be voicing full throated support of its member trades unions, not trying to act as some sort of arbiter. It’s not the bloody arbiters’ congress.

More bargain basement ACAS! Yes, you’d expect the TUC to throw itself behind the dispute at the forefront of workers’ solidarity…but hey, this is the TUC…long legacy of sell-outs and sell-outs and sell-outs…

Why suspend strike action now especially with the run up to Xmas? You build on that momentum by putting further pressure on management and Xmas is an apt time to do that!  Along with building solidarity and alliances which means not capitulating. And what has Royal Mail agreed to do exactly? And who are making the concessions?

And what the hell does this mean?

It guarantees that Royal Mail will agree change and that workers will get real benefits from the modernisation of the business.

And once Xmas is over, what then???

These are my initial thoughts but will wait and see what else CWU leadership comes out with.

Victory to the postal workers!!