FW: Defend the Right to Protest! Sign the Right to work statement

[Keith 74]

Please sign and forward to networks, friends and workmates.

Cheers

Keith

ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE

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From: Right To Work <rightto...@gmail.com>
Date: 3 September 2010 19:05
Subject: Defend the Right to Protest! Sign the Right to work statement
To: rightto...@gmail.com

Dear Friend,

 

The Right to Work campaign has initiated a protest at the Tory Party conference in Birmingham on Sunday 3 October.

 

The protest has been backed by national unions such as the PCS, UCU and NUJ, MP's including John McDonnell and Caroline Lucas and a swathe of regional and local trade union bodies and campaign groups.

 

An initial meeting with the West Midlands Police agreed a route for the protest, allowing it to pass by the conference venue.

 

However the police have now gone back on their original commitment and have offered a route that will take the demonstration around the back streets of Birmingham, far away from the conference itself.

 

Right to Work has initiated a statement calling on the police to reverse their recent decision and allow a peaceful protest with a sensible route to go ahead.

 

We believe that it is crucial to defend our basic democratic right to protest against a Tory government that is seeking to destroy the welfare state and is set to condemn a generation to the dole queues.

 

We would ask you to sign the attached statement or see it at http://righttowork.org.uk/

 

If you have any questions regarding the protest or the statement please do not hesitate to contact us.

 

 

Michael Bradley, Right to Work Steering Committee

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Keith Boyd