People's
Assembly: This is huge and it's going to get
bigger
Registrations for the People’s
Assembly have more than quadrupled since our last
update!
Saturday 22 June, Central Hall
Westminster
Register
here
There are now over 1,500
delegates who have signed up. Here is some of the
support that has been coming in:
The CWU, PCS, NUT, FBU and TSSA
national executives have all passed formal support in
the last couple of weeks, including making a financial
contribution.
Articles about the assembly have
gone out to hundreds of thousands of trade unionists in
the Unite, PCS and TSSA magazines. Labour briefing have
also published an article on the People’s
Assembly.
Unite has reserved 120 places in
the main hall for a central delegation and PCS has
reserved 50. The other unions involved will do the same
to ensure that the trade union movement is at the heart
of the event. This is in addition to the local delegates
from these unions who are being sent by their branches
and regions.
A big thank you should go out to
Nick McCarthy from the PCS, and the PCS as a whole, who
has agreed to take on the role of treasurer for the
People’s Assembly. A People’s Assembly account will be
set up within the main PCS account.
We will be sending out a new
round of invitations to unions and organisations
inviting them to support the assembly in the next few
days.
We’ve still got more than 2
months to go and with the 1,500 registrations for the
event we are now looking into additional capacity. Most
likely we’ll apply for the road outside the hall to be
closed and put up a marquee for breakout sessions and
overspill.
We now have an impressive list of
local trade union and organisation support for the
assembly. The full list can be found on our
website here.
The new website was launched a
few days ago which has had thousands of visitors. Please
keep checking it for updates and news about the
assembly: www.thepeoplesassembly.org.uk
Organising meetings are taking
place across the country and rally’s are being set up in
the run up to the People’s Assembly. We will update our
website here as
and when meetings are confirmed. If you want a speaker
or can set up a meeting where you are, please contact:
off...@thepeoplesassembly.org.uk.