One of the sections at the PCS conference covered ‘International Issues’, which gave us the opportunity to hear guest speakers from a different part of the world. Fathi Naser and Hana Joma, representatives from the Palestine General Federation of Trade Unions (PGFTU) gave us an insight into what it is like to be a Trade [...]
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PhotoHunt – Book(s)
I am posting early this week because I am off to the Love Music Hate Racism festival tomorrow and I will be there all day. So there will be no chance for blogging, but probably lots of photo opportunities. Some of you may have seen the first picture before but I just couldn’t resist posting [...]
31 Comments CherryPie on May 29th 2009
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PCS Annual Delegates Conference
On Wednesday morning national president Janice Godrich opened the 2009 annual delegates conference. She started by reminding delegates that we were meeting against the background of the worst economic crisis in living memory and that 11 million adults are now living below the breadline. She went on to say how this was affecting people [...]
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MoD Group Conference
I spent most of last week in the Brighton Centre. They were long days lasting from 9 in the morning until 5.30 in the evening, with only an hour for lunch. At the main conference you don’t even get a few minutes break for a cup of tea in the morning. Most conference sessions [...]
13 Comments CherryPie on May 25th 2009
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Sunshine or Showers?
When I posted this I wasn’t sure what the weather forecast for the week was going to be. Hopefully the weather has been more like the second photo because it is a long trek from the hotel to the conference centre.
Comments Off CherryPie on May 21st 2009
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Conference Plans
Attending conferences is never a restful experience and I usually end up coming back tired out. The conference day starts at 9 and doesn’t finish until 5.30 with around an hour for lunch. During the lunch times and straight after the conference sessions each day are a number of fringe meetings. It doesn’t leave much [...]
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Live From the PCS Conference
Follow me live from Brighton, reporting on the MoD group and main PCS conference:
As we meet, we are in the midst of the worst economic crisis since the 1930s. Unemployment is soaring as employers cut jobs to maintain profits, and people are losing their homes. It is crucial that we take the right decisions [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on May 17th 2009
