Tuesday 12th January

7pm – 9pm

Electron Club

CCA

350 Sauchiehall Street

Glasgow G2 3JD

We will be discussing our plans for industrial branches in the education and health sectors, precarious workers and training for casework.

The group supports binworkers and other council staff involved in disputes and includes a number of IWW members:

http://www.edinburghmuckraker.org.uk/

Audio Interview about bin worker dispute in Edinburgh:

http://blog.fempages.org/wp/?p=794

Electron Club CCA 7pm Friday 18th December Noam Chomsky (IWW member!) Andrew Marr - The propaganda model.(Vidio) Chomsky and Andrew Marr of the BBC, in which Chomsky explains to the disbelieving journalist how the media serve power interests. Considering propaganda now called "public relations" all consumes our daily lives - in comparison there is very little discussed or written about it. After film chat - Are you free from propaganda? "It is arguable that the success of business propaganda in persuading us, for so long that we are free from propaganda is one of the most significant propaganda achievements of the twentieth century". John Carey (Taking the Risk out of Democracy) http://www.bridgeweb.info/pg/groups/1934/electron-cinema/ http://propaganding.blogspot.com/ -- www.citystrolls.com While we all watch television business gets organised.

http://chomsky.info/interviews/20091120.htm

'Learning The Lessons Of Workplace Struggles' Sunday 6th December 4pm Glasgow Social Centre 66/68 Osborne Street Glasgow G1 5QH 3 short films on the Visteon, Prisme and Vestas workplace occupations. 600 ex-Ford workers at Visteon auto-parts factories are sacked with 6 minutes notice without redundancy pay. They respond by occupying their factories. After the factory occupations and the threat to picket out workers at Ford's state of the art plant at Bridgend, Visteon and Ford were forced back to the negotiating table - where they conceded a redundancy package better than the Fords package the workers were demanding. It is the biggest redundancy package ever paid out by Ford anywhere! (25 mins.) Dundee: Prisme occupation Another great response to the shutting down of a factory, as the cardbouard packaging workers refuse to leave and plan to reopen the factory as a workers cooperative. (6 mins) Save Vestas Wind Turbine Factory An unprecedented red, green and black coalition support the Vestas workers occupying to stop the only wind turbine factory in England shutting down. (19 mins) Followed by discussion on workplace struggles and how next year's cuts will affect workers. Hosted by Clydeside Industrial Workers of the World A Union For All workers