Hosted by John McDonnell & Karen Reissmann
Speakers:
– Vicky Blake, President of University College Union
– Diane Abbott, Labour MP
– James Farrar General Secretary App Drivers’ and Couriers’ Union
– Daniel Kebede, Senior Vice President National Eduction Union
– Weyman Bennett, Stand Up to Racism
– Jordan Rivera, Homerton Unison and NHS Pay campaigner
– Janet Newsham, Hazards Campaign
– John Puntis, Keep Our NHS Public
– Joanna Janeczko, cladding scandal protest coordinator
– Navdeep Sharman, Unite rep Brush Electrical
– Pippa Dowsell, chair National Education Union Islington Sixth Form College
– Peta Bulmer, Campaigns Officer University of Liverpool UCU
– Joe Pisani, National Construction Rank and File
Throughout the Covid pandemic the government has acted to put profit first. Lockdowns have been implemented too slowly and then in too restricted a way. The cost in lives has been enormous and unnecessary. Alongside this has been a growing economic crisis – with working class people once again asked to pay the bill, from hundreds of thousands of jobs going, to a new round of attacks on workers’ pay and conditions.
The government talks of a roadmap out of the pandemic and a return to normal. They mean a return to austerity amid spiralling wealth for the few at the top, privatisation and more attacks on our rights. We cannot return to this toxic reality. We need to fight for a different vision – one that puts people before profit and is willing to organise and fight for this.
In 2020, People Before Profit put forward an Emergency Programme for Jobs, Services and Safety. As the crisis develops we update this programme to respond to new developments and the new attacks we face. Join this meeting to discuss how best to campaign against the attacks from the bosses and the government and fight for a better future.