The Trades Union Congress (TUC) and the London May Day Organising Committee have jointly organised a march for modern workplaces and a Trade Union Freedom Bill, which aims for workplace justice and minimum rights for all. The march entitled - Free Unions! Free Rights!, will take place in London and will set off from Clerkenwell Green at 1.00pm. The rally will take place at Trafalgar Square at 2.30pm on Monday 1 May (May Day).
Speakers will include London Mayor, Ken Livingstone; Gloria Mills, TUC President; Brendan Barber, TUC General Secretary; Tony Woodley, TGWU General Secretary; Maria Helena Andre, ETUC; Randall Howard, SATAWU; Greg Combet, ACTU; Dave Prentis, Unison; Derek Simpson, Amicus; Paul Kenny, GMB and Tony Benn.
TUC General Secretary, Brendan Barber, said:
"The mass dismissals at Gate Gourmet show our laws do not meet international standards of protecting people at work from exercising their basic rights. Unions are campaigning for a Trade Union Freedom Bill because it is time industrial relations law lifted bureaucratic burdens on unions, protected people exercising their rights from employer victimisation and caught up with modern company structures. This march is a key part of the campaign for workplace justice."
Further information can be found on the TUC web site by clicking the following link:
