This action yesterday was by Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC)
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Showing posts with label October 20th. Show all posts
Showing posts with label October 20th. Show all posts
Sunday, 21 October 2012
Friday, 19 October 2012
Greens marching for a Future that Works
Party Leader Natalie Bennett and Brighton Pavilion MP Caroline Lucas will head the march in London on Saturday, joining union members, Party activists and thousands of others to demand A Future That Works.
The march has been organised by the Trades Union Congress in protest against the Coalition government’s economic policies and to call for a new focus on investment to spark economic recovery.
Like the TUC, the Green Party opposes the ideologically motivated cuts which are hitting public services, taking support away from society’s most vulnerable, and leaving a generation of young people unable to find work.
The policies are also failing to deliver the single achievement to which the government claims it is dedicated – instead of reducing the deficit by 4.6 per cent as promised, nearly two and a half years of austerity measures forced it to grow by 22 per cent between April and August of this year.
Green Party Leader Natalie Bennett said:
“We’re marching with hundreds of thousands of others to give the government the message that we have to invest in the future.
“The government can’t continue with its economically illiterate cuts – we must invest in decent homes, renewable energy, public services, public transport and the infrastructure we need to bring manufacturing back to Britain.
“We must also restore food production systems within this country. All of these things are urgent, and need investment and planning to deliver.
“And this investment must be used to assist young people in finding fulfilling and worthwhile work. The Princes Trust has revealed that the number of young people in the UK out of work for more than two years has increased by 168 per cent since February 2008 .
“Our young people are doing all the right things to secure a job and future, but we’re not doing right by them.”
The march leaves Victoria Embankment at 11am, and will end with a rally at Hyde Park - London Greens will be meeting at Temple tube station at 10am. For more information please see our events page. It's time David Cameron recognises that "Green is Working"
Green Party members will be bringing local party banners and placards and will be joined by the banners of the Green Party Trade Union Group and Green Left.
The march has been organised by the Trades Union Congress in protest against the Coalition government’s economic policies and to call for a new focus on investment to spark economic recovery.
Like the TUC, the Green Party opposes the ideologically motivated cuts which are hitting public services, taking support away from society’s most vulnerable, and leaving a generation of young people unable to find work.
The policies are also failing to deliver the single achievement to which the government claims it is dedicated – instead of reducing the deficit by 4.6 per cent as promised, nearly two and a half years of austerity measures forced it to grow by 22 per cent between April and August of this year.
Green Party Leader Natalie Bennett said:
“We’re marching with hundreds of thousands of others to give the government the message that we have to invest in the future.
“The government can’t continue with its economically illiterate cuts – we must invest in decent homes, renewable energy, public services, public transport and the infrastructure we need to bring manufacturing back to Britain.
“We must also restore food production systems within this country. All of these things are urgent, and need investment and planning to deliver.
“And this investment must be used to assist young people in finding fulfilling and worthwhile work. The Princes Trust has revealed that the number of young people in the UK out of work for more than two years has increased by 168 per cent since February 2008 .
“Our young people are doing all the right things to secure a job and future, but we’re not doing right by them.”
The march leaves Victoria Embankment at 11am, and will end with a rally at Hyde Park - London Greens will be meeting at Temple tube station at 10am. For more information please see our events page. It's time David Cameron recognises that "Green is Working"
Green Party members will be bringing local party banners and placards and will be joined by the banners of the Green Party Trade Union Group and Green Left.
A message from Paul Kenny about October 20th
I will be marching with Green Party colleagues on Saturday but non-Green Party readers may be interested in joining this contingent:
Dear Martin
Over the last 2 years we have seen one of the worst ideological attacks on our country and our economy with the governments failed austerity plan.
The economy is not growing, incomes are not rising and the gap between the richest and poorest in society is growing.
On top of all that this week the government attacked our employment rights in their Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill. A bill that is designed to protect business from third party harassment claims, that makes it easier for businesses to fire people and reduces protections for whistleblowers at work.
They have got it the wrong way round – they are protecting businesses not workers.
TULO
It is time for us to demand a better plan to protect our jobs, our rights and our futures. This Saturday TULO are marching for an alternative to this governments failed plan – we are going out to make sure that people know there is a different way.
Will you join us on Saturday? Click here to join http://www.unionstogether.org.uk/page/signup/we-re-marching-for-a-future-that-works---march-with-us
TULO will be assembling just outside Blackfriars station from 11.15am. The march will go along embankment and up to Hyde Park where there will be a rally organised by the TUC.
We need to show everyone that austerity is not the only way. We need to make it clear that we need a new plan that includes jobs, that protects our rights at work and that ensures the future of our NHS.
We need you on Saturday to make it clear that millions of people are not happy with this Tory-led government. So please sign up here http://www.unionstogether.org.uk/page/signup/we-re-marching-for-a-future-that-works---march-with-us
I look forward to seeing you soon.
Paul
Paul Kenny
Chair of TULO
Dear Martin
Over the last 2 years we have seen one of the worst ideological attacks on our country and our economy with the governments failed austerity plan.
The economy is not growing, incomes are not rising and the gap between the richest and poorest in society is growing.
On top of all that this week the government attacked our employment rights in their Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill. A bill that is designed to protect business from third party harassment claims, that makes it easier for businesses to fire people and reduces protections for whistleblowers at work.
They have got it the wrong way round – they are protecting businesses not workers.
TULO
It is time for us to demand a better plan to protect our jobs, our rights and our futures. This Saturday TULO are marching for an alternative to this governments failed plan – we are going out to make sure that people know there is a different way.
Will you join us on Saturday? Click here to join http://www.unionstogether.org.uk/page/signup/we-re-marching-for-a-future-that-works---march-with-us
TULO will be assembling just outside Blackfriars station from 11.15am. The march will go along embankment and up to Hyde Park where there will be a rally organised by the TUC.
We need to show everyone that austerity is not the only way. We need to make it clear that we need a new plan that includes jobs, that protects our rights at work and that ensures the future of our NHS.
We need you on Saturday to make it clear that millions of people are not happy with this Tory-led government. So please sign up here http://www.unionstogether.org.uk/page/signup/we-re-marching-for-a-future-that-works---march-with-us
I look forward to seeing you soon.
Paul
Paul Kenny
Chair of TULO
Friday, 15 October 2010
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