Building 2, North London Business Park, Oakleigh Road South, London N11 1NP
Barnet Trades Union Council invites you to its Grand Launch Evening.
Agenda
7-8pm - Welcome from Barnet TUC
Ken Loach, film director, introduces his 2007 film "It's a Free World"
Also speaking: Fremantle care workers, London Underground cleaners
8pm - Showing of "It's a Free World".
The event is free but please confirm your attendance by email:
publicity@barnettuc.org.uk or tel: Vicki, 07719 283132. www.barnettuc.org.uk
Refreshments will be provided at this event. Feel free to bring food to share if you are able to!
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Why we are showing this film
Barnet TUC is the local branch of the Trades Union Congress. It represents local trade unions and brings them together with people campaigning for better public services in Barnet. We support the campaigns of low-paid workers for better pay and better working conditions, and we hope this film will help us to understand the issues better.
Ken Loach's film "It's a Free World" explores the world of employment agencies employing migrant, often undocumented, workers. The main character is the woman who sets up the agency: it tries to understand her motivation, showing how she is just fitting in with the capitalist economy, at the same time as it exposes the way she exploits the people who are desperate to work for her. You can read more about the background to the film at http://www.sixteenfilms.co.uk/films/production_notes/its_a
_free_world/