AWL weekly organising notes
AWL organising notes, from organisers' webchats (and, from 07/01/07, trade-union webchats)
03/08/08
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27/07/08
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20/07/08
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06/07/08
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29/06/08
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22/06/08
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15/06/08
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08/06/08
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02/06/08
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25/05/08
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18/05/08
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Other webchats in April and early May given over to AWL pre-conference discussion.
06/04/08
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* AWL conference 10-11 May
* Health Service pay
* Local government pay
* Tube
* France (and FI Youth Camp)
* Feedback on AWL trade union school 5 April
* Orlando Chirino
* Diary, including regional pre-conference meetings 20 April
30/03/08
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* AWL trade union school 5 April
* Tube strike over casualisation and destaffing 6-9 April
* Health Service pay
* Shelter dispute
* AWL conference 10-11 May
* Immigration controls conference 29 March
* Duston School dispute
* Socialist Youth Network conference 29 March
* Orlando Chirino
* Diary
16/03/08
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* A first victory in Shelter strike
* AWL conference 10-11 May
* AWL trade union school 5 April
* Orlando Chirino
* Tube: casualisation dispute
* Mehdi Kazemi demonstration 22 March
* Next webchat 30 March
09/03/08
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* AWL conference 10-11 May
* Shelter strike
* Tube/ rail
* AWL trade union school 5 April
* Gaza
* Orlando Chirino
* 15 March Stop The War demonstration
02/03/08
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* AWL pre-conference meetings 8 and 9 March; Discussion Bulletin 277
* AWL conference 10-11 May
* Orlando Chirino
* AWL National Committee 1 March: discussion and decisions on conference documents
* Day of action for jailed Iranian trade unionists, 6 March
* SWP and Respect in disarray
* 15 March Stop The War demonstration
* Remember... AWL trade union school, 5 April
24/02/08
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* AWL conference 10-11 May
* AWL NC 1 March
* AWL pre-conference meetings 8 and 9 March
* Off The Rails/ "Fantasy Union of Railworkers" broadsheet
* AWL NUT fraction and teachers' ballot
* AWL trade union school 5 April
* International workers' solidarity: Hands Off Iraqi Oil; Jailed Iranian trade unionists; Hassan Jumaa tour... with Hezbollah
* "Convention of the Left" September 2008
* "Unite against fascism" conference 1 March
* 15 March Stop The War demonstration
* Diary
17/02/08
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* AWL conference 10-11 May 2008: documents, debates, timetable, registration, creche, accommodation
* Hands off Iraqi oil day of action 23 February; day of action in support of jailed Iranian trade unionists, 6 March
* Collection for Iraqi unions on "Stop The War" march 15 March
* AWL trade union school 5 April
* Union conference motions 2008
* Reports and follow-up on No Sweat speaker tour
* Diary
* Tube
10/02/08
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* AWL conference 10-11 May 2008: documents, debates, timetable, registration, creche, accommodation
* Union conference motions
* AWL trade union school 15 March 2008
* LCR/ Lutte Ouvriere/ FI youth camp
* No Sweat speaker tour
* Hands off Iraqi oil day of action, 23 February
* Dates for your diary
* Union conference deadlines and dates
03/02/08
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* Trades Councils work
* AWL conference 2008: all at http://www.workersliberty.org/conference2008
* SWP-Respect
* LCR conference and expulsion of Lutte Ouvriere minority
27/01/08
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* Super Size My Pay tour
* Teachers' strike ballot
* LCR congress; Lutte Ouvriere suspends minority faction
* Tube
20/01/08
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* Strikes on 31 January
* AWL day school: Marxism and anarchism. Sunday 27 Jan.
* AWL conference 10-11 May, summer school 11-13 July, and other dates
* Union conferences 2008
* Midlands "Stop the BNP" conference 19 January, and follow-up
* Special AWL webchat 3 February on Trades Councils work, and ordinary webchat 27 January
* SWP-Respect public meetings
13/01/08
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* Special AWL webchat 20 January on union conferences 2008
* Special AWL webchat 3 February on Trades Councils work
* AWL National Committee 12 January
* SWP-Respect
* Midlands "Stop the BNP" conference 19 January
* Students: fight for a united left list in NUS
* AWL day schools: Marxism and anarchism. 19 Jan and 27 Jan.
* AWL conference 10-11 May, summer school 11-13 July, and other dates
* SWP/ Respect public meetings
* New host for our website and e-lists
06/01/08
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* AWL National Committee 12 January
* Midlands "Stop the BNP" conference 19 January7
* Public sector pay 2008
* AWL Student Committee 5 January
* AWL day schools: Marxism and anarchism. 19 Jan and 26 Jan.
* AWL conference 10-11 May, summer school 11-13 July, and other dates
* SWP/ Respect public meetings
* New host for our website and e-lists
02/12/07
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* DWP (Job Centres etc.) strike 6-7 December
* Karen Reissman victimisation: appeal underway now, need to raise support from union branches
* Campaign Against Climate Change march 8 December
* AWL National Committee 08/12/07
* AWL week school 2-6 Jan.
* Dates for 2008
25/11/07
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* France: rail strikes ending, student struggles continuing, AWL delegation to France 10-14 December
* Karen Reissman victimisation: report from demo 24 November, need to raise support from union branches
* No Sweat conference 1-2 December
* Feminist Fightback follow-up; AWL conference 10-11 May 2008
* Dates for your diary
* Tube
* Dates for 2008
18/11/07
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* AWL day schools 24 November, London and Sheffield: on Marx's Capital.
* Karen Reissman victimisation dispute and demonstration 24 November
* No Sweat conference 1-2 December
* Iran workers' solidarity week of action, 24 to 30 November
* LRC conference 17 November: report and follow-up
* Feminist Fightback follow-up; AWL conference 10-11 May 2008
* SWP-Respect and Galloway-Respect conferences 17 November: report on our intervention
* WP day school 17 November: report
* Dates for your diary
11/11/07
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* LRC conference 17 November: submissions, attending, getting others to attend
* Karen Reissman victimisation dispute
* "Diary" session in branch agendas
* AWL day schools 24 November: on Marx's Capital
* CWU "vote no" campaign: download and distribute "vote no" leaflet
* No Sweat conference 1-2 December
* Feminist Fightback follow up
* AWL 2008 conference on 10-11 May
* Karen Reissman victimisation dispute: more details/discussion
* Dates for your diary
04/11/07
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* Busy time coming! LRC 17, AWL dayschools on Capital 24 Nov, No Sweat 1-2 December
* "Diary" session in branch agendas
* Report: NHS demonstration 3 November
* Report: SWP emergency conference 3 November
* Report: NUS democracy meeting 4 November
* Labour Representation Committee 17 November: get motions in (deadline 9 Nov); come.
* CWU "vote no" campaign: download and distribute "vote no" leaflet
* AWL day schools 24 November: on Marx's Capital
* No Sweat conference 1-2 December
* Feminist Fightback follow up; Historical Materialism conf 9-11 Nov; AWL 2008 conference on 10-11 May
* Dates for your diary
28/10/07
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* "Diary" session in branch agendas: please make sure you do it
* CWU dispute: "vote no" campaign in ballot, bulletin at www.workersliberty.org/node/9046
* "Sicko" and NHS demonstration 03/11/07: leaflet/sell at cinemas, on coaches, and at demonstration
* Feminist Fightback follow-up: local socialist-feminist reading groups?
* Respect split and SWP: cover SWP emergency conference and other SWP meetings, seek out thoughtful SWPers
* Dates for AWL conference 2008: 26/27 April, 3/4 May, or 10/11 May?
* AWL day schools 27 October: catch up on reading at www.workersliberty.org/node/9309
* Stop The War Coalition conference 27 October: School Students Against War walkout in protest against pro-Ahmedinejad speech
* Tube/ rail: new issue of Off The Rails out within next week or so
* Unison local government: ballot result due today
* Karen Reissman victimisation dispute: could escalate to all-out action
* Dates for your diary: include next AWL dayschools 24 November, No Sweat conference 1-2 December, LRC conference 17 November
21/10/07
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* AWL day schools 27/10/07
* CWU dispute
* "Sicko"
* Dates for AWL conference 2008
* AWL trade union school 15/03/08
* Feminist Fightback 20/10/08
* ENS 21/10/07
* After Bournemouth; possible RMT-initiated slate for GLA; imminent split in Respect; Shop Stewards' Network
14/10/07
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* AWL National Committee 13 October
* CWU dispute
* RMT-initiated slate for London mayor and GLA
* AWL dayschools 27 October
* Leaflet/ sell at showings of "Sicko"
* Unison local government ballot
* Crisis in Respect
* Anti-BNP activity in Notts, 16 October
* Diary
07/10/07
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* AWL National Committee 13 October
* CWU dispute; local public sector committees
* Leaflet/ sell at showings of "Sicko"
* AWL London basic education series
* Anti-BNP activity
* Teachers; Unison local government ballot; working-class slate for London elections 2008; diary
30/09/07
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* AWL day schools on Labour Party
* CWU dispute, public sector solidarity committees, teachers and pay battle, Unison United Left
* Labour after Bournemouth: Hebden Bridge, Unison
* Tube, anti-BHP activity, Respect
* Diary
23/09/07 (text and pdf)
* AWL dayschools on the Labour Party
* CWU dispute
* Unison local government ballot
* Feminist Fightback
* Crisis in Respect
* Unions vote for political hara-kiri
* Tube
* 3 November NHS demonstration
* London AWL activities broadsheet
* Diary
16/09/07
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* CWU dispute and public sector pay
* AWL day schools on the Labour Party
* AWL trade union school 15 September
* Feminist Fightback
* Crisis in Respect
* Brown plan for Laboru Party conference
* Tube
* 3 November health service demonstration
* Anti-BNP activity
* Diary
* AWL week schools 17-23 December and 2-6 January
09/09/07
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* Unison local government pay battle
* CWU dispute
* AWL trade union school 15 September
* AWL National Committee report 8 September
* Organising a campaign against Brown plan for Labour Party conference
* Diary
02/09/07
* AWL National Committee 8 September
* Unison local government
* CWU dispute
* AWL trade union school 15 September
* AWL day school on Russian Revolution
* Brown's plans for Labour Party conference
* Apparent crisis in Respect
* Diary
19/08/07
* AWL week school starting 3 September
* AWL trade union school 15 September
* CWU dispute
* Unison health workers' pay ballot
* Elsewhere on public sector pay
* Starbucks protests 18 August
* Brown's plans for Labour Party conference
12/08/07
* CWU dispute
* Starbucks campaign
* Brown's plans for Labour Party conference
* 15 September trade union school
* Unison NHS ballot
* Mansoor Ossanlou
* London Buses
* Tube/ RMT: Bakerloo dispute, Stratford RMT branch conflict
05/08/07
29/07/07
22/07/07
08/07/07
24/06/07:
* CWU postal workers' dispute
* Other public sector pay developments
* AWL Trade Union School 15 September
* Shop Stewards' Network conference 7 July
* Trade Unionists For Two States
* Dates for your diary
17/06/07:
* Public sector pay
* Solidarity yes, boycott no
* RMT AGM
* Shop Stewards' Network conference 7 July
* AWL National Committee 16/06/07
* Dates for your diary
10/06/07:
* AWL National Committee 16/06/07
* Public sector pay
* "Boycott Israel" movement
* Starbucks campaign/ "Black Gold"
* Week-long AWL education school from 2 July
* Political education in AWL branches
* OKDE summer camp, 28 July to 5 August
* Summer school mobilisation
* Dates for your diary
03/06/07:
* Join webchats!
* Public sector pay
* Mobilise for 9 June/ Solidarity with the Palestinians, not boycott of Israel
* AWL trade-union school, 8 September
* Labour deputy leadership
* Week-long AWL education school from 2 July
* Political education in AWL branches
* OKDE summer camp, 28 July to 5 August
* Summer school mobilisation
* AWL public meetings: G8, Iran
* Diary
06/05/07:
* AWL conference and pre-conference meetings
* Public sector pay
* Local AWL meetings on Iran
* McDonnell campaign
* 3 May election results and follow-up
* Other trade-union items
* Dates
29/04/07:
* Backup e-address
* PCS strike on 1 May
* AWL NC 28/04/07, and AWL conference documents
* AWL pre-conference meetings
* AWL conference registration
* Mobilisation for summer school
* McDonnell campaign
* Other trade union items to look at
* Dates
22/04/07:
* United strike action on public sector pay?
* AWL day school, "The case for socialist feminism", 21 April
* Mobilisation for AWL summer school
* AWL pre-conference discussions
* McDonnell campaign
* Dates
15/04/07:
* United strike action on public sector pay?
* Unison health conference 22-24 April
* PCS strike 1 May
* AWL pre-conference meetings
* AWL day school, "The case for socialist feminism", 21 April
* AWL summer school
* McDonnell campaign
01/04/07:
* "No one is illegal" conference
* National Union of Students conference
* AWL conference preparations
* Summer school mobilisation
* Metronet dispute
* Off The Rails meeting 5 May
* McDonnell campaign
* AWL socialist-feminist school 21 April
* AWL trade union school, September
* National demonstration for NHS
* Lutte Ouvriere fete 26-28 May
25/03/07:
* McDonnell campaign
* AWL conference 19-20 May and AWL NC 24 March
* Plans for AWL summer school 30 June/ 1 July
* "No-one Is Illegal" conference 31 March
* Mass arrests of teachers in Iran
* 21 April AWL socialist-feminist dayschool
* Anti-BNP activity in Notts
* AWL teachers' fraction 25 March
* PCS activity
18/03/07:
* Mass arrest of teachers in Iran
* McDonnell rally 31 March
* AWL socialist-feminist dayschool 21 April
* AWL NC 24 March
* Rail/Tube activity
* Diary
11/03/07:
* Network Rail signallers' strike
* McDonnell campaign
* AWL socialist-feminist dayschool 21 April
* Death threat to Houzan Mahmoud
* Anti-BNP activity in Notts
* TUC women's conference
* AWL NC 24 March
* May elections
* Diary
04/03/07:
* Trade union webchat
- Rail
- McDonnell/ Unison
- McDonnell/ TGWU
- AWL TU school, September 2007
* General organisers' webchat
* Abortion rights march 03/03/07 and follow-up
* NHS: assessment of 03/03/07 protests and follow-up
* McDonnell campaign
* Anti-BNP activity
* Branch reports
18/02/07:
* Trade union webchat
- Tube pay
- Tube cleaners
- Central Trains
- PCS
- Trade union school (September)
- McDonnell campaign in the unions
* McDonnell campaign more generally, including rally 31 March
* No Sweat week of action 12-18 February
* 24 February Iraq demonstration
* 3 March NHS day of action
* 3 March abortion rights demonstration
* Branch contacts, public meetings, etc.
11/02/07:
* Trade union webchat
- McDonnell campaign in the unions
- PCS
- AWL trade union school (September)
* Local McDonnell committees/ meetings
* Abortion rights march 3 March
* NHS day of action 3 March
* No Sweat week of action 12-18 February
* Iraq demonstration 24 February
04/02/07:
* Trade union webchat: NHS; McDonnell campaign in the unions
* Local McDonnell committees/ meetings
* No Sweat week of action
* Iraq demonstration 24 February
* AWL NC 25 February
* Branch reports on contacts and forthcoming local AWL public meetings
* Upcoming McDonnell meetings/ appearances
28/01/07:
* AWL dayschool, Sheffield 27 January
* Local McDonnell committees/ meetings
* No Sweat week of action
* NHS
* Branch reports on contacts and forthcoming local AWL public meetings
* Trade union webchat
21/01/07:
Only unedited rough notes available of this session
* Local McDonnell committees/ meetings
* Report from KONHSP conference
* AWL day school, Sheffield 27 January
* No Sweat week of action 12-18 February
* Branch reports on contacts and forthcoming local AWL public meetings
* Trade union webchat
14/01/07:
* Socialist Youth Network conference
* Local McDonnell committees
* KONHSP conference 20 January and NHS day of action 3 March
* AWL day school, Sheffield 27 January
* No Sweat week of action 12-18 February
* Branch reports on contacts and forthcoming local AWL public meetings
* Scheduled McDonnell meetings
* Trade union webchat
07/01/07: AWL Unison fraction; Organising around the McDonnell campaign in the unions; Report from AWL National Committee 06/01/07; Health Service; KONHSP conference 20 January; day of action 3 March; Local McDonnell committees; AWL day school, Sheffield 27 January; No Sweat week of action; JJB Sports dispute; Diary for 2007.
17/12/06: PUSH day of action, 15 December; Report from AWL day school 16 December, and follow-up; Items which organisers want to have on agenda for NC 06/01/07; Diary for 2007/PCS strike ballot; Local McDonnell committees; JJB Sports; Darfur; Iran; Next session 7 January.
10/12/06: Report from AWL day school 9 December, and follow-up; AWL day school 16 December (and re-run 27 January); diary for 2007; NHS: PUSH day of action 15 December, TUC lobby of Parliament on 23 January; Local McDonnell committees; JJB Sports; Darfur; Iran; Future sessions.
03/12/06: NHS, Nuneaton meeting, and KONHSP; Report from AWL National Committee 2 December; Report from AWL day school 3 Dec; AWL day schools 9 Dec and 16 Dec; Local McDonnell committees and McDonnell campaign; JJB Sports campaign; Local Gov't Pension Scheme; TGWU special conference 19 December; UCU HE special sector conference 24 Nov.
26/11/06: AWL day schools 3 Dec, 9 Dec, and 16 Dec; NHS campaigning and Nuneaton meeting 2 December; McDonnell campaign and local McDonnell committees; AWL National Committee 2 December; No Sweat conference 25 November
19/11/06: AWL day schools, 18 November; No Sweat conference 25 November; Migrant workers; McDonnell campaign; AWL National Committee 2 December; NHS campaigning and Nuneaton meeting 2 December; AWL intro day school in York, 9 December; Historical Materialism conference, 8-9 December.
12/11/06: AWL day schools on Russian Revolution, 18 November; Mobilisation for No Sweat conference 25 November; More reports from AWL contacts/ paper sales weekend 4-5 November; Report from Respect-sponsored TU conference 11 November; TGWU/ Amicus merger; McDonnell campaign; PUSH, Nuneaton 2 December.
05/11/06: NHS campaigning; AWL contacts/ paper sales weekend 4-5 November; Climate change demonstration 4 November; No Sweat conference 25 November; AWL day schools on Russian Revolution, 18 November; McDonnell campaign.
29/10/06: Equal pay and single status; student demonstration 29 October; AWL Scottish day school 28 October; RMT "shop stewards" conference 28 October; AWL contacts/ paper-sales weekend 4-5 November; AWL day schools on Russian Revolution; McDonnell; No Sweat conference 25 November; Health Service lobby 1 Nov, Leeds demo 11 Nov.
22/10/06: Feminist Fightback; McDonnell campaign; AWL Scottish dayschool 28 October; RMT-sponsored "shop stewards'" conference 28 October; student fees demonstration 29 October; TUC lobby of Parliament on NHS, 1 November; AWL contacts and paper-sales weekend, 4-5 November; Robin Sivapalan victimisation; Australian anti-union laws.
15/10/06: AWL day school, Sheffield 14 October; AWL Scottish day school, 28 October; TUC lobby of Parliament on Health Service, 1 November; AWL contacts and paper-sales weekend, 4-5 November; Coventry single-status strike; Students; McDonnell; Robin Sivapalan victimisation.
08/10/06: AWL day schools, 14 October and other; McDonnell campaign; report from AWL National Committee 07/10/06; Contacts Weekend 4-5 November; students; Feminist Fightback.
01/10/06: AWL dayschools, contacts/paper-sales weekend 4-5 November, freshers' fairs/ students/ Feminist Fightback, McDonnell campaign, AWL National Committee 7 October, Robin Sivapalan campaign, Scotland
24/09/06: No Sweat DVD, reports from 23 September, NHS Logistics dispute and NHS more generally, work for dayschools 30 September and 14 October, follow-up on contacts weekend (and plans for new activity weekend 4-5 November), freshers' fairs, McDonnell campaign, AWL NUT fraction (and Robin Sivapalan campaign), "shop stewards" conference called by RMT
17/09/06: 23 September demonstration, Labour Party conference, 30 September dayschool, NHS Logistics, Health Service, McDonnell campaign, Robin Sivapalan victimisation
10/09/06: 23 September, Health Service, contacts weekend, McDonnell campaign, AWL dayschools, new student term
03/09/06: NHS Logistics, contacts weekend, new student term, 23 September demonstration and Labour Party conference, RMT pensions rallies, McDonnell campaign, Workers' Power
27/08/06: organisers' school and contacts weekend, Labour Party conference, Lebanon follow-up, McDonnell campaign, Health Service
20/08/06: summer school follow-up, Lebanon, McDonnell campaign, Labour Party conference
13/08/06: Lebanon activity, McDonnell campaign, Workers' Power, summer school follow-up