Submitted by Janine on 16 October, 2005 - 8:14
This year, Janine Booth attended TUC Congress as a delegate from the RMT. While there, she posted up-to-the-minute reports on her weblog.
Click the links below to read Janine's report and views on these Congress discussions:
- Off to the seaside
- Monday morning - union rights and women's low pay
- Monday afternoon - childcare, anti-fascism, lesbian/gay/bi/trans
- Tuesday morning - terror attacks, Tube station staffing cuts
- Gordon Brown's speech
- Abortion rights
- Anti-union laws - debate and fringe meeting
- Tuesday afternoon - defending public services
- Tuesday afternoon - pensions
- Wednesday afternoon - international, Iraq
- Fringe meetings - rail renationalisation, Labour Representation Committee
- TUC General Council - equalities seats and election results - two crap results
- Two RMT motions - rail safety and Europe
- Bits and bobs