Durham Political School 2018 Introduction – Why We Are Here
An interactive exercise using a timeline, documenting some of the most pivotal moments in labour movement history. Delegates will work together in groups to discuss these moment and add them to the timeline, feeding back at the end to the rest of the room. The Miner’s Strike – Ian Lavery MP Ian Lavery MP gives… Read more »
Group Feedback: Action Planning – Closing remarks from Jim Mowatt
Feedback from the action planning session. Delegates discuss and plan individual and collective plans which will support the implementation of Unite’s political strategy. Discuss what you will do individually and collectively in your region following Durham, with regards to: Your involvement in the unions political work Your involvement in the Labour party, your local CLP… Read more »
Speaker: Steve Nolan – Trademark, Belfast
Steve Nolan from Trademark in Belfast explains the causes of the financial crash of 2007/8 and how it will happen again in future.
Speakers: Angela Rayner MP and Marsha de Cordova MP
Angela Rayner MP speaks on organising nationally, what went well in GE2017 and what we must do to win in future. Marsha de Cordova MP speaks on winning a campaign locally against the odds! What is was like to be a Unite candidate and what campaign tactics and methods they used in Battersea. Q&A session… Read more »
Group Feedback: How will Unite respond to the challenges politically and industrially – Ian Lavery MP
Group Feedback: How will Unite respond to the challenges politically and industrially. Q. The nature of work is changing. How will we adapt and what are the industrial and political solutions? Q. What experience have you got of precarious forms of employment and how do we draw these workers to Unite. Ian Lavery MP –… Read more »
Welcome to Durham 2017 – Laura Piddock MP Speech
Bob Fazakerley introduces the rules for the political school. Welcomes from Unite Political Director Anneliese Midgley and Director of Education Jim Mowatt Laura Pidcock MP – speech on the landscape of British politics today, the aftermath of the 2017 General Election and what will happen next. She discusses how Unite’s political strategy got here where… Read more »