The People's Charter Scotland is mobilising for an e-petition in the Scottish Parliament to gather support for the Charter's six aims and for the STUC's October 20 anti-austerity demo in Glasgow on the theme A Future That Works.
People's Charter e-petition
The e-petition will be live on the Scottish Parliament website for the week beginning Monday 17 September.
The link is: www.scottish.parliament.uk/GettingInvolved/Petitions/peoplescharter
There will be two awareness raising session in the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday 19 September at 12.30 till 2 pm in room TG24 and 7pm in Room TG20/21. Please contact Lesley.Dobbin@scottish.parliament.uk or call 0131 348 5824/25 to notify that you wish to attend). Press are welcome.
A Future That Works demo 20 October
We plan to campaign around the six themes of the People's Charter in the weeks leading up to and immediately after the 20 October demo in Glasgow with different partners taking the lead as follows:
Week 1 Monday 17 September
STUC
A fair economy for a fairer Britain
Week 2 Monday 24 September
Unite
More and better jobs
Week 3 Monday 1 October
Positive Action in Housing
Decent homes for all
Week 4 Monday 8 October
UNISON and PCS
Protect and improve our public services - no cuts
Week 5 Monday 15 October
Scottish CND
Build a sustainable future for all
Week 6 Monday 22 October (after the 20 October demo)
Scottish Left Review
Fairness and justice
More details will be published shortly... Please contact vince.mills@btinternet.com for any other information.
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