Eastbourne Trades Council is proudly supporting the establishment of an Eastbourne People's Assembly, which will be launched on Saturday 19th September. Affiliates to the People's Assembly nationally include Unite the Union, Unison, NUT, ASLEF, TSSA, UCU, the Fire Brigades Union and the South East Region of the TUC.
There have been swingeing cutbacks in public services and local
government expenditures during the last 5 years because of economic and social
policies implemented by central government, which justifies such policies as
being the 'austerity' necessary to ensure future 'prosperity'. These cutbacks
have affected the people of Eastbourne in many ways, such as increasing
poverty, homelessness, and reducing access to essential health and social
services.
Mirroring the establishment of a national People’s Assembly that
campaigns against austerity, a group of Eastbourne activists is creating a
local organisation, the Eastbourne People’s Assembly against Austerity. This
new local group will raise awareness about the impact of austerity, campaign
against it both locally and nationally, and promote the alternatives to
austerity that would protect or restore our vital local services.
The Eastbourne People's Assembly will be launched on Saturday 19th
September at Our Lady of Ransom Church Hall in Grange Road, Eastbourne and is
expected to attract participants from a wide range of community, faith,
campaign and trade union groups as well as individual activists. Doors open at
6.00pm for a 6.30pm start.
The launch will commence with keynote speeches by, amongst others,
Mark Steel - comedian and columnist for The Independent newspaper - and national
People's Assembly secretary and co-ordinator, Sam Fairbairn. The
main focus of the evening will be sharing ideas and suggestions about how to
build up the Eastbourne People's Assembly and how to develop the campaign
against austerity locally.
Anyone interested in attending the launch please book
your free ticket on Eventbrite by clicking here.
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