Our Convenor, Lindsey German, will be speaking at a fringe meeting on Friday 9 May 2025 at 5pm in Wakefield Town Hall, Wood Street, WF1 2HQ. The fringe will be on Standing up for Jobs, Justice, Peace & Health.
This will be a fantastic discussion on trade unionism and defending the right to protest. Lindsey will speak on recent anti-protest legislation and the policing of the national Palestine demonstrations, touching on the events in January 2025 where our vice-chair and chief steward of the national demonstrations in London was violently arrested, along with at least 76 other peaceful protestors.
Other speakers will talk on the ongoing campaign for Truth and Justice at Orgreave, and the efforts to save jobs and British Steel at Scunthorpe.
The Town Hall is in the Centre of Wakefield on Wood Street. It is a 5 – 10 minute walk away from Wakefield Westgate train station and Wakefield bus station. It is also a 15 – 20 minute walk from Wakefield Kirkgate train station (you can catch the free city bus from Kirkgate train station, or catch a number of buses from the A61 – all into the city centre). If travelling by car, Wakefield sits on the intersection of the M1 and M62 and there are a number of car parks.
All are welcome to attend the fringe meeting.