WHAT IS THE GREEN PARTY TRADES UNION GROUP?
The Green Party Trade Union Group is part of the Green Party of England & Wales, set up under the rules of GPEW on the same basis as its other sub-groups
Membership of GPTU is open to any current members of GPEW.
The usual method of joining will be to join the GPTU email list, (contact Noel Lynch: noellynch@tiscali.co.uk ).
GPEW members can also join by contacting GPTU committee members.
GPTU aims to provide a discussion forum and support for GP members in who sometimes find themselves in a minority in their Trades Unions.
GPTU also aims to further good relations between GPEW and Trades Unions and the labour movement nationally, internationally, locally and regionally, by putting forward policy and campaign proposals to GPEW and to Trades Unions. It campaigns on behalf of GPEW by participating in Trades Union and other political and cultural events and by drafting and distributing appropriate publicity materials. GPTU aims to encourage Trades Unions to give financial and other support to GPEW.
More details of GPTU can be found on this website and more details of the Green Party of England & Wales can be found by following the link below.
Now there is a local GPTU group in Brighton.Details of the Brighton group and soon others will be on the Local Groups page.
Find out more about GPTU policies here.
See the latest version of our leaflet,(with instructions how to download into a WP file).
Who is on the Committee? Do they all have beards? More facial hair info on the Committee Page.
Find details of the next GPTU meetings in London and elsewhere, see what the last GPTU meeting was on about, by reading the exciting MINUTES!
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Read records of GPTU meetings going back to 2003!
Read and contribute to a blog for and about GPTU. Click on this link
GREEN PARTY CONFERENCE
- Green Party Autumn conference 2009
3rd to 6th september, Hove Town Hall
- First Agenda Now on members´ website
- Deadline for amendments to motions 15/7/2009
EMERGENCY MOTION ARISING FROM SOAS OCCUPATION
"The Green Party
- Reiterates its support for campaigns for a living wage for all workers
- Supports the prompt statements of protest against the arrest, detention and removal from the UK of SOAS workers on 12/6/2009 made by Jenny Jones AM and Jean Lambert and the support of the Green party for the occupation of SOAS offices in protest against this.
- Deplores any attempt to use migration law as a weapon in industrial relations to intimidate workers against organising themselves to secure legitimate rights and decent remuneration for their work.
- Will use all influence that it can to work with the labour movement to oppose all such intimidation and to campaign for the reinstatement of and redress to all those removed, deported, dismissed and/or otherwise punished for attempting to exercise their legitimate rights.":
Also remember
"Countering the Crisis" by Sean Thompson, a Green left pamphlet on the Green New Deal: From Sean at seanthompson@blueyonder.co.uk or Housmans Bookshop (5 Caledonian Road
LONDON,England N1 9DX,UK. Tel 020 7837 4473 Fax 0870 706 6035)
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