sorry for cross postings Dear all Sorry for the last message on this topic which had the wrong email - it has now been corrected. We now have 60 people registered for this event and while registrations are still we need to finalise details - - so please do register as soon as you can if you would like to come along (if you have not already done so) - we need to be able to estimate numbers for lunch etc. To register, contact Debbie Clearly at the TUC: 020 7467 1361 or email [log in to unmask] A Union Ideas Network one-day conference Building stronger unions - organising in the context of global capital 17 May 2007: 10-30-4.30 London Metropolitan University Calcutta House, Room CS501, Old Castle Street, London E1 7NT The challenges for unions organising in the context of global capital * Frances O'Grady, TUC Deputy General Secretary Global campaigns: organising along supply chains * Doug Miller, International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers' Federation * Paula Hamilton, International Transport Workers Federation Organising in Europe * Professor Jeremy Waddington, Manchester University * Bronwyn McKenna, Director of Organising and Membership, Unison Organising amongst low paid and subcontracted workers * Professor Jane Wills, Queen Mary, University of London, * Martin Smith, National Organiser, GMB Union Futures: a new TUC pamphlet will be launched: introduced by Shelia Cohen and Gary Daniels To register, contact Debbie Clearly at the TUC: 020 7467 1361 or email [log in to unmask] Union Ideas Network (UIN) is the online website bringing together trade unionists and academics to exchange ideas and information to stimulate debate and support action. Find out more by registering at www.uin.org.uk -- Dr Jane Holgate Working Lives Research Institute London Metropolitan University 31 Jewry Street, London EC3N 2EY Tel (w) + 44 (0) 20 7320 3029 Tel (h) 020 8802 0373. Tel (m) 07960 798399 email: [log in to unmask] www.workinglives.org/staff_jh.html