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Dear colleagues A reminder about the CLS 11-4pm event this Saturday. If you haven't registered but would like tend - just drop me an email so we can book lunches. Best wishes Jane Work, politics and Austerity 14 November 201511- 5pm. VENUE: GMB Euston Office. 22 Stephenson Way Euston London NW1 The continuing intensification of neo-liberal policies across Europe and beyond will bring major challenges to the workers and popular classes, at home and abroad. The re-composition of radical left politics in the UK and internationally presents both challenges and opportunities to activists and academics. In this context, *Critical Labour Studies* (CLS) has organised a one-day event with the intention of encouraging discussion and reflection after the political changes of the current year. *The CLS tradition is one of open debate and discussion*. The day will be organised around four themed sessions, with maximum time for discussion from participants: *Programme* 11.00:Crisis and austerity: trade union responses, John Kelly, Rachel Cohen 12.30: Lunch (provided) 13.30: Alternatives to austerity in Europe, Bob Jeffery, Monica Clua Losada, Martin Upchurch 14.45: Left politics and Labour: from Scotland to Westminster, Neil Davidson and Paul Stewart 16.00: Break 16.15: New worlds of work and resistance, Maurizio Atzeni, Jenny Chan, Elly Baker, Phoebe Moore 17: 30: Close ** *For your diary:**the annual two-day CLS Symposium and workshop will be held in Durham on 26-27 November 2016 (details to follow).* http://criticallabourstudies.org.uk/site/