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London BUIRA Seminar TROUBLEMAKING – At Work and in the Union Jamie Woodcock, Lydia Hughes and Gregor Gall discuss troublemaking at work and in the union. Thursday 7 March 2024 16:30 for 16:50-19:00 (Tea/coffee from 16:30) Room CG42, Westminster Business School, 35 Marylebone Road, London NW1 5LS (Baker Street tube; opposite Madame Tussauds) PROGRAMME 16:30-16:50: Tea/ coffee/ refreshments 16:50-17:00: Welcome by chair 17:00-17:30: Jamie Woodcock and Lydia Hughes Troublemaking: Why You Should Organize Your Workplace No advance for working people has been achieved without troublemaking. No worker is ‘unorganisable’ and Lydia Hughes and Jamie Woodcock draw a number of lessons about why organising at work is the first step in building another world. 17:30-18:00: Gregor Gall Mick Lynch: The Making of a Working-Class Hero Many called Lynch a ‘working-class hero’ in the summer of 2022. How does this characterisation now stand up? The talk will consider the efficacy of his industrial and political strategies, suggesting disappointment may be in the air. This disjuncture will be explained. 18:00-18:30: Discussion 18:30: Close followed by drinks until 19.00 hrs. THE SPEAKERS Jamie Woodcock is Senior lecturer at the University of Essex, a researcher based in London, and an editor at Notes from Below. Lydia Hughes is a workplace organiser. She was the Head of Organising at the IWGB until 2021. She has been involved in organising with foster care workers, food delivery couriers, cycling instructors, cleaners, security guards, and game workers. She is now working towards a PhD and is active as a union member. She is an editor at Red Pepper and Notes from Below Gregor Gall is Visiting Professor of Industrial Relations at the University of Leeds and author and editor of 30 books including 'Mick Lynch: The making of a working-class hero' (MUP, 2024), 'The Punk Rock Politics of Joe Strummer (MUP, 2022) and 'Bob Crow - socialist, leader, fighter' (MUP, 2017). His 'Handbook of the Past, Present and Future of Labour Unions' will be published in spring 2024 by Agenda Publishing. This event is free but requires booking. To reserve a place, please use this link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/troublemaking-at-work-and-in-the-union-tickets-794242660177?aff=oddtdtcreator For further information, email Fernando Duran-Palma ([log in to unmask]) ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the INDUSTRIAL-RELATIONS-RESEARCH list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=INDUSTRIAL-RELATIONS-RESEARCH&A=1 This message was issued to members of www.jiscmail.ac.uk/INDUSTRIAL-RELATIONS-RESEARCH, a mailing list hosted by www.jiscmail.ac.uk, terms & conditions are available at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/