Saturday
With lots of speaking sessions and workshops, village trails, kids entertainment, union activities, the annual POA hike, Radical History School lectures, and live music across the day, you will be spoiled for choice.
Timetable
Morning: Radical History School – programme to follow (tickets sold separately)
The NASUWT Kids Area is open from 9:00 – 19:00.
9:00
9:00 – 10:15 Organising School: Understanding and building power
9:30 POA Freedom Hike
9:30 Join the Prison Officers Association as they hike 8.5 miles from Dorchester Prison into Tolpuddle to highlight the injustice still faced by prison workers who have their rights to protest restricted. The hike begins on Saturday at 10.00am. Meet at the Martyrs’ Statues in front of the Museum where a coach will depart the site at 9.30am. Water will be provided. If you are coming from Dorchester Prison, the walk will set off from 10:30am
10:00
10:00 – 11:15 Fringe Tent: Beyond the Pay Claim: An all-women panel on how unions can build worker and people power
10:00 – Nature Voices – UNIZONE
10:30 – 11:45 Organising School: Negotiations and Strikes
10:30 – The World of Work & Apprenticeships for Young Workers – Unite Marquee
11:00
11:00 – 12:15 Martyrs’ Marquee: Fighting for our jobs and our planet: a working class response
11:00 – Village Trail
11:30 – 12:30 Fringe Tent: Unity Works: Fighting hate by building solidarity
11:30 – yoga for YoGA – UNIZONE
12:00
12:00 – 13:15 Organising School: Talking to workers – workplace visits, the Employment Rights Act & patrols
12:30 Martyrs’ Marquee: SPEAK OUT! Tim Lezard speaks to our campaign stalls
12:30 – Workshop on UNISON’s year of green activity – UNIZONE
12:45 – 13:45 Fringe Tent: War and crisis in the Middle East
13:00
13:15 – 14:30 Martyrs’ Marquee: From Tolpuddle to tech-puddles – what would the Martyrs think of AI?
13:30 – 16:30 Open Mic Stage
14:00
14:00 – 15:15 Fringe Tent: DEBATE: Finishing the Job: forward to the Employment Rights Bill #2 (organised by CTUF/IER)
14:15 – 15:30 Organising School: Winning union recognition and the milestones along the way
14:30 – Placard Making Workshop – UNIZONE
14:30 – Women Workers Speak Out – Unite Marquee
15:00
15:15 – 16:30 Fringe Tent: Who gets a voice?
15:45 – 17:00 Organising School: Empowerment, disempowerment and burnout
16:00
16:00 – Big Mambo – UNIZONE
17:00
17:00 – Attila the Stockbroker – Unite Marquee
19:00
19.00 Martyrs’ Marquee – Kid Hyena
19:00 Fringe Tent: Tolpuddle Unplugged
20:00
20:15 Martyrs’ Marquee – Bridget
21.00
21:30 Martyrs’ Marquee – Logic & The People’s Army
22.00
22:45 Martyrs’ Marquee – Honeyfeet