Saturday 19 July 2024

10:30 – 11:30 WORKSHOP: Standing up to bailiffs and landlords with ACORN
With experienced organisers and activists showing you just how you stop unlawful evictions and prevent bailiffs from forcing entry, this interactive workshop will get you on your feet and using your voice to stand up for justice.

11:45 – 12:45 WORKSHOP: Slay or Sway
Jenn Forbes, Trade union educator discusses effective pro-community interventions when dealing with sexual harassment and violence against women and girls

13:30 – 14:30 WORKSHOP: Women workers in Australia
Coming to us from all the way in Victoria, Australia, organiser Lilly Hallett shares the ongoing campaigns Victoria Town Hall Council (the decision making body for over half a million workers across 41 unions) is running to support stronger and fairer rights for women workers. From banning the use of NDAs, to improving reproductive health leave, and running leadership programmes, this session will help any activist keen to build international solidarity as well as learn more about what others are doing on the other side of the world

14:45 – 15:45 WORKSHOP: Get Organised! 
We hear from activists across the region on how they are organising to build strength, power and win for workers

16:00 – 16:45 WORKSHOP: How can freelancers organise in their work spaces or communities.
A Musician’s Union workshop on practical and effective ways to organise the ‘hard-to-reach’ – with Sinead McCarney