It's fun for all ages down at Spinningfields' ice rink, especially when you hire a plastic seal or penguin to be pushed around on... For my monthly guest post at Smitten in Britain, here's Nadolig Llawen- Merry Christmas From Wales.
Elsewhere tonight, an important 30th anniversary commemoration by the Manchester branch of the National Union of Journalists. They are holding a public meeting and Christmas social to remember the Stockport Messenger dispute of 1983. This was the first time the Thatcher government’s new anti-trade union legislation was tested.
As police launched brutal attacks on the picket lines, workers from across the country travelled to the Messenger print works in Warrington to support the NGA (National Graphical Association print union) in its fight against the new legislation – and to show solidarity with the printers and journalists who lost their jobs as a result of it.
Speakers include employment lawyer Colin Bourne, who was NUJ regional organiser at the time of the strike, and NUJ/NGA activists. Tonight at 7.00 p.m., Mechanics Institute, 103 Princess Street, Manchester, M1 6DD- All welcome.
how fun! weeeeeee!
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