'Solidarity with strikers' public rally

SOLIDARITY WITH STRIKERS - Morning Star Public Rally, Weds 10 August 2022

Dear Colleagues,

Senior Assistant General Secretary Eddie Dempsey will be speaking at the Morning Star rally SOLIDARITY WITH STRIKERS at the Indian YMCA (41 Fitzroy Square, London W1T 6AQ) on Wednesday 10 August 2022.

Other speakers include Mick Whelan (ASLEF), Daniel Kebede (NEU), Ruth Hayes (Unite), Helen O'Connor (GMB), Sarah-Jane McDonagh (TSSA), John Hendy QC and Ben Chacko (Morning Star editor).

The event will be held between 18:30-20:30 and will also be livestreamed on facebook.com/morningstaronline.

Flyer can be viewed and downloaded here; https://bit.ly/3BAA9Z3

Please do your best to attend.

Yours sincerely,

Michael Lynch
General Secretary

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