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The People's Charter
Scotland Builds The People’s Charter Bookmark and Share PDF Print E-mail

By Pat Sikorski and Phil McGarry

As part of the STUCs Trade Union week held in the Scottish Parliament on Thursday, 8 October the RMT sponsored a 2-hour drop in session to encourage members of the Scottish Parliament to come to the meeting room and to sign up for the People’s Charter.

The RMT had three lay representatives in Jim Gray, Regional Council Secretary, Stuart Elder, Regional Council President, and Mark Nothard, Guards Company Council in attendance  along with AGS Pat Sikorski and Regional Organisers Phil McGarry and Ian McIntyre.   We were assisted by Lynn Henderson, Political Officer of the PCS and Ann Henderson, Asst. Secretary of the STUC, along with Elaine Smith MSP and her Research Advisers.

Scottish People's Charter launch

We were successful in obtaining MSPs signatures and this was followed up by public meetings in Edinburgh and Glasgow that were held on Saturday, 10 October and Sunday, 11 October respectively.

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The aim of the People’s Charter is to secure at least one million signatures on a Charter petition. The six-point Charter is the focal point of a movement to organise for real change to the lives of the people. With an economy in crisis, cuts in public services, millions unemployed, young people denied a future, now is the time to act.

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Supporters

RMT

Rail, Maritime and Transport Union
www.rmt.org.uk

FBU

Fire Brigades Union
www.fbu.org.uk

CWU

Communication Workers' Uinion
www.cwu.org

PCS

Public and Commercial Services Union

www.pcs.org.uk

BFAWU

Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union

www.bfawu.org
Doreen Lawrence (mother of Stephen Lawrence)
Tony Woodley (Unite)
Lynton Kwesi-Johnson (poet)
Saffron Burrows (actress)
Paul Kenny (GMB)
Billy Bragg (musician)

UCU

University and College Union

www.ucu.org.uk
Mark Steel (comedian)
Sasha Callaghan (UCU)
John McDonnell MP
Gordon Taylor (PFA)
David Drew MP
Ken Loach (film director)
Alan Simpson MP
Max Stafford-Clark (theatre director)
Mark Thomas (comedian)
George Galloway MP
Tony Benn (politician)
Frank Cook MP
Mary Davis (professor)
Suresh Grover (civil rights campaigner)
Victoria Brittain (journalist)
John Smith (Musicians Union)
Jeremy Corbyn MP
Louise Christian (solicitor)
Matt Wrack (FBU)
Linda Marlowe (actress)
Imran Khan (solicitor)
Bob Crow (RMT)
Peter Tatchell (human rights activist)
John Hendy QC

NUJ

National Union of Journalists
www.nuj.org.uk/

TUC

Trades Union Congress

www.tuc.org.uk



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