Stand Up For Your Rights

dublin | worker & community struggles and protests | news report Sunday April 17, 2005 17:06 by Gregor Kerr - WSM - 1st May branch kerrgregor at yahoo dot co dot uk

Minutes of 2nd meeting

Next meeting Thursday 21st April 7pm WSM office - all welcome

Stand Up For Your Rights
Minutes of 2nd meeting held in WSM office on Thurs. 14th April
Present:- Gregor (WSM), James (WSM), Oisin (WSM), Ray (IWU), Stephen (ISN), Dave, Emma (WSM), Niall, Pepe (WSM)
Minutes taken by Gregor

· Stephen brought along draft of information for leaflet. After discussion this was agreed, Ray is to double-check the info., Dave and Gregor to do lay-out and send it to E-mail list for approval by others. It was agreed that we would do A4 folded-over leaflet – front will have ‘Stand Up For Your Rights’ in various languages (Oisin to co-ordinate getting this done), inside will have information and back will list unions and other organisations/groups where people can get help
· James agreed to do additional paragraph for leaflet which will be hard hitting and political – aimed at getting people to ‘stand up for your rights’. This can also be adapted for leaflet asking people to get involved in the campaign.
· It was agreed that the following unions will be included on the leaflet – IWU, ATGWU, MANDATE, SIPTU – Stephen to contact them to ensure that they are agreeable and that they will respond to queries.
· Other organisations to be included on leaflet – Residents against Racism (Pepe to contact them), Migrant Workers Centre (to be contacted by Ray), Citizens Information Centres, Free Legal Advice Centres
· There was a discussion about whether political organisations involved in the campaign (ie WSM and ISN) should be named on leaflet. A majority felt that they should not, but that links to these organisations can be included on the website – James reported that he had set up a website at getupstandup.tk and that www.indymedia.ie should be included as well
· It was agreed that we would organise a ‘Get up Stand Up’ block on the DCTU Mayday march (meeting Parnell Square 2:30pm April 30th) and that we would organise a leafleting session after the march – the idea being that we would march as a block from the Mayday march (aiming to have left by 4pm), choose a route and have a noisy, colourful demo which will leaflet workers in shops along the route. This route will be agreed at the next meeting. We will also agree a meeting spot for a short street meeting at the end of our action, and have a follow-up action (maybe two weeks later) organised which can be advertised at this. All of this to be finalised at next meeting.
· Posters, drafted by James, were agreed. These to be photocopied for next meeting.
· A showing of the DVD ‘Precarity’ to be organised by James, this will also be a banner making session.
· Next meeting – 7pm Thursday 21st April, WSM offices, 5 Merrion Row to be followed by postering