Labour Research April 2001

Features: Events

April events

* Monday 23: Asbestos Still Kills. Joint TUC/Hazards Campaign conference, London. Details: London Hazards Centre, 0207 7794 5999, or [email protected]

* Week beginning Monday 23: UNISON's Campaign for a Living Wage 2001, Manchester. The country's largest union makes the case for a living wage with a series of events culminating on Saturday 28 with a march and rally/carnival in the city centre, plus an evening rock concert aimed at young people. Details: 0161 930 8000.

* Saturday 28: Workers' Memorial Day 2001. TUC rally, Congress House, London.

National and international speakers focusing on the theme Asbestos: remember the dead, fight for the living. Details: Liz Wood, 020 7467 1250, [email protected]

* Saturday 28: Corporate Manslaughter. Conference, Gateshead. Organised by the Northern Region TUC Safety Reps Forum. Details: Paul Nowak 0191 232-3175, [email protected]

* Monday 30 to Wednesday 2 May: National Pensioners' Convention Senior Citizens' Parliament, Blackpool. Details: Edith Pocock, 2 William Close, Downham Park, Wymondham, Norwich NR18 0TD; tel: 01953 606578.