Free Public Lecture: Why public sector workers should unionise

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Why Legal Sector Workers Should Unionise

When: 27 November 2019, 18:30-20:30

Where: Room S101, The University of Law, 14 Store Street, London, WC1E 7DE

Speakers:

  • Franck Magennis (barrister)

  • United Voices of the World (UVW) union activist

 

The title for this Haldane lecture does not contain a question mark. Franck Magennis is starting from the premise that there is no real doubt as to the merits of unionisation in the legal sector. Franck is Head of Legal at the United Voices of the World union, which has made the innovative and far-sighted step of setting up the Legal Sector Workers United branch. Franck will outline the history of the struggle to organise and the achievements so far, including the solidarity that legal workers have shown to outsourced cleaners at the Ministry of Justice, who are denied the London Living Wage and key employment rights.

Franck will be joined by one of the Ministry of Justice cleaners who will outline the background to this vital industrial struggle, which has consequences for all in the legal sector.