Jason N. Parkinson: Video Journalist

Tuesday 5 July 2011: As the NHS reform bill of hated health minister Andrew Lansley passed through parliament, students, pensioners, health workers, zombies and Unite union members marched in protest.

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The 2011 PCS Annual Delegate Conference (ADC) opened in Brighton. Video of excerpts from General Secretary Mark Serwotka and President Janice Godrich speeches went out the first night of the conference.

From the conference, following the overwhelming vote on the strike ballot the Vote Yes for the Alternative video went to urge members to support rapid strike action for 30 June.

Video of the full opening speech from General Secretary Mark Serwotka.

Video of the full speech from John McDonnell MP.

Video of the full speech from Unite General Secretary Len McCluskey.

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Tax Justice from PCS Union TV

As people filed their tax returns to the HMRC and others filed their earnings into tax havens the PCS Union release the first video newsletter targeting the £120bn tax loss.

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Video Rush: Coalition of Resistance Protest

Wednesday 20 October 2010: Students, trade unionists and workers marched under the banner Coalition of Resistance, in opposition of the Con-Dem government’s “spending review”, the mild-mannered title for the chainsaw attack on employment, pensions and the effective end of the welfare state.

Around 2500 protestors took to the streets and attempted to block the road on Whitehall, which led to scuffles with police. Around 8pm several protestors were arrested after breaking into government offices on Whitehall.

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Video: Brussels ETUC Anti-Austerity Protest

The week building up to the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham, where Prime Minister David Cameron declared, “we’re all in this together”, protests and general strikes erupted across Europe.

In Brussels, Belgium, tens of thousands marched to oppose the austerity measures being imposed in the forms of public sector funding cuts, mass redundancies and pension cuts. The same day the nation of Spain was shut down in a general strike. Strikes in Greece continued all through the week, where protests and general strikes earlier in the year led to large scale rioting.

Video Rush: Birmingham Right To Work Protest

Sunday 3 October saw the opening of the Conservative Party Conference under the phrase, “Together In the National Interest” and a ring of steel descended on the ICC centre in Birmingham. Thousands of people marched in protest against the current cuts to the public sector, job and benefit losses, pension reductions and the second wave of cuts to be imposed this October.

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Unite4Labour Film: Phil Woolas Talks Election Success

The commissioned Unite4Labour film went online tonight. The short film on the successes of the Unite4Labour campaigning tactics during the 2010 General Election are recounted by MPs Phil Woolas, Karen Buck, Russell Brown, Albert Owen, Andy Slaughter and Unite activists Amy Jackson and Helen Symons.

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Unions Collective Bargaining and Employment Law – Part One
Unions Collective Bargaining and Employment Law – Part Two

From Thursday 8 July 2010, Durham’s Van Mildert college became the backdrop for the Unite North Eastern conference.

The highlight was Professor Keith Ewing’s talk on Unions Collective Bargaining and Employment Law.

Part One is a stark wake-up call to why Britain cannot currently follow the resistance path of other European countries like Greece to fight the IMF age of austerity, due to anti-trade union laws denying UK workers the right to collective bargaining.

Part Two lays down the foundations needed in order to fight the cuts, challenge and dismantle the anti-trade union laws and take back workers control of the Labour Party.

International Review: Europe, USA, Global

Unite International Director Simon Dubbins International Review looks back at the history of globalisation, where the crash started and how the austerity measures in each country look staggeringly familiar.

Other speeches over the two-day conference included Unite Director of Research Roger Jeary, Building Our Activist Base with Unite Political Officers Andrew Brady and Hannah Blythyn and Hope Not Hate speaker Paul Meszaros.

Unite Deputy General Secretary Len McClusky at the Durham Miners Gala

Saturday 10 July saw the 126th Durham Miners Gala where Unite Deputy General Secretary Len McClusky addressed the crowd.

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Saturday 10 July 2010: The streets of Durham filled with thousands of people for the 126th Durham Miners’ Gala, an annual celebration of working class struggle and trade union battles.

Speakers at the Gala included Labour MP Jeremy Corbyn, former London Mayor Ken Livingstone, PCS assistant general secretary Chris Baugh and Unite assistant general secretary Len McCluskey.

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