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PCS Annual Delegate Conference 2011

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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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Protect Public Services

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PCS Video Newsletter: Protect Public Services

This week saw the release of the second PCS Union video newsletter, this time focusing in on the attacks on public service jobs and building for the TUC protest on 26 March.

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Boy of the Afterthought: Dead Cold Quiet

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Boy of the Afterthought: Dead Cold Quiet

Taking time out and doing something different. Here’s the video for Dead Cold Quiet, the new single by Boy of the Afterthought. We filmed it all in one day and with one day of editing it was online.

I’ve worked with singer, guitarist Aaron John several years back, on the video for the single Death Tonight. Thankfully since then Internet video quality has improved tenfold.

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Time Off For Good Behaviour

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A video rush of various shots and timelapse from the vast outer crater of Mount Teide volcano on Tenerife in the Canary Islands.

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Ireland: Let Them Eat Cheese

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This week saw the release by Journeyman TV of the video report “Let Them Eat Cheese”, a five minute feature on the current state of the Irish economy, the IMF/EU bailout and people’s opinions on being given free cheese at Christmas by the government.

Video Rush: Ireland’s Ghost Estates

There are some 300,000 new homes lying empty all across Ireland. Built in the booming era of the Celtic Tiger the crash has left these ghost estates devoid of life, eerily resembling a 21st century English zombie movie set. This video rush shows some of the abandoned estates and retail areas.


Ireland is a country of 4.5 million, where 455,000 people are currently unemployed. Homelessness is at an all-time high, charities claiming they are seeing more than double the amount of people seeking help than three years ago. Official figures say there are 4000 homeless people in Dublin alone. This video rush captures scenes of Dublin not usually seen in the tourist brochures.

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Celtic Tiger Faces Extinction

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Statues depicting 1845 famine victims on North Quay in Dublin.


Wednesday 17 November: This morning the Irish government will hold meetings to decide if they will accept the IMF economic bailout.

The Irish economy, known for ten years as the Celtic Tiger, faces extinction. Massive cuts have hit public services, health and welfare. Unemployment stands at 455,000 in a country of 4.5 million, poverty is on the rise and vast estates of new homes built during the economic boom lie empty like 21st century ghost towns.

Public protest is also rising, as is the anger, after the government publically declared their annual EU cheese aid program was evidence they were taking measures to combat the economic decline.

In May protestors attempted to storm the Dail and on Wednesday 3 November Garda riot police attacked a student sitdown and occupation protest with batons and dogs, similar scenes were reflected a week later in London.

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>Fire Fighter Run Down by Strike Breakers

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Monday 1 November 2010: London FBU NEC member Ian Lehair was run down on the picket line by AssetCo striker breakers at the LFB training centre in Southwark, London, where the private company was storing fire engines. He was treated at the scene and appeared to be suffering injuries to his chest.

This was the fourth of such incidents in one day. Earlier in Croydon a picketing fire fighter was run down, with a second fire fighter and a police officer being hit by trucks in Southwark.

Photogallery by Jess Hurd here.

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