Att: All Trades Unionists

Dear Colleague

Trades Unions for Refugees

You are invited to attend a conference supported by the Manchester branch of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ), the National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns, and the Mansoor Hassan Campaign.

Saturday 26th November 2005 from 12. 00pm
Mechanics Institute
103 Princess Street
Manchester
M1 6DD

The aim of this conference launch is to launch a campaign within the Trade Unions in order to get the TUC General Council to adopt an active policy of support for all refugees regardless of status. This policy of active support would cover different areas such as:

1. Campaign for benign change to the Asylum and Immigration Act.

2. Encourage member trade unions to recruit refugees appropriate to their stated trade/profession into their union.

3. Support any trade union that properly campaigns for the basic human rights and civil liberties of refugees in Britain.

Would you kindly seek the support your Branch/ Region/ Trades Council in this matter? We would of course like to list your union as one of our supporting trade unions.

Yours fraternally

Bob Pounder

Inquiries/further information:
Bob Pounder
bob.pounder@tesco.net
Mobile: 078 3755 8036