BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Workers Can Win! A Guide to Organising at Work. - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://workers-can-win.info X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Workers Can Win! A Guide to Organising at Work. 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Thinking about the three types can help revolutionaries struggle to achieve a better mix. \nWithout primary organising the working class can’t build real power\, and without engaging in it revolutionaries retreat to a lefty bubble and lose touch with the experiences\, concerns and views of the majority of the working class. As the experience of struggle is a key factor in challenging the ruling ideas in society and developing better ones\, attempts to build revolutionary organisation divorced from struggle are doomed to fail. \nWhen revolutionaries take part in struggle\, we come under pressure to accommodate to those around us and to neglect building revolutionary organisation – ‘liquidating’ ourselves. The development of collective revolutionary organisation is essential not just because of its anticipated role in a revolutionary situation\, but to support its members in resisting pressures to politically accommodate. \nOther panellists will discuss trying to achieve a good balance of the three types of organising\, drawing lessons from their experiences of organising around housing in London and around issues from pensions to Palestine and Trans+ oppression in a manufacturing workplace. URL:https://workers-can-win.info/event/historical-materialism-london-2025/ LOCATION:SOAS\, London\, 10 Thornhaugh St\, London\, London\, WC1H 0XG\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://workers-can-win.info/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/HM25-Poster-724x1024-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251018T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251018T180000 DTSTAMP:20260502T145246 CREATED:20250922T200942Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250922T202057Z UID:1233-1760799600-1760810400@workers-can-win.info SUMMARY:Workers Can Win: Talk and workshop in Leeds DESCRIPTION:Ian Allinson will lead participants through an introductory talk followed by a structured workshop. On the day we will cover topics like: \n\nwhy Ian wrote the book and its core themes\npractical tips for organising at work in a variety of situations\nthe political side of organising at work\nhow established trade unions can help (and hinder) organising efforts\nWhat we mean by words like ‘organising’ and ‘power’ URL:https://workers-can-win.info/event/workers-can-win-talk-and-workshop-in-leeds/ LOCATION:Swarthmore Education Centre\, Leeds\, 2-7 Woodhouse Square\, Leeds\, LS3 1AD\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://workers-can-win.info/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Leeds-rs21-event.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Leeds rs21":MAILTO:rs21leeds@hotmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251009T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251012T183000 DTSTAMP:20260502T145246 CREATED:20250922T201952Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251008T091509Z UID:1238-1760034600-1760293800@workers-can-win.info SUMMARY:The World Transformed DESCRIPTION:Ian Allinson will be speaking at three sessions of The World Transformed in Manchester: \nAt 6:30pm on Friday 10 October in the Aquarius Community Centre for Manchester TUC as part of a panel titled “Connect\, Support\, Educate – Trades Councils and Workers Power” \nAt 6:30pm on Saturday 11 October in the Windrush Conference room\, as part of a panel titled “Against Labourism: the New Party and the Trade Unions” \nAt noon on Sunday 12 October in the Garden Centre – Classroom\, running a Troublemakers At Work workshop on “How to Win a Strike“ URL:https://workers-can-win.info/event/the-world-transformed/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://workers-can-win.info/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/TWT-2025.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251005T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251005T173000 DTSTAMP:20260502T145246 CREATED:20250922T194837Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250922T202127Z UID:1228-1759680000-1759685400@workers-can-win.info SUMMARY:Ian Allinson at Think Left DESCRIPTION:Ian Allinson will be speaking on “How Workers Can Take On Billionaires\, Bosses and Genocide” at the Think Left conference in Derry on Sunday 5 October. URL:https://workers-can-win.info/event/ian-allinson-at-think-left/ LOCATION:St Columb’s Hall\, Derry\, 10a Newmarket Street\, Orchard Street\, Derry\, BT48 6EB\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://workers-can-win.info/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Think-Left-2025.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250812T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250812T210000 DTSTAMP:20260502T145246 CREATED:20250705T105846Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250810T153227Z UID:1211-1755027000-1755032400@workers-can-win.info SUMMARY:What would it mean for UNISON to truly be an organising union? (part 2) DESCRIPTION:This is a follow-up to the Workers Can Win fringe meeting at UNISON National Delegate Conference 2025. We would like to identify concrete changes we can make ourselves or push for at workplace or national level\, or anything in between. \nYou are welcome to join in even if you didn’t make that\, but we want to continue rather than repeat the conversation\, so please look at the slides and notes from that session. \nThis session will be on Zoom\, please register in advance. URL:https://workers-can-win.info/event/unison-organising-union-part-2/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://workers-can-win.info/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/WCW-UNISON-conference-2025-follow-up-1080-x-1080-px.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250619T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250619T203000 DTSTAMP:20260502T145246 CREATED:20250511T070704Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250601T065937Z UID:1199-1750359600-1750365000@workers-can-win.info SUMMARY:What would it mean for UNISON to truly be an organising union? DESCRIPTION:Ian Allinson will be speaking at this Workers Can Win event\, which is a fringe meeting for UNISON’s National Delegate Conference but open to all. \nUNISON has begun to change for the better. The impact of the Organising To Win strategy is growing\, reflected in increased membership and numbers of activists. Improved strike pay is enabling members in disputes to take the sustained action sometimes needed to win. \nBut there is a long way to go. UNISON’s communications often still encourage members to passively expect a service rather than to exercise collective power. Our industrial action processes are amongst the slowest and most bureaucratic in the movement. And we often struggle to overcome the anti-union ballot thresholds that Starmer has set no timescale to repeal. \nJoin this discussion about what organising really means and how UNISON could truly become an organising union. \n\n54 St James St is near Chinatown and Liverpool One. From the ACC cross Queens Wharf bridge\, go straight ahead up Blundell Street and turn right into St James St (0.6 miles). \n\nThanks to UNISON Greater Manchester Transport and Greater Manchester Mental Health branches\, which have sponsored the event. URL:https://workers-can-win.info/event/what-would-it-mean-for-unison-to-truly-be-an-organising-union/ LOCATION:54 St James Street\, Liverpool\, 54 St James Street\, Liverpool\, L1 0AB\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://workers-can-win.info/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/WCW-UNISON-conference-2025-1080-x-1080-px-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250322T103000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250322T173000 DTSTAMP:20260502T145246 CREATED:20250302T205351Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250302T205840Z UID:1189-1742639400-1742664600@workers-can-win.info SUMMARY:Jane McAlevey: Celebrating her Contribution DESCRIPTION:Ian Allinson will be speaking at two of the sessions at this conference\, including one on ‘Building towards a Super-Majority’. \nIan discussed some of the misuse of McAlevey’s ideas on this in a 2022 article Lowering expectations: misrepresentations of Jane McAlevey. URL:https://workers-can-win.info/event/jane-mcalevey-celebrating-her-contribution/ LOCATION:University of Leeds\, Woodhouse\, Leeds\, LS2 9JT\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://workers-can-win.info/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Celebrating-Jane-McAlevey-22.03.2025.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241005 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241006 DTSTAMP:20260502T145246 CREATED:20240804T090821Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240804T090821Z UID:1155-1728086400-1728172799@workers-can-win.info SUMMARY:Troublemakers At Work DESCRIPTION:Ian Allinson will be speaking at the Troublemakers At Work 2024 conference. \nJoin hundreds of other workers to share experiences and learn from each other: from organising from scratch or reviving a moribund union to resisting a rotten deal or winning a strike. URL:https://workers-can-win.info/event/troublemakers-at-work/ LOCATION:Methodist Central Hall\, Manchester\, Oldham Street\, Manchester\, M1 1JQ\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://workers-can-win.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Troublemakers-2024-v2-square.png ORGANIZER;CN="Troublemakers At Work":MAILTO:info@troublemakersat.work END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240413T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240413T170000 DTSTAMP:20260502T145246 CREATED:20240318T201333Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240318T201333Z UID:1128-1713002400-1713027600@workers-can-win.info SUMMARY:5 Demands to Build a Real Alternative DESCRIPTION:Ian Allinson will be speaking at the ‘Payrise For All’ session of the 5 Demands to Build a Real Alternative conference. URL:https://workers-can-win.info/event/5-demands-to-build-a-real-alternative/ LOCATION:NEU HQ\, Hamilton House\, London\, Mabledon Place\, London\, WC1H 9BD\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://workers-can-win.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/5-demands-conference-April-2024.png ORGANIZER;CN="Peace & Justice Project":MAILTO:info@thecorbynproject.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240320T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240320T204500 DTSTAMP:20260502T145246 CREATED:20240309T215632Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240310T225527Z UID:1119-1710963000-1710967500@workers-can-win.info SUMMARY:Resisting anti-strike legislation (hybrid meeting) DESCRIPTION:The Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act is the latest in a long line of anti-union legislation. It threatens both workers and unions unless workers scab on their own strikes.\n\nJoin this discussion in person or online\, on how we defeat the latest Act and all the previous anti-strike laws.\n\n* How do the latest anti-strike laws work and how might they affect disputes?\n* What can we learn from industries where lawful action is already impractical?\n* What can we learn from previous anti-strike laws?\n* How can we defeat the legislation and win a right to strike?\n\nOur speakers will be:\n* Dr Emma Runswick\, junior doctor and vice-chair of BMA Council\n* Ian Allinson\, MTUC’s strike solidarity coordinator and author of Workers Can Win\n* John Morgan\, Manchester NEU\n\nTUC statement on Minimum Service Levels: https://www.tuc.org.uk/general-council-statement-special-congress-2023\n\nAttend in person or register via zoom to join online: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUkfuCsrTMrE9BeDba9koce6xSHaD_FFvLX?fbclid=IwAR2hhT2g_nfH1Z7WjZiNbr8sTKuu_ACmB08QHLedA8k59LyXOxoXCu9wai0#/registration URL:https://workers-can-win.info/event/resisting-anti-strike-legislation-hybrid-meeting/ LOCATION:Mechanics Institute\, Manchester\, 103 Princess Street\, Manchester\, M1 6DD\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://workers-can-win.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/MTUC-MSL-meeting-Facebook-header-Instagram-Post-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240314T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240314T190000 DTSTAMP:20260502T145246 CREATED:20240309T215109Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240309T215109Z UID:1115-1710441000-1710442800@workers-can-win.info SUMMARY:Resisting the latest anti-strike laws DESCRIPTION:Ian Allinson will be speaking at this meeting hosted by Unite London Digital and Tech branch. All Unite members are welcome. \nThis new law introduces minimum service level (MSL) regulations in six industries: health\, fire and rescue\, education\, transport\, border security\, and nuclear decommissioning and waste. The regulations specify the level of service to be maintained during industrial action\, and employers can then apply this to any action taken by their workers by making the trade union ‘break its own strike’. So far employers in one high-profile dispute\, of ASLEF train drivers\, backed down from using the laws\, but we can’t be complacent. \nThey are inviting all members of Unite the Union to join the first half of their branch meeting on Thursday 14 March at 6.30pm to discuss this attack on our rights. URL:https://workers-can-win.info/event/resisting-the-latest-anti-strike-laws/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://workers-can-win.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Min-Service-Levels-FB1-1-768x644-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230908 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230911 DTSTAMP:20260502T145246 CREATED:20230626T170604Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230626T170604Z UID:1043-1694131200-1694390399@workers-can-win.info SUMMARY:New Organising Conference DESCRIPTION:In Liverpool\, over the weekend of 8–10 September 2023\, the Ella Baker School of Organising and the Labour Rights project of the Network for Social Change will be convening a ‘new organising conference’ focused on workplace justice. \nIan Allinson will be speaking in a session on Workplace leadership: where to find it/how to nurture it\, alongside Kevin Courtney\, former NEU General Secretary. \n  URL:https://workers-can-win.info/event/new-organising-conference/ LOCATION:Liverpool Hope University\, Hope Park campus\, Taggart Avenue\, Childwall\, Liverpool\, L16 9JD\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://workers-can-win.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/New-Organising-Conference.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230729 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230730 DTSTAMP:20260502T145246 CREATED:20230218T222621Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230218T222621Z UID:970-1690588800-1690675199@workers-can-win.info SUMMARY:Troublemakers At Work: 2023 conference DESCRIPTION:This conference will bring together workers who are organising and fighting back at work along with those who want to\, to share experiences\, knowledge\, ideas and skills. \nIt is supported by some serious organisations trying to build the most powerful workers movement we can\, including: Workers Can Win!\, Strike Map\, and Organise Now! \nFor more information see the website https://troublemakersat.work/ \nUse these social media accounts to follow and help us promote the event: \n\nTwitter: @Troublem8kers\nFacebook: @TroublemakersAtWork\nInstagram: @troublem8kersatwork\n\n  URL:https://workers-can-win.info/event/troublemakers-2023-conference/ LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, Manchester\, 6 Mount Street\, Manchester\, M2 5NS\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://workers-can-win.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/launch-graphic.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Troublemakers At Work":MAILTO:info@troublemakersat.work END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230715T131500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230715T143000 DTSTAMP:20260502T145246 CREATED:20230701T203602Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230712T171629Z UID:1057-1689426900-1689431400@workers-can-win.info SUMMARY:Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival DESCRIPTION:Ian Allinson will be speaking in the ‘Organise’ tent at the Tolpuddle Martyrs festival\, alongside Garfield Hylton from GMB Amazon Coventry. URL:https://workers-can-win.info/event/tolpuddle-martyrs-festival/ LOCATION:Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival\, Tolpuddle\, DT2 7EH\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://workers-can-win.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Tolpuddle-Martyrs.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230706T134500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230706T151500 DTSTAMP:20260502T145246 CREATED:20230701T202723Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230701T202723Z UID:1052-1688651100-1688656500@workers-can-win.info SUMMARY:Ian Allinson @ BUIRA conference\, Bristol DESCRIPTION:Ian Allinson will be joining Jane Holgate and Mike Clancy to discuss UK and Global Strikes at the closing plenary of the British Universities Industrial Relations Association conference. URL:https://workers-can-win.info/event/ian-allinson-buira-conference-bristol/ LOCATION:University of Bristol\, Priory Road Complex\, 12 Priory Road\, Bristol\, BS8 1TU\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://workers-can-win.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/BUIRA-logo.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230513T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230513T160000 DTSTAMP:20260502T145246 CREATED:20230318T171038Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230318T172331Z UID:1007-1683986400-1683993600@workers-can-win.info SUMMARY:Cambridge Workers Can Win - book launch DESCRIPTION:Join this discussion with Ian Allinson\, the author of “Workers Can Win! A Guide to Organising At Work”\, and other activists.\n\nBook your free ticket via https://wcwcambridge.eventbrite.co.uk. Help promote the event using the leaflet: https://workers-can-win.info/cambridge/ and Facebook event.\n\nHosted by Unite Marshall Aerospace branch. If your union branch or organisation would like to sponsor this event\, please get in touch.\n\nCovid safety: please do not attend if you have symptoms or have recently tested positive. Please wear a mask as much as you are able to.\n\nFor accessibility information\, please see the venue website. URL:https://workers-can-win.info/event/cambridge-workers-can-win-book-launch/ LOCATION:St Philip’s Centre\, 185 Mill Road\, Cambridge\, CB1 3AN\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://workers-can-win.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/WCW-Cambridge-launch-square.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230502T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230530T210000 DTSTAMP:20260502T145246 CREATED:20230316T212624Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230318T213955Z UID:985-1683055800-1685480400@workers-can-win.info SUMMARY:Workers Can Win organising school DESCRIPTION:All are welcome at this free 5-week online training course based on the book “Workers Can Win! A Guide to Organising At Work” and delivered by the author\, Ian Allinson. \nTo order a cheap copy of the book\, see workers-can-win.info/buy. \nEach session will run from 7:30-9pm \nTue 2 May: Individual issues and organising\nTue 9 May: Choosing and framing issues\nTue 16 May: Organising conversations\nTue 23 May: Dealing with your union\nTue 30 May: Winning a strike \nRegister once for all the sessions. It is recommended to attend all the sessions\, but you are still welcome if that is not possible. \nThere are a series of Facebook events you can use to help promote the course\, or you can download a leaflet. URL:https://workers-can-win.info/event/workers-can-win-organising-school/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://workers-can-win.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/WCW-Training-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230321T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230321T150000 DTSTAMP:20260502T145246 CREATED:20230317T071611Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230317T171004Z UID:995-1679407200-1679410800@workers-can-win.info SUMMARY:Can Workers Win? at the University of Manchester DESCRIPTION:Can Workers Win? An open discussion with Ian Allinson\, author of Workers Can Win: a Guide to Organising At Work \nThis teach-out runs as part of UMUCU’s extensive programme of free events and workshops running parallel to the strikes which imagine an alternative university. Can Workers Win is an invitation to us all to reflect on questions around our organising as a union\, and to think about it in the context of wider worker struggles. Joining us in person is local organiser and author Ian Allinson\, who will have discounted copies of his book with him\, alongside UMUCU’s Morgan Powell and Molly Geidel. \nHow do we build power in a workplace? How can we link up better with other struggles? How should we think about strategy? What does it mean to win\, and how do we get there? Join us to discuss these questions\, and to ask your own questions about organising in relation to our strikes\, and beyond. \nAccess info for the venue can be found here: https://manchesteracademy.net/info/accessibility \nDownload a poster. Share the Facebook event. URL:https://workers-can-win.info/event/can-workers-win-at-the-university-of-manchester/ LOCATION:Club Academy\, Lower ground floor\, University of Manchester Students' Union\, Oxford Rd\, Manchester\, M13 9PR\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://workers-can-win.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/WCW-UoM-square.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230124T191500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230404T204500 DTSTAMP:20260502T145246 CREATED:20230106T132744Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230106T132805Z UID:920-1674587700-1680641100@workers-can-win.info SUMMARY:Strike! MCR reading group: Workers Can Win! DESCRIPTION:Strike! MCR are running a fortnightly in-person reading group for Workers Can Win! in Manchester. \nReading group sign up form here: https://forms.gle/QgVSkvLCiq62wyXA7 \nDetails of how to buy the book are here.\n\nFinance should not be a barrier so we have a budget to ‘gift’ reading group members an e-book copy. Please indicate in the sign up form if this will help. \nSession format: One person will ‘lead off’ on the chapter for a short period followed by group discussion with some workshops associated with session chapters. \n\nTues 24th Jan – Session 1 – Chapters 1 & 2 (Introduction to book and Why Organise at Work)\nTues 7th Feb – Session 2 – Chapters 3 & 4 (Starting Out & Servicing\, Advocacy\, Mobilising and Organising)\nTues 21st Feb – Session 3 – Chapters 5 & 6 (Choosing and communicating about issues & How to Organise)\nTues 7th March – Session 4 – Chapters 7 (Using Your Rights)\nTues 21st March – Session 5 – Chapters 8 & 9 (Planning Action & Industrial and Direct Action)\nTues 4th April – Session 6 – Chapters 10-12 (Management and mischief\, Dealing with your Union & Overcoming Difficulties and limitations)\n\nFeel free to attend as many as you can – attending on an ad hoc basis is absolutely fine! URL:https://workers-can-win.info/event/manchester-reading-group-workers-can-win/ LOCATION:Methodist Central Hall\, Manchester\, Oldham Street\, Manchester\, M1 1JQ\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://workers-can-win.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/StrikeMCR_400x400.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Strike! MCR":MAILTO:strikemcr@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230118T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230412T210000 DTSTAMP:20260502T145246 CREATED:20230104T210557Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230216T114102Z UID:917-1674068400-1681333200@workers-can-win.info SUMMARY:Online reading group: Workers Can Win! DESCRIPTION:rs21 has organised a fortnightly online reading group from 18 January to 12 April. Full details and registration here. URL:https://workers-can-win.info/event/online-reading-group-workers-can-win/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://workers-can-win.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/WCW-reading-group-zoom-banner-640x200-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221214T200000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221214T210000 DTSTAMP:20260502T145246 CREATED:20221205T183516Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221205T183516Z UID:895-1671048000-1671051600@workers-can-win.info SUMMARY:Creating change at work to address the climate crisis DESCRIPTION:A Physiotherapy Declares webinar about creating workplace change with guest speakers Ian Allinson and Dr William Stableforth. \nBook your free ticket via Eventbrite. \nPhysiotherapy Declares is excited to be joined by the author Ian Allinson and climate activist Dr William Stableforth for a webinar on creating workplace change to support sustainability and address the climate crisis. \nIan Allinson is the author of ‘Workers Can Win! A guide to organising at work’. His journey to writing this book involved learning from countless activists\, from training and education\, from books and discussions. He has worked as an organiser for the socialist group rs21\, and has written extensively on workers’ movement issues for rs21 and elsewhere. Ian has supported workplace activists across many industries as well as delivering activist training courses. \nDr William Stableforth is a Consultant Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist at the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust. He is a member of Doctors for Extinction Rebellion and successfully lobbied his NHS Trust to declare a climate emergency. \nWe look forward to hearing from both of our fantastic speakers about their experiences in creating change within the workplace and advice on how to do this successfully within healthcare settings to respond to the climate crisis. \n#Climate health is human health URL:https://workers-can-win.info/event/creating-change-at-work-to-address-the-climate-crisis/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://workers-can-win.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Physiotherapty-declares.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221211T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221211T130000 DTSTAMP:20260502T145246 CREATED:20221107T204503Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221107T204503Z UID:865-1670756400-1670763600@workers-can-win.info SUMMARY:Workers Can Win! Edinburgh book launch DESCRIPTION:Come and discuss this new guide to the techniques and politics of organising at work from Pluto Press with the author and other activists. \nPlease book your place via Eventbrite and promote the event using the Facebook event and the leaflet. \nHosted by Trade Unions In Communities. If your union branch or organisation would like to sponsor this event\, please get in touch. \n\n \n \n \n SlideBOOK CONTENTS \nINTRODUCTION \nBUY \n \n \n \n \n\nCovid safety: please do not attend if you have symptoms or have recently tested positive. Please wear a mask as much as you are able to. URL:https://workers-can-win.info/event/workers-can-win-edinburgh-book-launch/ LOCATION:Trade Unions In Communities\, Craigmillar\, Walk Up Avenue\, off Wauchope Avenue\, Edinburgh\, eh16 4gn\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://workers-can-win.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/WCW-Edinburgh-launch-square.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221205T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221205T210000 DTSTAMP:20260502T145246 CREATED:20221112T185048Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221112T185048Z UID:873-1670266800-1670274000@workers-can-win.info SUMMARY:Workers Can Win - online with the Ella Baker School of Organising DESCRIPTION:Sign up for this online session\, hosted by the Ella Baker School of Organising. \nIan Allinson has long been a friend of the Ella Baker School and now he has written a book on union organising from a workplace perspective. At a time when the cost of living crisis is forcing workers to use their power in trade unions to try to ensure that their wages keep up with spiraling costs\, we are very happy to invite Ian and a panel to discuss ‘Workers Can Win! A Guide to Organising At Work’ \nDrawing on more than 20 years of organising experience\, the book combines practical techniques with an analysis of the theory and politics of organising and unions. It offers insight into tried and tested methods for effective organising. It deals with tactics and strategies\, and addresses some of the roots of conflict\, common problems with unions and the resistance of management to worker organising. \nWe will be inviting an expert panel to discuss the book and\, as ever\, this will be an interactive session. \n\n \n \n \n SlideBOOK CONTENTS \nINTRODUCTION \nBUY URL:https://workers-can-win.info/event/workers-can-win-online-with-the-ella-baker-school-of-organising/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://workers-can-win.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/EBS-WCW-event.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221127T163000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221127T183000 DTSTAMP:20260502T145246 CREATED:20220922T170030Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220922T222254Z UID:736-1669566600-1669573800@workers-can-win.info SUMMARY:Workers Can Win! Cardiff book launch DESCRIPTION:Come and discuss this new guide to the techniques and politics of organising at work from Pluto Press with the author and other activists. \nBook your free ticket via https://wcwcardiff.eventbrite.co.uk \nHosted by Cardiff People’s Assembly. If your union branch or organisation would like to sponsor this event\, please get in touch. \nFor more information about the book\, including the contents\, Chapter 1 – the introduction\, and how to pre-order copies\, explore this website. \nDownload a leaflet. Promote the book launch using the Facebook event. URL:https://workers-can-win.info/event/workers-can-win-cardiff-book-launch/ LOCATION:Cathays Community Centre\, Cardiff\, 36-38 Cathays Terrace\, Cardiff\, CF24 4HX\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://workers-can-win.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/WCW-Cardiff-launch-square.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221126T123000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221126T150000 DTSTAMP:20260502T145246 CREATED:20221112T192921Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221112T192921Z UID:878-1669465800-1669474800@workers-can-win.info SUMMARY:Workers Can Win @ Bristol Transformed DESCRIPTION:Join Bristol Transformed for an afternoon with Ian Allinson\, who’s been taking his new book “Workers Can Win” up and down the country to inspire new organisers and give them the tools they need to win working-class power. We’ll be asking Ian how the book came about\, what’re the most important lessons he’s learnt\, and what even is organising anyway?\n\nFollowing the conversation with Ian\, you’ll take part in a workshop that will give you a taste of some of the ideas and techniques from the book and get you thinking about how you can take them forwards into your own workplace. The event will end with an opportunity to ask Ian and other experienced organisers anything you’ve ever wanted to know about moving your colleagues to action and winning at work.\n\n**** There will be refreshments and food served during the break. ****\n\nBuy your tickets here. (£4 or pay as you feel)\n\n\n\n \n \n \n SlideBOOK CONTENTS \nINTRODUCTION \nBUY URL:https://workers-can-win.info/event/workers-can-win-bristol-transformed/ LOCATION:People’s Republic of Stokes Croft\, Bristol\, 14 Hillgrove Street\, Bristol\, BS2 8JT ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://workers-can-win.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/WCW-Bristol-launch-square.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221124T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221124T210000 DTSTAMP:20260502T145246 CREATED:20221021T173504Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221021T173504Z UID:826-1669316400-1669323600@workers-can-win.info SUMMARY:Huddersfield book launch: Workers Can Win! DESCRIPTION:Come and discuss this new guide to the techniques and politics of organising at work from Pluto Press with the author and other activists. \nPlease book your place via Eventbrite and promote the event using the Facebook event and the leaflet. \nHosted by Huddersfield Trades Union Council. If your union branch or organisation would like to sponsor this event\, please get in touch. \n\n \n \n \n SlideBOOK CONTENTS \nINTRODUCTION \nBUY \n \n \n \n \nCovid safety: please do not attend if you have symptoms or have recently tested positive. Please wear a mask as much as you are able to. \nThe event is in room 4 and the venue is accessible. URL:https://workers-can-win.info/event/huddersfield-book-launch-workers-can-win/ LOCATION:Brian Jackson House\, Huddersfield\, 2 New North Parade\, Huddersfield\, HD1 5JP\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://workers-can-win.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/WCW-Huddersfield-launch-square.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221119T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221119T170000 DTSTAMP:20260502T145246 CREATED:20221014T193605Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221116T223914Z UID:807-1668870000-1668877200@workers-can-win.info SUMMARY:Workers Can Win - Oxford book launch DESCRIPTION:Come and discuss this new guide to the techniques and politics of organising at work from Pluto Press with the author and other activists. \nPlease book your place via Eventbrite and promote the event using the Facebook event and the leaflet. \nHosted by Oxford & District Trades Union Council. If your union branch or organisation would like to sponsor this event\, please get in touch. \n\n \n \n \n SlideBOOK CONTENTS \nINTRODUCTION \nBUY \n \n \n \n \nAccessibility: the venue has ramp access. \nCovid safety: please do not attend if you have symptoms or have recently tested positive. Please wear a mask as much as you are able to. URL:https://workers-can-win.info/event/workers-can-win-oxford-book-launch/ LOCATION:The Venue\, Cowley\, 242b Barns Road\, Oxford\, OX4 3RQ\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://workers-can-win.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/WCW-Oxford-launch-square-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221115T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221115T210000 DTSTAMP:20260502T145246 CREATED:20221026T214434Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221026T214434Z UID:841-1668540600-1668546000@workers-can-win.info SUMMARY:Socialism & Trade Unionism (Salford) DESCRIPTION:How can socialists organise in trade unions? What are the limits of trade unionism? How can we build the current strike wave into a longer lasting and socialist organisation? \nJoin an interactive in person workshop and build an action plan to organise your workplace featuring facilitators from Organise! Now and Strike Map. Ian Allinson\, author of ‘Workers Can Win! A Guide to Organising at Work’ will be one of the speakers. \nBook your free place via Eventbrite. Promote it using the Facebook event. \n  URL:https://workers-can-win.info/event/socialism-trade-unionism-salford/ LOCATION:Partisan Collective\, Salford\, Unit 2\, New Islington Mill\, Regent Trading Estate\, Oldfield Road\, Salford\, M5 4DE\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://workers-can-win.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Socialists-and-trade-unionism.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221113T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221113T120000 DTSTAMP:20260502T145246 CREATED:20221027T135633Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221027T135633Z UID:845-1668333600-1668340800@workers-can-win.info SUMMARY:Workers Can Win @ HM22 London DESCRIPTION:There will be a book launch for Workers Can Win with Ian Allinson\, Zad El Bacha and Kim Moody at the Historical Materialism London conference. \nFor details including the conference programme and how to register\, see the conference website. This session is scheduled to be in the Djam Lecture Theatre (DLT). URL:https://workers-can-win.info/event/workers-can-win-hm22-london/ LOCATION:SOAS\, London\, 10 Thornhaugh St\, London\, London\, WC1H 0XG\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://workers-can-win.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/HM2022.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221112T163000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221112T173000 DTSTAMP:20260502T145246 CREATED:20220908T165734Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221103T173427Z UID:644-1668270600-1668274200@workers-can-win.info SUMMARY:Edinburgh Radical Bookfair DESCRIPTION:Ian Allinson will be speaking at the Edinburgh Radical Book Fair\, in a session alongside Eileen Turnbull (author of ‘A very British conspiracy: the Shrewsbury 24 and the campaign for justice’)\, Aditi Jehangir of Living Rent\, and Morag Livingstone (author of ‘Charged: how the police try to suppress protest’). The session will also be livestreamed. \nIntertwined picket lines \nWhat makes this era of strikes different from preceding ones? What makes it exactly the same and how can we use industrial action for real\, lasting empowerment of communities? \nAfter a year during which one UK labour force after another has announced strike action\, we welcome you to delve into a conversation about all kinds of picket lines\, how they are kept separate and how they can be connected in order to achieve not only better terms for workers\, but systemic change for all. This panel will look at the power of industrial action\, its limits at present\, and potential beyond particular industries\, asking vital questions about where we go next. \n\n \n \n \n SlideBOOK CONTENTS \nINTRODUCTION \nBUY URL:https://workers-can-win.info/event/edinburgh-radical-bookfair/ LOCATION:Assembly Roxy\, Edinburgh\, 2 Roxburgh Place\, Edinburgh\, EH8 9SU\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://workers-can-win.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/intertwined-picket-lines.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR