This Sunday, DL21C's Foreign Affairs Committee invites you to a
Meet and Greet Brunch with British MP Jon Trickett
on the Past, Present and Future of Labor Unions
$15 includes admission, plus buffet breakfast of scrambled eggs, breakfast burritos, french toast & home fries
Jon will compare what is happening in Wisconsin and in the US, with what happened during the 1984 Miner’s Strike in Britain, which resulted in a strong blow to organized labor. Parallels will be examined in today’s anti-union (public and private) rhetoric and actions by politicians on the right in the US.
About MP Trickett: Jon Hedley Trickett (born 2 July 1950) is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hemsworth in West Yorkshire since a 1996 by-election. He served as the Parliamentary Private Secretary to Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Trickett was also active in anti-fascist and anti war movements. He was a delegate to the Leeds Trades Council. Trickett became leader of Leeds City Council in 1989 and was first elected to the Leeds City Council in 1984 for the Beeston ward. He had gained a BA in Politics from the University of Hull, and later an MA in Political Sociology from the University of Leeds. From 1974-86 he also worked as a builder and plumber. Trickett was appointed by the trades unions as acting Chair of the Tribune newspaper Board in 2007, Trickett ceased in this role when the paper was taken over by a private proprietor. Following the cabinet reshuffle of 3 October 2008, Trickett became the Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown. In October 2010, Trickett was appointed Shadow Minister of State for the Cabinet Office by new Labour leader Ed Miliband, attending Shadow Cabinet but not being a full member of it.
To read MP Trickett's Guardian Op-Ed, click here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/may/13/labour-leadership-ir...