TUC conference 2006 and fringe events
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is holding its 2006 annual conference in Brighton from September 11th to 14th.
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In the meantime, visit www.tuc.org.uk for more information.
Opinion Former fringe events
Monday September 11th
BSA/PCS Skills Project
5.30pm
Meeting room 4, the Brighton Centre, King’s Road, Brighton BN1 2GR
This is within the secure zone
Invited speakers: Unionlearn director Liz Smith; PCS deputy director general Hugh Lanning
Wednesday September 13th
Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union
The role of the third sector in the provision of public services
6pm to 7pm
Thistle Hotel, Brighton
To be followed by a reception.
Chair: Janice Godrich, PCS president.
Speakers: Nick Aldridge, Director of Strategy and Communications, AVECO; Steve Davis, senior research fellow at the Cardiff School of Social Sciences and author of the PCS commissioned report ‘Third Sector Provision of Employment-Related Services’;
Mark Serwotka, PCS general secretary.
We hope to examine:
– is the public sector the best provider of public services?
– what is the role of the private and third sectors in providing public services?
– what impact is the government’s efficiency programme having on public service provision?
Amnesty International
Meeting on trafficking
Speakers: Tim Hancock; Cathy Zimmerman from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; Aslef equalities advisor Sharon Allen; TUC international officer Simon Steyne
