May Day 2022 Photo Gallery

2022 March and Rally

Here’s the programme for 7th May:

11.30 Assemble Johnston Terrace

12.00 March off

12.30 (approx) arrive at Pleasance – stalls in the Cabaret Bar

13.00 Rally begins upstairs in main hall – intro by Susan Morrison

13.05 Carmen Simon ETUC and care worker

13.15 Iona Soper (CND)

13.25 Music from Penny Stone

13.35 Brian Reynolds RMT

13.45 Col McCaill Climate Activist Fridays for Future

13.55 Pauline O’Rourke (STUC & CWU)

14.05 Music from Calum Baird

Times are a guide – we’ll keep to schedule as much as we can

May Day Cabaret

The tickets for The Great May Day Cabaret are now on sale via this link here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-great-may-day-cabaret-tickets-290572549317

Sun, 1 May 2022

19:30 – 21:30 BST

South Side Community Centre ,117 Nicolson Street,  Newington EH89ER 

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Edinburgh & Lothians Great May Day Cabaret: Join us for fabulous get together for international workers day and 125th anniversary of STUC.

About this event

Featuring a fantastic line-up, the Great May Day Cabaret is a cultural celebration of both international workers’ day and the 125th anniversary of the Scottish TUC.

Performers include singer-songwriter and national treasure Rab Noakes; songwriter and producer Becci Wallace; musician and activist Calum Baird; poet and former refugee and political prisoner Ghazi Hussein; Yemeni Musician Saber Bamatraf and spoken word artist Iona Lee. Hosted by the incomparable Susan Morrison. 

Supported by Edinburgh & Lothians May Day Committee, Fair Pley, STUC, Art 27, and Peace & Justice Project.

Flyer for the 2022 May Day March and Rally

This is the flyer – get in touch if you’d like some copies

May Day 2022

After two years of online May Day events we expect to be back on the streets in 2022. Assemble 11.30 for a midday start at the top of Johnston Terrace – we’ll march to the Pleasance where there will be stalls, music and a rally. More details fo follow but please put the date in the diary, share the event with your friends and workmates and make sure that your union branch or campaigning groups that you have links to are organising contingents for the march.

There will be a an evening gig on 1st May – details to follow shortly.

Organising for May Day 2022

Monday 27th, 7 – 8pm is the first organising meeting for May Day 2022. If you’d like to get involved email us and we’ll send a link for the Zoom meeting.

May Day 2021 – part 6

The rally concluded with two songs from singer, songwriter Calum Baird

Links to all 6 videos from the 2021 Edinburgh and Lothians May Day Rally 

Part 1 – Gaby Jeliazkov

Part 2 – Sheena Wellington

Part 3 – Penny Stone

Part 4 – Kathy Jenkins

Part 5 – Roz Foyer  

Part 6 – Calum Baird

May Day 2021 – part 5

The final speaker at the rally was Roz Foyer, General Secretary of the Scottish Trades Union Congress. Roz spoke to the theme of the rally which was ‘A People’s Recovery’.

Links to all 6 videos from the 2021 Edinburgh and Lothians May Day Rally 

Part 1 – Gaby Jeliazkov

Part 2 – Sheena Wellington

Part 3 – Penny Stone

Part 4 – Kathy Jenkins

Part 5 – Roz Foyer  

Part 6 – Calum Baird

May Day 2021 – part 4

Kathy Jenkins from Scottish Hazards talked about Zero Covid and organising for workplace health and safety during the pandemic.

You can view Kathy’s slides as part of the video or look through them in presentation form here:

https://www.scribd.com/presentation/505832547/Zero-Covid-May-Day-Slides

Links to all 6 videos from the 2021 Edinburgh and Lothians May Day Rally 

Part 1 – Gaby Jeliazkov

Part 2 – Sheena Wellington

Part 3 – Penny Stone

Part 4 – Kathy Jenkins

Part 5 – Roz Foyer  

Part 6 – Calum Baird

May Day 2021 – part 3

Penny Stone from Edinburgh CND was third up at the rally. Penny reflected on the importance of the Nuclear Ban Treaty and, as she has done for several years, provided some inspirational singing.

Links to all 6 videos from the 2021 Edinburgh and Lothians May Day Rally 

Part 1 – Gaby Jeliazkov

Part 2 – Sheena Wellington

Part 3 – Penny Stone

Part 4 – Kathy Jenkins

Part 5 – Roz Foyer  

Part 6 – Calum Baird