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Tag: Lothians
March and Rally 5th May
Please note that the 2024 Edinburgh, Lothian’s and Borders May Day march and rally will be on Sunday 5th May. This is a break from the usual pattern of holding the events on the first Saturday in May – please spread the word around and put the date in your diary.
The march assembles midday at Johnston Terrace – then down the Royal Mile and St Mary’s Street and up to the Pleasance. The rally starts at 1pm upstairs at the Pleasance in the main hall.
Speakers and musicians at the rally are:
Susan Morrison introductions, Tasneem Ali (Muslim Women’s Association), Penny Stone (Musician), Amanda Fyfe (Living Rent), Mike Cowley (E.I.S. Fela) Elsie MacDonald (Musician), Mick Hogg (Ex Miner). Don’t miss it.
When you arrive at the Pleasance don’t forget that there will be stalls near the cafe/bar – organisations with stalls include sfbbooks, Scot.E 3, Stand up to Racism, Stop the War, Free Assange, Right to choose, Edinburgh IWW, Living Rent, Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Edinburgh Action For Palestine, Morning Star, Unite, Edinburgh Climate Coalition
You can download a PDF copy of the flyer for the May Day events here.
Cabaret 2nd May
Get tickets for the May Day Cabaret: https://www.thestand.co.uk/news/the-great-edinburgh-may-day-cabaret-2024.
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Thanks
Thanks to all the union branches that provided financial support to the 2023 Edinburgh and Lothians May Day events and to all the individuals who contributed to the bucket collection at the Pleasance
G.M.B. Scottish Committee
Musicians Union
E.I.S. Midlothian
Edinburgh T.U.C.
UNISON Lothian Health
Unison West Lothian
Unite Edin. &Forth Valley Not for Profit
R.M.T. Scottish Committee
UNISON Midlothian
R.M.T. Glasgow Shipping
UNISON City of Edinburgh
UNITE Lothian Retired Members
Unite Edinburgh Area Activists
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Rally 2023 – part 9
The final speaker at the rally was Derek Durkin from Trade Unions in Communities
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Rally 2023 – part 8
Brian Reynolds from the RMT speaking at the rally
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Rally 2023 – part 7
Steve West from the PCS Union
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Rally 2023 – part 6
Lena Wanggren spoke on behalf of the UCU – the University and Colleges Union
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Music from the 2023 rally
We can’t provide a direct link to Calum Baird’s set from the rally because of new restrictions from YouTube – but you can link to the set on YouTube from here https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FEdinburghMayDay%2Fposts%2Fpfbid06zYYVs68KkazppQqkTVPudP5j1mrqu1uCJdDF9ia5L79oyiETbYjCtREU6Ft7fFUl&show_text=true&width=500
Calum was followed by Penny and Lisa
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Rally 2023 – part 3
Roz Foyer from the Scottish Trades Union Congress
Edinburgh and Lothians May Day 