Inspired by the nationwide Enough is Enough campaign, a public meeting will take place next Wednesday, 14th September, at Lancaster Town Hall, with speakers to include Lancaster MP Cat Smith and Coun Caroline Jackson, Green leader of Lancaster City Council.
Enough is Enough is a campaign to fight the cost of living crisis, founded by trade unions and community organisations determined to push back against the misery forced on millions by rising bills, low wages, food poverty, shoddy housing – and a society they feel is run only for a wealthy elite.
The meeting, inspired by this campaign, at 7.00pm on Wednesday 14th September, will discuss growing fears about the cost of living crisis and support workers in dispute or on strike.
“We have called this public meeting because we want to show solidarity to all workers who are fighting back for a fair share of the wealth and a wage they can live off,” says Eugene Doherty, Lancaster trades council president.
“We are saying ‘enough is enough’. Workers demand our fair share and wages so that we can enjoy life.”
Speaking on the growing crisis last month, before the government’s announcement to cap energy prices earlier today, after a meeting local businesses hosted by Lancaster & District Chamber of Commerce, MP Cat Smith said “it’s worrying how much uncertainty there is. Headlines about hospitality businesses closing would mean huge job losses and further difficulties.”
In addition to Cat Smith, Labour MP for Lancaster, and Councillor Caroline Jackson, Green leader of Lancaster City Council, other speakers will include Daren Ireland of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers, North West organiser, James Attwood, Communication Workers Union, rep Lancaster Royal Mail, Carl Webb, Regional Secretary CWU NW Region, Joanne Thompson, OCS rep for UNISON Care, Siobhan Collingwood, National Education Union national executive, Julie Hearn, University and College Union, Lancaster University, and Elizabeth Mills from Morecambe Bay Extinction Rebellion.
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This report was updated after first publication, to reflect comment that this meeting is not an official Enough is Enough event but a reflection of the aims of that campaign