Justice for the Shrewsbury Pickets
From the Socialist Labour Party
TUC Fringe Meeting speakers include
Ricky Tomlinson
Wednesday 16 Sept 2009, 7pm at the Casa Club, Hope St, Liverpool
After the 1972 Building Workers' National Strike 24 Trade Unionists were tried at Shrewsbury in a hostile act perpetrated by a Tory Government to criminalise picketing. A number of these men were given severe prison sentences. Best known of them were Des Warren and Ricky Tomlinson, who became referred to as the "Shrewsbury 2." Des died as a direct result of the treatment that was meted out to him during his lengthy incarceration.
Successive Governments both Tory and Labour, have remained unresponsive to the calls for these perverse judgements to be set aside, and for these men to be cleared. There is now a renewal of the campaign, even after all this time, and the death of some of those involved, to secure justice for these Trade Union Comrades.
The campaign is also calling for a Public Inquiry to expose the role of successive governments and the secret services in the events surrounding this important time in labour history.
Posted by John Tyrrell at September 8, 2009 8:04 AM
