The longest strike in history!

BURSTON STRIKE SCHOOL –
The longest strike in history!
SUNDAY 2 SEPTEMBER, 2012
10.55am to 4.45pm, Church Green,
Burston, near Diss, Norfolk
Guest Speakers:
Morning: MARK SERWOTKA,
General Secretary, PCS
CLIVE LEWIS,
PPC, Labour, Norwich South
Afternoon: BOB CROW,
General Secretary, RMT
CATH SPEIGHT,
National Officer, Unite
Chaired by:
MEGAN DOBNEY
(TUC Regional Secretary) and
TERESA MACKAY
(Retired Unite Regional Officer)
Entertainment by:
RED FLAGS
RMT BRASS BAND
BLEEDING HEARTS
Food and beer tent Campaign
and community stalls
Organised by Unite (L&E Region)
With the support of SERTUC,
the Burston Strike School
Trustees and Thompsons
Solicitors.
In April 1914 Kitty and Tom
Higdon, loved and respected
teachers at Burston Village
School, were sacked for their
socialist and Trade Union views.
The pupils walked out in support,
and from then until 1939 the
villagers and the Higdons ran the
‘Strike School’, providing an
education for local children.
Times change but the struggle in
rural areas for economic and
social justice continues.
BURSTON
Shelfanger
A1066
THETFORD
DISS
A143
BURY St. E.
Scole
A140
NORWICH
Thelveton
A140
IPSWICH
Join us at the Burston Strike School Rally on Sunday 2 September to
commemorate the longest strike in history, and to celebrate the people
who continue to fight for Trade Union rights, working class education,
democracy in the countryside and international solidarity.
Português
Junte-se a nós na Festa Comício de Burston Strike School no Domingo, 2 de
Setembro para comemorar o mais longa greve na história e para celebrar as
pessoas que continuam a lutar pelos direitos dos Sindicatos, educação da
classe trabalhadora, democracia nas zonas rurais e solidariedade
internacional.
4998/DP/7-12
Polskie
W niedziele 02 wrzesnia dołacz do nas w marszu Burston Strike Rally
School upamiatniajacym najdłuzszy strajk w historii; dla uczczenia ludzi,
którzy nadal walcza o prawa Zwiazków Zawodowych, edukacje klasy
robotniczej, demokracji na wsi i solidarnosci miedzynarodowej.