{"id":7272,"date":"2016-03-01T12:12:30","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T12:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/?post_type=events&p=7272"},"modified":"2016-03-01T12:13:57","modified_gmt":"2016-03-01T12:13:57","slug":"the-real-conspiracy","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/events\/the-real-conspiracy\/","title":{"rendered":"The Real Conspiracy"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is 44 years since the first-ever national building workers strike in\u00a0Britain.\u00a0Five months after the strike ended, 24 pickets were picked up\u00a0and charged with over 200 offences, including unlawful assembly,\u00a0intimidation and affray. Six of the pickets were also charged with\u00a0\u2018conspiracy to intimidate\u2019.<\/p>\n

None of the pickets had been cautioned or arrested during the strike.\u00a0There were no police complaints laid against the pickets at the time. At\u00a0the first Shrewsbury trial, beginning in October 1973, three of the\u00a0pickets were found guilty of conspiracy to intimidate, unlawful assembly\u00a0and affray. They were sent to prison: Des Warren for three years, Ricky\u00a0Tomlinson for two years and John McKinsie Jones for nine months.<\/p>\n

\"Builders<\/a><\/p>\n

Jailing these building workers remains one of the most notorious\u00a0anti-trade union acts of the state in modern times. All the might of the\u00a0police and criminal justice system were used against the pickets to\u00a0deter trade unionists from organising effectively.<\/p>\n

The Shrewsbury 24 Campaign<\/a> is seeking to overturn the convictions\u00a0through the Criminal Cases Review Commission. The Campaign\u2019s Secretary\u00a0and Researcher, Eileen Turnbull, will speak about the trials and the\u00a0research that has revealed the real conspiracy that took place in\u00a01972-73 to put trade unionists in jail.<\/p>\n

\"Ricky<\/a>
Des Warren and Ricky Tomlinson jailed for their part in the 1972 Builders Strike.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Eileen has been an active trade unionist in her home city of Liverpool since starting work in the Bryant & May Matchworks in Garston at the age of 16. She taught on TUC shops stewards courses for several years and also obtained a degree at Liverpool Polytechnic before becoming the Legal Officer of the GMB Liverpool, North Wales & Irish Region. After leaving the GMB Eileen joined the Campaign and became the (unpaid) Researcher. Whilst doing the research Eileen decided to return to study at the University of Liverpool for a Masters degree to gain a greater insight into the CCRC and miscarriages of justice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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