Present: Jerome, Fern, Sharkfin, N00b, Grizzle, Sal Maj, Little Child, Can'tdo
Apologies: Fingers, Rob Ray, Jock, Gork, Frenchie, Dirty H
1. Personal Reports
Jerome - Issued demand letter to boss regarding job description review. Workmates up for handling things collectively. Line manager is a slippery fish, but also a simpleton (american)
Sharky - Admin at uni obstructing meetings for uni anarchist group - technically not enough members to be an official society. Group abandoned for the moment, focussing on N9. Student union for N9 in theory but in practice little is happening.
N00b - Looking for job, just moved to london.
Sal Maj - Nothing to report
Grizzle - a few issues have come up at work which co-workers have been happy to deal with collectively. More sticking up for each other.
Fern - Sundays now only one person on shift instead of two. Also sometimes finishes work at midnight and has to be in again at 9am.
ACTION - Jerome and Fern to meet up, preferably with fingers and/or Gork to go over contract.
Can'tdo - thinks he's gonna lose his job and is looking for another in mean time.
2. Previous minutes
-Has smallworld printed the 2500 leaflets?
ACTION - Jerome to contact smallworld
-People should look on internal forums regarding re-jigging of meeting structure - SL forum
3. West Yorkshire man in LDN temporarily - can we waive his subs as he's still paying into WY? Yes.
4. Jock to arrange xmas do with AF Nick
5. Refused sorting pizza outing.
ACTION - Can'tdo to ask alarm
ACTION - Jerome to send out refused's poster on list
6. Weekend school - stuff we want to discuss?
We like Rob Ray's proposals
ACTION - Grizzle to tell Rob to send on to Jim with more details
7. We have online banking!
Nov - 850.23 pounds
ACTION - Sal Maj to send 30 quid to SL for posters
8. Office update
Sal Maj hasn't had time to liase with LCAP.
9. LEWN - doodle for next meeting, please fill in. (Jerome will send out link)
10. Lloyds - CNT solidarity
Can'tdo - we should get the St Paul's lot involved
Combine with "anarchy" talk
Point people: Can'tdo, Jerome, Sharkfin, Fern - we assume Jim, Fingers, Caiman, Gork and Ken are up for helping organise
Jerome - call meeting "Anarchism, workplace organising and worker resistance in the banks"
Little Child - Debate on anarchism tonight (2nd) and Donnache (NUJ fulltimer..cough) is dispelling myths about anarchy at st pauls
Jerome - Oakland is kicking off!
Little Child - State threatening nasty backlash is strike goes ahead
11. Theory and practice pamphlets. We want them, 50 of each
ACTION - Sal Maj to sort
12. Nov 30th
Propaganda: Media commission doing national stuff.
ACTION - Grizzle to nudge Rob about "all in this together" leaflet in PDF
ACTION - Can'tdo to print 1000
ACTION - Grizzle get in touch with Sifa about badges and stickers with the walking off job logo
ACTION - Can't do will pester Brighton Maj about T-shirts and see how much would cost professionally
ACTION - Griz and Jerome will sort student aimed leaflet
Posters - "off the job" - 500 and "Strike for the kids" - 250
ACTION - Sal Maj will get them printed, and do some placards
ACTION - Grizzle to ask Ed Goddard about catchy slogans
AIM TO BE SORTED BY 10th NOV
Build up
-Kilburn distro
-Jock's area
- Butterflea (?) and Can'tdo to do Walthamstow
ACTION - Griz to enquire about trades council tables
Joint meeting with AF on 10th
Alarm on Sunday at 6 - Calthorpe Balms (?) Near chancery lane
ACTION - Jerome to liase with SL about distros, will they give us money for posters?
UCL wants us to speak at workers' rights event towards end of month - Little Child will see if he can.
ACTION - Jerome send Little Child the date
Day
Picket lines?
-Contact Con
-Fingers will know some
-Can'tdo likely to have one at his school
-Leytonstone
-Islington? a few members in area
-Find out from brent fightback about pickets
-N30 website?
-Find out route of march
ACTION - Little Child to contact SSN about picket lines
- Bring instruments?
-Contact SL for ideas
-Occupy Congress house?..!
-Link with electricians - private/public. Belfour Beatty - might have office in Victoria
Max spending 200 quid
To be discussed on list with further ideas for next meeting