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Unite leaders enforce injunction to prevent Gordon McNeill from protesting at Transport House
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Sunday August 31, 2008 09:59 by r
Court case to be heard next Wednesday (3rd Sept) at which Gordon will face fines or imprisonment or both Protests to be called next week against the injunction Unite leaders this afternoon served Gordon McNeill with a court summons in order to prevent him from continuing his protest outside Transport House in Belfast. Gordon now faces the prospect of imprisonment or fines or both as a result of the injunction barring him from protesting in Transport House that was taken out against him by Unite Regional Secretary, Jimmy Kelly.
by d Mon Sep 01, 2008 12:36
Unite Regional Secretary, Jimmy Kelly, issues Gordon McNeill with a court summons for protesting outside an empty building!
by t Mon Sep 01, 2008 17:58
Protest - Wednesday 3 September 9.30am Outside Belfast High Court
by Union member Mon Sep 01, 2008 18:47
I really think this is a disgusting move by Jimmy Kelly. How could any Trade Unionist actually enforce an injunction that could see a fellow union member being jailed for protesting!!! How can Jimmy Kelly or SWP ever argue against Employers putting down injunctions against Stike Pickets ever again as it's move they have used?! Rotten is the only word that springs to mind. I saw the posters around the City Centre this weekend.
by c Mon Sep 01, 2008 23:10
How can Unite justify this action? Transport House was empty. All Unite officials had moved to Antrim Rd. Gordon McNeill was sitting on a deckchair outside Transport House - no threat to anyone. Yet Jimmy Kelly instructs the High Court to deliver a court order against McNeill, in an attempt to have him jailed. Incredible. It sickens me that a shop steward who represented low paid workers, who was sacked for going on strike and shafted by his union, ends up facing a prison sentence for taking part in a peaceful protest so he can continue to tell all workers the story of their fight. Absolutely disgusting.
by clarification Tue Sep 02, 2008 00:12
jimmy kelly is not a member of the swp, and hasnt been for sometime
by Stephen Boyd - Socialist Party Tue Sep 02, 2008 11:16
An anonymous comment claiming that Jimmy Kelly is not a member of the SWP is not clarification. Your comment clarifies nothing but it does attempt to shift the focus of this dispute away from what is now one of its central issues - that Jimmy Kelly and Tony Woodley are attempting to jail a trade unionist and a member of the Socialist Party. Your inference that this dispute is a sectarian attack by the Socialist Party on the SWP is pathetic and because of your anonymity cowardly.
by c Tue Sep 02, 2008 11:27
Can someone from the SWP formally confirm that he is no longer a member of theirs?
by RogerC Tue Sep 02, 2008 15:30
The UNITE poster that is "Posted" on this link is quite frankly ridiculous. To state that they are defending workers rights while threatening to jail a former member who is in dispute with them is obscene.
by me Tue Sep 02, 2008 15:44
Jimmy Kelly is determined to make trade union history by being the first union leader to put one of his shop stewards in prison. And, just to make matters worse, he wants it done for the crime of protesting outside an empty building!
by Robert - Ex SWP Tue Sep 02, 2008 16:40
As a recent ex member of the SWP i can confirm that Jimmy Kelly is NOT a member of the SWP. And has not been for at least 3 months.
by me Tue Sep 02, 2008 18:56
Join the protest tomorrow 9.30am outside the High Court Belfast
by me again Wed Sep 03, 2008 15:25 07934632366
Unite leaders forced to back down from their attempt to imprison him.
by unite member - unite Wed Sep 03, 2008 15:57
Fair play Gordon, well done - Don't let them wear you down!
by Trade Union member Wed Sep 03, 2008 18:38
Clearly the big campaign against Jimmy Kelly and UNITE leaders around Belfast put pressure on! I look forward to seeing many more protests agains Jimmy Kelly on this matter so long as it is not resolved. |
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Monday 1 September 12.30pm
Unite offices Middle Abbey Street Dublin
A new Socialist Party pamphlet has been published -
Defending real trade unionism
A reply to Unite leaders' slanders and lies
By Peter Hadden
£2 or €3
Copies can be obtained by contacting the Socialist Party in
Belfast 13 Lombard St, Belfast BT1 1RB, 02890 232962
Dublin P.O. Box 3434, Dublin 8, 01 6772592
Email - info@socialistparty.net
Pdf of documents attached - Shame, shame, shame!!!
Jimmy Kelly affidavit and court summons against Gordon McNeill 0.82 Mb