Justice for Jane, sacked after 31 years.

http://www.tuc.org.uk/the_tuc/tuc-17364-f0.cfm

PCS has launched a campaign to defend a rep sacked from her job at Land Registry in Weymouth. Jane Brooke's only offence appears to have been to make an industrial injury complaint against her employers.

Surveillance was conducted on six members of staff at the Weymouth Office in breach of both the Data Protection and Human Rights Acts. The Land Registry pursued this seemingly dubious investigation, conducted a hearing in breach of its own procedures and then acted as both prosecutor and judge.

As a result of this process Jane was summarily dismissed. She was given five minutes to collect her personal effects, while a senior member of staff stood guard. Having worked in the same office for 31 years with an unblemished record, this is absolutely devastating for both Jane and her colleagues.

Her union, PCS, are building the campaign to defend Jane and demand her re-instatement.

Messages of support should be sent to Jane via justiceforjane@pcs.org.uk

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Seasons Greetings from Polar Bear and Friends in Beverley

Coal is the dirtiest fossil fuel.

Hull Daily Mail: River Humber Coal

Shan Oakes said: “Coal is the dirtiest fossil fuel. Clean coal technology and Carbon capture has not been tested on a wide-scale commercial basis.

“It is expensive and requires a long-term commitment. We should be investing in renewable energy – we have the technology and we have this gigantic estuary that we should be harnessing the power of.

“Reverting to old fossil fuels just is going backwards. We need to be vigilant that companies do not see the Humber as a backwater where they can get away with doing things they couldn’t elsewhere.”

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Shan Oakes is Press Officer for the Hull and East Riding Green Party.

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Cllr. Mike Jackson, Nafferton, letter in Driffield Times

"We're one less campaigner now."

Many people have heard by now of the tragic death of Ray Jessop on Monday in a fall while at work.

Ray ran the Animal Rights stall at Hull Green Fair and at Beverley Green Fair. Ray delighted in hippiedom and loved his music, his reggae, and ska, and dancing at Payback at the Adelphi. We remember his long black hair, his piercings, his oversize inserted earring, his strange choice of drinks, his easy humour, his enjoyment of green festivals, his love of going out with his mates, sometimes turning up for nights out in a dress!

Ray was also my only company, sometimes, on trips up to Menwith Hill - to support CAAB's efforts to get rid of the leading American spybase there. He was always delightfully suspicious of coppers and many of the powers that be.

Ray was a pagan, and had he lived in the country rather than off Anlaby Road, would have been as at one with nature as he was at one having a drink down at Pave. Ray was a regular supporter of our Hull Palestine Solidarity group and at the protests in Hull at the start of last year.

Ray lived out his values, was not only a vegetarian but a vegan, and committed to a number of causes. He had a zest for life, both for getting much enjoyment from it and doing his bit to help protect other beings whether human victims of war or whether animal vicitms of abuse. He will be sadly missed.

We're one less campaigner now.

Martin Deane, Hull Greens

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• Animal Rights champ was one in a million (HDM)
  
• A simple memorial will be held by his friends in Pave, Princes Ave, on Sunday 20th Dec, where a rose will be planted in the garden, in his honour.

• Morning Star coverage from H&S point of view.
  
• An inquest will be held into his death in a fall at work which happened on Monday 6th Dec.
• CAAB - Campaign for the Accountability of American Bases