Polly Toynbee to deliver the 2016 Mary Macarthur lecture

date Wednesday 3 March 2016

embargo: For Immediate Release

Polly Toynbee to deliver the 2016 Mary Macarthur lecture 

Writer and Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee will deliver the 2016 Mary Macarthur lecture on Blackheath on Friday 4th March.

The Mary Macarthur lecture is organised by the Midlands TUC and builds upon the long running Chainmakers Festival that has been based in the Black Country for over a decade.

The Mary Macarthur lecture has become a key date in the trade union calendar, providing an opportunity to explore in depth many of the issues facing women in work and wider society.

Lee Barron, Midlands TUC Regional Secretary, said

“In the run up to International Women’s Day it is right that attention is focussed upon the many challenges confronting women and we are delighted that Polly Toynbee will be delivering the 2016 Mary Macarthur lecture.

“The lecture is the culmination of our ‘Women at Work’ week. We will remember and honour the campaigning zeal of Mary Macarthur and the women Chainmakers and use them as an inspiration as we support unions to tackle poverty pay, zero hours contracts and casualisation that is doing so much to trap women in low pay, insecure work today.

NOTES TO EDITORS:

- Polly Toynbee, Writer and Guardian columnist, will deliver the Mary Macarthur lecture at the Blackheath Coronation Club on Friday 4 March at 7.00 pm

- TUC General Secretary, Frances O’Grady, delivered the inaugural lecture in 2015

- Follow the Midlands TUC on Twitter: @midlandstuc

Contacts:

Media enquiries:

Rob Johnston T: 0121 236 4454  M: 07879 497291  E: rjohnston@tuc.org.uk
Lee Barron  T: 0121 236 4454  M: 07919 102472 E: lbarron@tuc.org.uk