BTF and Tamil Solidarity hold Inaugural Solidarity Day with Major UK Unions

Sunday, 09 June 2013

British Tamils Forum (BTF) are pleased to have successfully staged a Solidarity Day, in association with Tamil Solidarity, at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. Approximately one hundred British Tamils, human rights and workers' rights campaigners, and trade union members attended this inaugural event, which was designed to foster closer ties between the British Tamil community and unions in the UK.

The Solidarity Day event was addressed by representatives from many of the UK's most influential and largest trade unions – including UNISON, the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCU), the National Union of Teachers (NUT), the RMT transport union and Unite – as well as social activists and campaigners for other persecuted communities. Attendees also had the opportunity to view artwork and exhibitions on the persecution faced by Eelam Tamils.

All the speakers expressed their support for the three current objectives of the Tamil freedom struggle:

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