Marxist. Trade Unionist. Socialist-feminist. Author. Poet. Speaker. Tutor. RMT ex-Exec. Workers' Liberty. Autie. Bi. PUFC fan.
Challenging discrimination and fighting for liberation
First published as a blog post for the TUC’s ‘Stronger Unions’ on 23 November 2016: Most autistic people want to work, but often encounter difficulties in the workplace which employers can address better. Author and workplace trade union representative … Read More
Janine, John McDonnell MP and Emma Buck MP answers questions from Oxford University Labour Club members about neurodiversity and the labour movement.
Watch this online event on Facebook here. Locomotion No. 1 Fundraiser – Bring it home… for good! Performing at the event: 6.00pm (BST) -6.05 – Tony Stowers (introduction about the benefit) 6.05-6.20 – Nazim Khan 6.20-6.40 – Singer of the … Read More
Janine will be running this workshop as part of a briefing day for NEU members in the West Midlands. If you are an NEU member and would like to attend, please contact the union for details. THE SOCIAL MODEL … Read More
Janine will be ranting, rhyming and revolting as part of this day-long jamboree of autistic voices. Log-in details to follow.
Published in Solidarity 587, 7 April 2021 Disabled people’s organisations have scored an important victory as the government has announced that local councils will no longer be excused from meeting their social care obligations. A year ago, the Coronavirus Act … Read More
Janine is among the speakers as RMT’s London Transport Region hosts a panel focusing on women’s health and safety in the workplace, for International Workers Memorial Day. Broadcasting live on RMT London Transport Region’s channel — specific meeting details for … Read More
– a discussion and comparison of and commentary on tactics then and now – 1921 and 2021 One hundred years ago, the Labour council of the east London Borough of Poplar went to prison rather than inflict cuts or rate … Read More
Janine does a half-hour poetry set at this all-day extravaganza celebrating the launch of the 2nd GIRLS ARE LOUD compilation @ the 13th GAL event! Full line-up: 12-12.15- Intro – Ange Droz 12.20-12.35 – The Girls From Hope Orphanage 12.40-13.10 … Read More
If you’re locked down with books and a partner who cooks better than you Then you’ll probably get through If you’re locked down with a garden it might not be so hard and with a nice glass of wine You’ll … Read More
This is what Janine said in the debate about Reasonable Adjustments for Disabled Workers at the TUC Disabled Workers’ Conference on 11 March 2021. I’ll start with what might be a provocative statement: Reasonable adjustments for individual workers … Read More
This is the text of my contribution to the debate at TUC Disabled Workers’ Conference on 10 March 2019. Hi. I’m Janine Booth, representing RMT. Our members work in the rail, road transport, shipping and offshore energy industries. I want to … Read More
Published by Women’s Fightback 25, Winter/Spring 2021 Our story is set just after the first world war in Poplar, an east London borough with a population of 160,000 people crammed into the docklands in the bend of the River Thames … Read More
Published by the Free Our Unions campaign Britain’s anti-trade-union legislation makes it harder for unions to fight for the rights of disabled workers and disabled people more generally. How? Limiting issues on which unions may lawfully take action Trade unions … Read More
Free. Click here to register. Ealing Trades Union Council is delighted to once again present a celebration of International Womens Day on March 8th. It’s even more relevant than usual – women have been carrying the brunt of the crisis … Read More
You expressed your opinion. In response, I expressed my opinion, which was different from your opinion In response to me expressing an opinion different from your opinion You shouted I’M ENTITLED TO EXPRESS MY OPINION! as though by expressing an … Read More
Janine rants about Poets versus Covid and Cuts. The annual ‘Heart Unions’ event this years sees a focus on the perilous state of the arts during the COVID19 pandemic. For ‘COVID19 and the Arts’ we are joined by: … Read More
On 27 September 2020, Janine Booth broadcasted an hour-long show on Facebook Live, tackling the two biggest issues of the year: the coronavirus pandemic and police brutality.
Janine Booth tells the story of a working-class borough’s fightback against austerity and thirty councillors who went to prison for refusing to levy rates that their citizens could not afford to pay. Celebrate the centenary of an inspiring struggle which … Read More
Legendary anti-slavery campaigner Frederick Douglass (pictured) once wrote that ‘Power concedes nothing without a demand’. He was spot on. If you approach the government, or the council, or your employer, and tell them that you are unhappy but do not … Read More