Marxist. Trade Unionist. Socialist-feminist. Author. Poet. Speaker. Tutor. RMT ex-Exec. Workers' Liberty. Autie. Bi. PUFC fan.
Socialist feminism! Everyday sexism! Women’s struggles past and present!
Middle-aged Kicks live in Portslade At Railway Roots in Portslade, West Sussex, Janine and Robb Johnson will deliver a one-off performance of their acclaimed collaboration on Middle-aged Kicks. Expect some poetry too. You can download the track here for a … Read more
Menopause at work hit the headlines on 22 February as the Equality and Human Rights Commission issued new guidance on the issue. However, the guidance only affirmed what the law has been for the last fourteen years, and the fact that news coverage trumpeted it as a breakthrough can only mean that employers have not been following the law.
Janine’s annual poetic performance at Ealing Trades Union Council’s International Women’s Day celebration. There will also be speakers and music, and a good time will be had by all. Venue: to be confirmed
Join us to celebrate the launch of the new issue of Women’s Fightback, a socialist feminist magazine by Workers’ Liberty.
Venue: The Ballroom, Drayton Court Hotel (opposite West Ealing station), London W13 8PH International Womens Day was created to celebrate the lives and struggles of working women. We’ll hear about the bravery of women in Iran from Aghileh Djafari Marbini … Read more
Venue: St James Clubhouse, 11 Blatchington Road Seaford, East Sussex, BN25 2AB Janine begins each half of this event with some appropriately-themed poetry. There will also be speakers and other activities. The theme is women in sport.
Venue: RMT National Education Centre, Doncaster RMT women members can register for this course via their branch or the members’ section of the union’s website.
Janine will tell the story of one of Holloway prison’s former residents at this event to mark the seventh anniversary of the prison’s closure and promote proposals for a progressive Women’s Building in its place. Venue: entrance to HMP Holloway, … Read more
She doesn’t cringe and cower, she’s not a fragile flower She picked on him and tricked him She’s not a perfect victim She tells of his coercion, he tells a different version How dare she contradict him? She’s not a … Read more
She provoked him. She said she was leaving him. She’s been looking at other guys. He had to show her. She had to know She isn’t a person in her own right, She’s part of him. She is the buffer … Read more
Janine’s contribution to the debate on shiftwork at TUC Women’s Conference 2022. Read the text here.
At this year’s TUC Women’s Conference, one of the motions we debated was about working shifts, particularly women’s safety on late shifts. This was my contribution to the debate. You can watch the video of this speech here. I’m Janine … Read more
Janine contributes poetry to this online event. More info from [email protected]
Janine’s annual poetic appearance at the awesome Ealing TUC event, this year on Zoom.
Published in Solidarity 610, 20 October 2021. The Night Tube in London will resume on two lines from 27 November, in a move promoted as ensuring safety for women. However, the reality is more complex, and women’s safety … Read more
Janine will speak about trade union campaigns against violence against women on London Underground at a two-day conference (hybrid: in Brussels and online) organised by the European Transport workers’ Federation’s women’s committee.
Be streetwise, girls, be streetwise and you won’t get false-arrested Look out for cuffs and meat knives Be streetwise, girls, be streetwise and memorise our treatise on what to do when pestered Be streetwise, girls, be streetwise and you won’t … Read more
Published in Women’s Fightback 26, Autumn/Winter 2021 In May 2017, Emma Day was stabbed to death by her ex Mark Morris, father of one of the two kids she had just dropped off at school. Morris had repeatedly threatened to … Read more
Her cover drive and how she ran are now haram under the rule of the Taliban Can she stay in? For sure she can She can’t be out without a man in ancient, new Afghanistan She’d tackle assumptions and she’d … 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