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Trade Unions

	http://www.aslef.org.uk/ ASLEF is Britain's trade union for train drivers. Its 18,500+ members are employed in the train operating companies, the freight companies, London Underground and some Light Rapid Transport.
	http://www.community-tu.org/ Community understands that work in the 21st century has been transformed. Work now requires longer hours for less pay and less job security and where small changes in take home pay can have big consequences for the family budget. To adapt to this new world of work, a new type of Trade Union is needed. One that is designed to protect workers rights and entitlements in the workplace while building stronger communities and involving local neighbourhoods.
	http://www.bfawu.org/ Bakers Food & Allied Workerd Union - The BFAWU is the largest independent food workers union in the British Isles, covering England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. We have members throughout the food sector from production to retail.
	http://www.cwu.org/ CWU members work in the Post Office, BT and other telephone companies, cable TV, Accenture HR Services, the Alliance and Leicester and Girobank. Our members' expertise includes engineering, computing, clerical, mechanical, driving, retail, financial and manual skills.
	http://www.gmb.org.uk/ GMB is a campaiging trade union focused on protecting GMB members in their workplaces and growing the number of GMB members.The GMB has almost 600,000 members working in every part of the economy. Organisers do every day for GMB members.
	http://www.nasuwt.org.uk/ NASUWT is the largest union representing teachers and head teachers throughout the UK. 'Putting Teachers First' is the philosophy and practice which has made NASUWT one of the largest and the fastest growing of the teacher unions.
	http://www.nuj.org.uk/ If you are a journalist the NUJ is the union for you. The NUJ is the voice for journalists and journalism. We are an active, campaigning organisation seeking to improve the pay and conditions of our members and working to protect and promote media freedom, professionalism and ethical standards in all media.
	http://www.num.org.uk/ The National Union of Mineworkers is alive and kicking, and is still representing miners, their families and their communities. The NUM is still very active industrially and politically. It is over twenty four years since the start of the Great Miners? Strike of 1984/85. We warned then that if our arguments for a role for coal in our energy requirements were not heeded then the country would pay a heavy price. Twenty two years on we have been proved absolutely correct.
	http://www.prospect.org.uk/ Prospect is an independent, thriving and forward-looking trade union with more than 102,000 members in the public and private sectors. Our members are engineers, scientists, managers and specialists in areas as diverse as agriculture, defence, energy, environment, heritage, shipbuilding and transport. We are the largest union in the UK representing professional engineers
	http://www.unison.org.uk/ Unison, Britains and Europes biggest Public sector Union with 1.3 million members.
	http://www.unitetheunion.org.uk/ Unite is the largest union in the United Kingdom, with over two million members in the public and private sectors. We are the union for the 21st century. We are the union for you
	http://www.teachers.org.uk/ The Union leads the profession, always putting education first, always campaigning for better schools, more resources and improved conditions for pupils and for teachers. Join now - no form, no fuss. Call the NUT Joining Hotline 0845 300 1669 The Union leads the profession, always putting education first, always campaigning for better schools, more resources and improved conditions for pupils and for teachers.
	http://www.usdaw.org.uk/ Usdaw is one of Britain's largest trade unions with over 358,000 members nationwide. Usdaw members work in a variety of occupations and industries including: shopworkers, factory and warehouse workers, drivers, call centres, clerical workers, insurance agents, milkround and dairy process, butchers and meat packers, catering, laundries, chemical processing, home shopping and pharmaceutical.

Local organisations

http://www.saveyeovilrec.co.uk/ Save Yeovil Rec group was setup by People concerned about this development with the aim of maintaining Yeovil Rec as a green field site for use by the public in perpetuity.

National campaigns

Local politicians

Constituency MP: David Laws MP, Constituency Office, 5 Church Street, Yeovil BA20 1HB
House of Commons, London SW1A 1AA phone 020 7219 8413. lawsd@parliament.uk.

Biography:After graduating with a double first in Economics from Kings College, Cambridge, David embarked on a successful career in Banking. He was Vice President of JP Morgan and Co, based in the United States, before becoming Managing Director of Barclays de Zoete Wedd in 1992.



http://www.europarl.org.uk/

South West MEP,s: Glyn FORD Labour and the Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party. Socialist Group in the

European Parliament Member glyn.ford@europarl.europa.eu mep@glynford.eu website

http://www.glynford.eu




Graham BOOTH
Independence/Democracy Group member. UK Independence Party mrgrahambooth@aol.com


Giles CHICHESTER Conservative and Unionist Party
Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats
Member of the Bureau

giles.chichester@europarl.europa.eu . Website - http://www.gileschichestermep.org.uk


Caroline JACKSON, Conservative and Unionist Party.
Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats Member

caroline.jackson@europarl.europa.eu website http://www.carolinejackson-mep.org.uk

Roger KNAPMAN UK Independence Party Independence/Democracy Group Member.

roger.knapman@europarl.europa.eu

Neil PARISH Conservative and Unionist Party
Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats Member of the

Bureau

neil.parish@europarl.europa.eu

Graham WATSON Liberal Democrat Party
Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Chairman. Website

graham.watson@europarl.europa.eu

euro_office@cix.co.uk


http://www.southsomerset.gov.uk/ South Somerset District Council.

Postal Address: The Council Offices, Brympton Way, Yeovil, Somerset, BA20 2HT
+44 01935 462462

Postal address: Somerset County Council, County Hall, TAUNTON, Somerset TA1 4DY