|
January |
1 |
Special
website launched and announcement of campaign |
|
23 |
Tribute
Launch in House of Commons |
|
February |
|
Regional
rallies between February and June in Glasgow, Newcastle,
Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham and Bristol
Campaign Launch at TUC |
|
March |
12-14 |
Fringe event
at TUC Women’s conference, Eastbourne |
|
April |
5 |
National Assembly for a decent
state pension, TUC Congress House, London |
|
6 |
Annual
increase in the current state pension |
|
May |
9 |
First call
for a national campaign in 1899 |
|
28 |
First
reading of Old Age Pensions Bill |
|
June |
3-5 |
Centenary
Rally at Pensioners’ Parliament, Blackpool |
|
July |
13 |
NPC Speaker
at Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival, Dorset |
|
August |
1 |
Old Age
Pensions Bill becomes an Act of Parliament |
|
Centenary Rally in Manchester |
|
16 |
Centenary Rally in
Bristol
|
|
September |
8-11 |
Fringe
meeting at TUC, Brighton |
|
October |
22 |
Joint Lobby of Parliament -
Decent state pensions for all generations Rally 12 noon,
Methodist Central Hall, Westminster
Lobby Flyer for 22 October 2008 |
|
November |
20 |
Reeves (New
Zealander) speaks at Browning Hall in 1898 |
|
December |
13 |
Planned event
at Southwark Town Hall to mark original
meeting of trade unions in Browning Hall (nearby) in 1898 |
| January 2009 |
1 |
First Old Age Pension
Day |
