AnnaI was pleased to read this article in the Guardian Society Section this morning, an article by Mike White referring to our winner of the TUC 60 Second Ad Winner 2011, Steve Price. It is worth a read. Also check out our winner here in Hyde Park.
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We are pleased to announce the winner of the TUC 60 Second Ad Contest 2011. This is another fantastic year for the competition that encourages the making of TV-style adverts to promote trade unions on the web. This years’ brief was the impact of the spending cuts.
It was a very close competition and after careful consideration it is our pleasure to announce that Steve Price with his sit-com film ‘Bringing the cuts home’ is winner of this years’ TUC 60 second ad contest.
Steve Price is an incredibly talented individual. He is a remarkable filmmaker, activist and proud trade union member (BECTU). He found out about the contest whilst searching for UK Uncut movies.
‘Bringing the cuts home’ is an accomplished piece, with great comedic performance, tapping into the outnumbered ‘zeitgeist’, a very worthy winner.
The runners up are a collaborative team of three Heidi Hasbruk, Katya Nasim and Matthew Gutton with their film ‘The Cuts Game’. Their film had a nice concept, brought to life by charming music and performances.
Our other runners up are collaborative team Malfunctioning Robots (Claire Winter and Benjamin Bee), with their film ‘A Novel Solution’, a clever and humorous idea, well executed.
In our highly commended category is Ben Furber from Manchester with ‘Just One Cut’, a nice idea taking a young and modern approach.
Also highly commended were Ross Bull and Helen Macdonald from Agitator studios, Auchmithie, Scotland, with their beautiful animation, helping to convey the facts in a light hearted way.
This years’ competition had some strong entries, and we had a very friendly and expert judging panel, who took a wide and considered view.
Each year the judges are looking out for different things. They all appreciate the hard work and effort that every entrant has put into making their adverts a success. Even if an advert doesn’t win, that doesn’t mean that isn’t a success in its own right. All of the adverts will remain on the site and can be used by different people to continue the campaign against the cuts.
The TUC would like to extend a big thank you to everyone who contributed to the contest this year.
The winning adverts will be seen by hundreds of thousands of people on the big screen at Hyde Park at the March for the Alternative, as well as across the world, including showings at the Geneva Labour film festival and the Washington DC Labour film festival.
The winners will be presented with their award by special guests at our special screening of ‘Waste Land’ at London’s Curzon Renoir on the 31st March 2011.
To watch the ads and most importantly to forward on to your social networking sites follow the links below. This competition must be about action, so sharing these ads is as important as viewing them yourselves, don’t hesitate pass them on.
Winner
Bringing the Cuts Home – Steve Price
http://www.tuc60seconds.org.uk/2011/03/20/861/
Runners-up
The Cuts Game – Heidi Hasbruk, Katya Nasim and Matthew Gutton
http://www.tuc60seconds.org.uk/2011/03/14/cuts-game/
A novel solution – Malfunctioning Robots
http://www.tuc60seconds.org.uk/2011/03/13/a-novel-solution/
Highly commended
Just One Cut – Ben Furber
http://www.tuc60seconds.org.uk/2011/03/14/801/
We’re all in it together – Agitator Studios (Ross Bull and Helen Macdonald)
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Thsi is the latest entry to the TUC 60 Second Ad Contest from Ryan Spencer. It is a really powerful advert, well animated, the tears are beautiful, and the music really builds the mood.
The deadline for the contest is Midnight on Monday (14th March), so don’t delay..
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I was just this moment reading Eric Lee from Labourstarts blog and saw this, I urge you to please pledge your support.
On the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day, the Coordinating Body of Latin American Banana and Agro-industrial Workers’ Unions (COLSIBA) calls on the three biggest multinational fruit companies – Chiquita, Dole and Del Monte – to put an end to their discriminatory policies towards women.There are numerous examples, including discriminatory employment policies, compulsory pregnancy tests before hiring, limited access to maternity leave and sexual harassment and abuse. Whether it be in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Peru or Honduras, such problems are daily evidence that the rights of women workers are far from being respected. COLSIBA calls for international solidarity in denouncing these practices and demands a specific commitment by these companies to end violations of women workers’ rights.
Click here to read more about the violations of women workers rights on Chiquita, Del Monte and Dole banana and pineapple plantations.
Click here to download updated Banana Link information leaflet on Women in the Banana Trade.
TAKE ACTION! Send a message to: Manuel Rodriguez – Director of Chiquita Latin America; Jose Antonio Yock – Vice President of Fresh Del Monte Central America; Richard A Harrah – President of Dole Latin America:
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A friend of mine, Lynn Wrench, based in Wisconsin has just forwarded this letter to me, it is a letter sent to the people of Wisconsin from our favourite American filmmaker and political commentator Michael Moore. It’s definitely worth a read!
Sunday, March 6th, 2011
Friends,
Early yesterday morning, around 1:00 AM, I had finished work for the day on my current “project” (top secret for now — sorry, no spoiler alerts!). Someone had sent me a link to a discussion Bill O’Reilly had had with Sarah Palin a few hours earlier about my belief that the money the 21st Century rich have absconded with really isn’t theirs — and that a vast chunk of it should be taken away from them.
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Phil’s blog says that his photographs celebrate women the world over, and he hopes that they challenge the idea that progress is largely brought about by men. And that we still have a long way to go before injustice based purely on a persons sex is eradicated.
To view his blog photos: Phil Maxwell
