BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN URL:https://lectures.london/london-school-of-economics/1926-and-2026-indus trial-relations-where-are-we-headed/calender.ics NAME:Lectures London X-WR-CALNAME:Lectures London TIMEZONE-ID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e67ba05e-865e-4d00-a1bf-9e19c88fc80f SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20261111T131240 DTSTART:20261112T183000 DTEND:20261112T210000 SUMMARY:1926 and 2026 industrial relations: where are we headed? LOCATION:London School of Economics: In-person public event (Shaw Library\ , 6th floor\, Old Building) DESCRIPTION:Thursday 12 November 2026 6.30pm - 9pmSpeakerMatt WrackDiscuss antDavid TorranceChairProfessor Tony Travers\, CBEJoin us for the annual l ecture by the George Lansbury Memorial Trust.Matt Wrack\, General Secretar y of the NASUWT (The Teachers’ Union)\, and David Torrance\, British pol itical journalist\, author\, and historian\, will discuss industrial relat ions of the past\, present\, and future.There will also be an opportunity to view some items from the Library’s archive of George Lansbury’s pap ers\, and the talk will be followed by a drinks reception.Meet our speaker \, discussant and chairMatt Wrack is the General Secretary of NASUWT – T he Teachers’ Union\, having been elected by members in July 2025. He pre viously served as General Secretary of the Fire Brigades Union and was Pre sident of the Trades Union Congress in 2023–24. With a long-standing bac kground in trade union leadership\, he has decades of experience in repres enting public sector workers.Matt is also part of the TUC Executive Commit tee.David Torrance is a British political journalist\, author\, and histor ian.Tony Travers is Professor in Practice in the LSE Department of Governm ent\, Interim Dean of the LSE School of Public Policy and Director of LSE London. His key research interests include local and regional government\, elections and public service reform. Professor Travers' knowledge is freq uently sought by policy makers and he has advised a range of select commit tees and think tanks. He also provides expert analysis for broadcast and p rint media\, regularly appearing on major television and radio networks.Mo re about the George Lansbury Memorial TrustThe George Lansbury Memorial Tr ust was founded in 2012 to commemorate the life\, work and legacy of Georg e Lansbury (1859–1940). A pioneering campaigner for peace\, women’s ri ghts\, local democracy and improvements in labour conditions\, Lansbury wa s an adopted East Ender who made a great contribution to local as well as national life. George Lansbury\, MP for Bow & Bromley\, led the Labour Par ty from 1932–1935 and spent his political life campaigning for social ju stice\, women’s rights and world disarmament. The Lansbury Estate in Pop lar is named after him. It was built as part of the 1951 Festival of Brita in\, as an example of ‘housing for the people’ after the Second World War. LSE Library are the proud custodians of the papers of George Lansbury \, which have been digitised and are available on the Digital Library.Furt her informationAbout us The British Library of Political and Economic Scie nce\, known as LSELibrary\, was founded in 1896\, a year after the London School of Economics and Political Science. 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