Black and minority ethnic (BME) workers are more likely than ever now to have a job, but Unite has warned that the latest figures only reveal part of the picture. According to new data from…Read more…
Obituary: Tributes to former Newham leader who saw through first council eviction over racism
Hat tip Newham Recorder “Tributes have been paid to former council leader Frederick Jones, who has passed away aged 84.Born to Bill and Violet Jones on May 5, 1935, the former Newham Council leader who loved fighting in the ring and political arena att…Read more…
Unite ballot box result as far right quashed
Unite has hailed the defeat of the far right in the North West after a union advertising campaign to stop the likes of Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, also known as Tommy Robinson, proved successful. …Read more…
‘Body blow’ for East Anglia
Unite has described the announcement of 140 job losses at the Stowmarket factory of power and garden tool manufacturer Bosch as a further ‘body blow’ for East Anglia. Bosch announced today…Read more…
Walkers strike suspended
Unite has suspended strikes due to begin at the end of this week, on the North West Walkers’, crisps contract, as the worker’s employer Eddie Stobart, has agreed to recognise the union and to…Read more…
Manchester Metrolink strike off
The strike next month by more than 200 workers on Greater Manchester’s Metrolink tram and light railway system has been called off, while the workers are balloted on a new pay offer, Unite said today…Read more…
‘Enough is enough’
Bromley library workers will strike continuously from Thursday, June 6 to demand full staffing of Bromley’s libraries. The strike is also part of a campaign by Unite to give a big pay boost to…Read more…
‘Get the vultures out of our communities’
You would have to have a heart of stone not to feel for British steelworkers right now. Twenty-five thousand jobs at risk, families devastated and until this week without even a short-term…Read more…
UNISON welcomes new law on tenancy fees
New Tenancy Fees Act (Engalnd) comes into force on 1 June – Scotland and Wales have own legislation
The article UNISON welcomes new law on tenancy fees first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Iftar at Forest Gate Mosque
Picture from tonight’s breaking of the fast at Forest Gate mosque. Guests included Newham Mayor, Rokhsana Fiaz (whose father prays regularly at this mosque) and West Ham MP, Lyn Brown. As well as Councillors and local Labour Party activists.
We were a…Read more…
Election results show the country is more divided than ever, says UNISON
Labour must find clearer Brexit line and end ambiguity
The article Election results show the country is more divided than ever, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
It’s clear from these election results is that the country is hopelessly divided
This result was a cry of frustration at a political class that seems to lack the answers to the biggest issue facing the UK.
The article It’s clear from these election results is that the…Read more…
East Ham Town Hall – 1950s
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Labour – Palestine
Please click here to read a model on Palestine for consideration for CLPs to submit to Labour Party Conference this year. The focus of the motion is on how Labour should respond not only to the…Read more…
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ReviveFM 94.0 – Poverty in Newham (and what the Council is doing about it)
Yesterday, in between campaigning for the European elections, Newham Council Cabinet lead for Finance, Cllr Terry Paul and myself were interviewed live on Community Radio, ReviveFM 94, which is based in Forest Gate, Newham.
Our interviewer was our Cou…Read more…
Blog: Theresa May is going – yet working people should fear what comes next
Normally the departure of a Prime Minister who looks set to go down in history as a failure would be a moment for cheer. Yet working people should fear what comes next. The next Prime Minister will…Read more…
‘Farce has to end’
The ‘shambolic’ Conservative party is incapable of governing and a general election is the ‘only honourable’ way forward the leader of the UK and Ireland’s largest union, Unite said today (Friday May…Read more…
Working people should fear what comes next
Commenting on the Prime Minister’s announcement today (Friday) that she is to step down on 7 June, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “Theresa May will go down in history as one of the worst…Read more…
NHS England moves to undo the damage done by outsourcing
NHS England has published proposals to help the delivery of its long-term plan. These proposals set out the changes to support integration and new models of care that NHS England would like to see…Read more…