Increasingly, big business leaders and bankers are talking about the possibility of an economic boom in the next few months. Earlier projections of economic stagnation and talk of the worst economic…Read more…
West Hammers help out in East Ham Central By Election
Yesterday evening I went out on the Labour doorstep with our West Ham MP, Lyn Brown and Cara (the infamous Labour attack dog) to support Farah Ahmed, our Labour candidate in East Ham Central by election on Thursday May 6 (and our London Mayoral Candida…Read more…
UNISON NEC election ballot papers are being sent out to members home addresses from May 4. Vote for candidates who pledge to be your voice for members.
Ballot papers for UNISON NEC elections are being sent out to members registered home addresses from May 4th. Look out for your ballot papers and consider voting for candidates who pledge to be your voice.
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Bank Holiday Stall “Voting for Change” in Newham (and some great music)
Picture from the “Voting for Change” stall in Stratford yesterday with respected community activist Josephine and John, my fellow West Ham Councillor,. We were handing out postcards and answering questions to residents outside the main Station.&n…Read more…
‘Unsung heroes’
On May the Fourth – Star Wars Day – Unite sends ‘the force’ to all council workers in their continued fight for fair pay. Alongside NHS and other key workers, council workers have been at…Read more…
UNISON celebrates Domestic Abuse Bill passing into law
Abuse survivors will have new workplace protections as a direct result of work by UNISON
The article UNISON celebrates Domestic Abuse Bill passing into law first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Dudley Hospital Covid risk shame
Unite is warning because of systematic failures by outsourcing giant Mitie, which holds the facility management contract for the NHS Dudley Hospital Trust, staff and patients could be exposed to…Read more…
Update on UNISON’s legal assistance
Access to UNISON’s legal assistance has reverted to the UNISONdirect service.
The article Update on UNISON’s legal assistance first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
UNISON demands human rights due diligence law for supply chains
Both business and the public sector should be held to account if they fail to prevent human rights abuse and environmental damage
The article UNISON demands human rights due diligence law for supply…Read more…
Overlooked and undervalued
With you from cradle to grave, council workers are the unsung heroes of the Covid-19 crisis. They are key workers who have kept our communities running during the pandemic, emptying our bins,…Read more…
Public want government to keep promises and give the NHS what it needs, poll shows
Two-thirds of public think additional resources should be made available for NHS staff pay rise
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Nursery schools forced to make further cuts as government leaves them in the dark over key funding decisions
A third make staff and services to balance books
The article Nursery schools forced to make further cuts as government leaves them in the dark over key funding decisions first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
On the knocker for Farah, Sadiq & Unmesh in East Ham Central By election
This afternoon I joined the 2pm Labour team canvassing for the by-election in East Ham Central ward. Stephen Timms MP and the ward election agent, Cllr Alan Griffiths, were the only ones to turn up for this session. I had been out with the fantastic ca…Read more…
UNISON NEC elections 2021: Ballot papers start to drop from tomorrow 4th May
Tomorrow (4/5/21) National Executive Committee ballot papers will start to be delivered to all our UNISON members home addresses.
All of us above are rank and file members of our union who want to represent all our members on our NEC.
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“We’re voting for change” in the way we do things in Newham Council
Picture from Saturday’s leafleting of East Ham High Street with my West Ham ward Councillor Colleague, John Whitworth (and Newham Council Scrutiny Committee Chair).
On Thursday May 6 Newham residents will also be able to vote in a referendum on the f…Read more…
Vote for London: Vote for Sadiq (and Unmesh): Vote for Labour
It was great to pick up yesterday Labour GLA election leaflets with an East London focus (at long last!). I have dropped off leaflets and road groups (list of addresses to be targeted) to the West Ham and Forest Gate North ward organisers and been deli…Read more…
Newport and Debden Essex “Big Skies” walk
Off message. This is our favourite Essex Pathfinder walk. Only 40 minutes drive from Forest Gate (and accessible by rail). A 6.5 mile circular walk starting from Newport Railway Station. It is quite hilly for Essex and lots of lovely green lanes…Read more…
Workers Union Organisers London 1914
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Nature – George Orwell
“By retaining one’s childhood love of such things as trees, fishes, butterflies and toads, one makes a peaceful and decent future a little more probable.”
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Walk the wall
On International Workers’ Memorial Day on Wednesday (April 28), Unite general secretary Len McCluskey joined bereaved families who lost their loved ones to Covid-19 at the National Covid…Read more…