Lest we forget. Read more…
National Express – 6 kids die but CEO still gets 7 figure bonus. Wtf?
A sensitive and thoughtful commentary below by Tom Powdrill on his blog “Labour & Capital” about the many governance dangers of paying huge “performance related” bonuses to Chief Executives.
National Express of course has been warned on numer…Read more…
Re-electing Lyn Brown – Forest Gate, West Ham & Canning Town
Picture collage from canvass in Forest Gate North on Tuesday evening, West Ham ward on Wednesday evening and a Labour stall outside the busy West Ham Station tonight (which is confusingly not in West Ham ward but Canning Town North).
While we are camp…Read more…
Should DB schemes open to new members get special treatment? (and why DC schemes are so rubbish in comparison)
I had a name check in this interesting article below. Modern defined benefit (DB) pension schemes are the only way that ordinary working people will be able to enjoy a secure retirement.
I recently pointed out to a journalist that in the DB Local Gov…Read more…
4 weeks to the General Election
If you joined Labour because you want a Labour government it’s time to act. Join us and Lyn Brown talk to voters at our street stalls or knocking on doors here in West Ham and in two key marginals: Ilford North and Westminster Nort…Read more…
Re-electing Lyn Brown in Green Street & Forest Gate
College is from Sundays morning canvass in Green Street West and the afternoon session in Forest Gate North. Our Parliamentary candidate, Lyn Brown, was there to support us with Cara, her famous Yorkshire terrier Labour attack dog.
We first met outsid…Read more…
One Housing Group suspends rent rises for West Ham key workers
Good news that One Housing Group has agreed to suspend the imposition of up to 40% rent rises and new contracts on a key workers scheme near West Ham station. Well done for the tenants for standing up for themselves and for One Housing Group for (belat…Read more…
West Hammers at Home and Away (Ilford North)
Picture collage from yesterday’s (Saturday) Labour campaigning in West Ham and Ilford North. In the morning we had street stalls in in Forest Gate and Canning Town, as well as canvass teams in Plaistow North, Plaistow South and Custom House.
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Can you help fund West Ham’s General Election campaign?
Dear JohnIn less than five weeks time, on 8 June, we will be casting our votes in the General Election.
I know I don’t need to tell you all how important this election is. A victory for Labour will rock Theresa May and the Tories to the core.
That is why I am asking you to make a…Read more…
General election 2017: Make our UNISON members’ voices heard
Make sure members are registered to vote by 22 May;
Use our new campaign guide for branches and activists The general election is just five weeks away. It is vital that UNISON members make their voices heard – which means making sure as many as possible are registered to…Read more…
UNISON and Clarion Housing Association sign recognition agreement
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Vote Labour – Local Council & Mayoral Elections 4 May 2017
Good luck to all Labour Party candidates standing today for election in local Council & Mayoral contests! Polls shut at 10pm and results due around 2am. Read more…
5 weeks to the General Election – West Ham Labour Grid
Dear John
There’s only 5 weeks left to tell Theresa May we want teachers and police officers for the many, not grammar schools and cuts to capital gains tax for the few.
Please co…Read more…
UNISON “there for you” Pyrenean Charity Challenge
“Members experiencing financial and emotional difficulties can contact our welfare charity, There for You, which provides a confidential advice and support service for members and their dependants”.
UNISON “There for You” is something that many of its…Read more…
#GE17 West Hammers playing at home
Yesterday I was pounding the mean streets of Forest Gate North again with a team led by local Councillor, Anamul Islam. We were joined by a very young pioneer (10 months?) and her Mum, who had never been out canvassing before. By the end of the session…Read more…
Housing announcement: Labour’s consumer rights revolution for renters
“The Conservative’s record on housing is one of seven years of failure.
In the private rented sector, tenants are now spending £800 million every month on homes which the Government classes as ‘non-decent’. Around a quarter of this – some £2.3 billion a year – is paid by housing benefit.
Labour…Read more…
Happy May Day!
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Labour 20 pledges to working people (and 3 more of my own)
Finally, we are beginning to see some clear red water between Labour and the Tories on what really matters to British workers. While my wish list would like to see the reintroduction of wage councils, greater national insurance benefits for the self em…Read more…
40 days to go – Campaigning in Forest Gate North & Ilford North
Yesterday we ordered our first West Ham CLP freepost leaflet (the relief). Today I had the Board for a team of local Party activists in Forest Gate North. There was 4 of us and I asked each of them to visit a particular address and ask the residents th…Read more…
“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends” Worker Memorial Day 2017
Today is Workers Memorial Day, and across the world trade unionists remember the 20,000 British and the 2.3 million deaths of workers worldwide who die prematurely every year in work related accidents or from occupational disease.
In Three Mills …Read more…