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“Coming from Northern Ireland I know only too well the impact of division. I stand for a united Union that serves all its members in the workplace and fights the detrimental policies of austerity and privatisation of our public services”.
Margaret McK…Read more…
Off message but over Xmas, Gill and I went on a marvellous walk in North Wales. Tal y fan is the lowest mountain in Snowdonia at 2000ft (610m) and an ideal introduction to climbing mountains. It also follows an ancient Roman road, passes prehistoric mo…Read more…
Why we need to build a new housing consensus for affordable and decent homes for all
(motion from UNISON Housing Association branch to the Greater London Regional Council AGM on Feb 1. If passed it could also be submitted to UNISON Nationa…Read more…
“Putting our members first is what UNISON is all about. I will always put our union first and serve the best interests of our members. I will not be swayed by the agenda of a political party, my allegiance is to UNISON”.
Chris Hanrahan Police & Ju…Read more…
Dear JohnJust a reminder about our canvassing session tomorrow. And an invitation from Seyi Akiwowo to join West Ham Women’s Forum at the Women’s March tomorrow.
Canvassing
Saturday 21 Jan – Labour’s NHS Campaign Action Day
Meet 11am a…Read more…
In a very clever and timely email this evening the United Nations Association UK send me the following unsolicited email.
“Dear John,
I would like to invite you to become a member of the United Nations Association – UK, a movement of over 20,000…Read more…
“My priority is to Unison Members and always has been. Given the constant attacks on all of our members by firstly the coalition government and now a conservative one we should never forget that our membership comes first not any political party or out…Read more…
A beautiful and stunning start to the day. You would never think that this wonderful open space is surrounded by densely populated suburbia. Read more…
Looking forward to chairing this meeting. Please make sure you email Phil (p.thompson@unison.co.uk) if you want to attend. Read more…
“I want our union to work hard for our members, putting their issues and concerns first through a proper democratic process, listening to ALL and acting on the democratic decision of the majority whilst always taking on board the views and needs of the…Read more…
A fair and balanced letter in the local weekly newspaper “Newham Recorder” on 28 December 2016 about “time for change”. Read more…
“Following the sad and untimely death of UNISON’s president, Eric Roberts, the General Secretary and the Presidential Team have proposed that UNISON should host an event in Eric’s memory as a tribute to his life and work.
The NEC suggested that the event should be held on the 8th…Read more…
A really important and interesting article by Steve Hilditch on the Labour Housing Group website “Red Brick” about the undermining of social housing during the last decade. The CEO of Notting Hill is not the only one and actually not the worse by…Read more…
To confuse matters this walk is posted out of sequence on this blog due to my error. This was the second day of a weekend “London Loop” walk. This is a circuitous 150 mile walk in stages around London which my wife and I started in 2015 and have still …Read more…
Dear John
Happy 2017!
Below are some of West Ham’s January activities. If you’ve been meaning to get more involved in the Labour party we’d love to see you at something. All members are very welcome.
This Saturday (14th) – visit to William Morr…Read more…
“Following the popularity of the ♥unions campaign week last year the TUC family of unions has agreed to run the campaign again, this time 8 – 14 February 2017.
· Every union Branch is being urged to organise some kind of activity to celebrate its achievements.
Every trade union…Read more…
please register here: http://bit.ly/LOBOHack2
Through hundreds of Freedom of Information requests, Debt Resistance UK have obtained a dataset of LOBO loan contracts. These are risky and expensive loans miss-sold to local authority by financi…Read more…
Staff Survey – Trade Union Recognition On Tuesday 10 January, the head of HR confirmed to the unions that Clarion and Latimer staff would all receive a survey, via email, on the subject of trade union recognition.
All staff were sent a link to the survey…Read more…
I posted here on the AGM meeting of Newham Fabians due to be held tomorrow Wednesday 11 January 2017.
A previous “relaunch” meeting with Newham Mayor, Robin Wales, as speaker, had already been cancelled I understood because of a planned lobby by membe…Read more…
NEC Elections 2017: Community General Seat & Female Seat Nomination Request
John…Read more…