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Picture collage of West Ham Labour Party campaigning for Polly Billington in the marginal seat of Thurrock and in Stratford & New Town ward.
In Stratford we managed to get into the new residential blocks either side of the High Street and were abl…Read more…
I went this evening to check out the memorial and the site for the remembrance ceremony next week.
On Tuesday 28 April it is Worker Memorial Day (also known as the International Day for Workers Safety). Which is a United Nations sponsored event suppor…Read more…
Check out this completely neutral, unbiased and extremely scientific flow chart on how to decide whether or not you should vote Tory. Read more…
This is a great flyer supporting the candidates of light and reason who are standing in the UNISON National Executive Committee (NEC) elections.
A minority faction within the union who have been regularly beaten in past ballots are attacking the union…Read more…
If you are a voting member of the Co-operative Group you should have received a ballot paper for this year’s crucial AGM. If you believe it needs to retain its political voice and link with the Co-operative Party then vote “For” on motions 9 and …Read more…
This is another picture collage of West Ham (and East Ham) Labour out campaigning this weekend.
There is a Stratford & New Town ward team in Abbey Lane, E15. While East and West Ham activists were out Sunday morning with Ilford South, Mike Gapes. …Read more…
You have until the end of today, Monday 20 April to register to vote for the General Election. You can go to your local Council or go to https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote
It takes around 5 minutes and you just need your national insurance number (on…Read more…
Check out Mind the Gap for further information on this USA chart which I think will mirror what has happened in the UK and other countries as well.
It is also about something I constantly go on about at work. The more of us in the union – th…Read more…
Hat tip to Cambridgeshire University Labour club for this poster.
Katie Hopkins is the Sun columnist who recently called migrants “cockroaches” and “doesn’t care if migrants die while trying to leave their countries by boat” ” even if she was shown “coffins and bodies floating in water” she would…Read more…
The UNISON postal ballot election for a new National Executive Committee started on 7 April but continues until 15 May. So there is still plenty of time for UNISON members to vote if they have not done so.
This is a copy of my ballot paper and pr…Read more…
Pictures of some of the West Ham Labour Party activists out campaigning with our Parliamentary Candidate, Lyn Brown and Stratford & New Town ward Candidate, Charlene McLean.
Yesterday evening in Stratford, Green Street this morning and this aftern…Read more…
And of course the gap in the UK is by far the worse. This cannot continue. Only a Labour Government can make a difference.
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A powerful video on the history and importance of workers health and safety. Warning: it does contain some disturbing scences. Hat tip unison health and safety.
This year I am organising an event to mark Workers’ Memorial Day at the statute in Three M…Read more…
If you have not received your ballot papers by (14 April) you should ring 0800 0857 857. Lines open 6am to midnight, Monday to Friday and 9am to 4pm on Saturday. Ballot closes 15 May.Check out other national, regional and Black Members recommendations …Read more…
“Fight for your rights and join us at our Central London rally as we campaign to stop the sell-off of our NHS, for secure jobs – tackling insecurity and abolishing zero hour contracts, decent wages, rights at works –making employment justice a right not a privilege and solving the cost of living…Read more…
On 16th of May, the 98-year old link between the Co-op Party and Co-op Group could be brought to an end. Sign up here to support the campaign to Keep it Co-op, and to check your eligibility to vote. Read more…
If you have not received your ballot papers by today (14 April) you should ring 0800 0857 857. Lines open 6am to midnight, Monday to Friday and 9am to 4pm on Saturday. Ballot closes 15 May.
Check out other national, regional and Black Members recommen…Read more…
This map and website is pretty amazing and frightening. It represents all the bombs dropped on London during the Blitz (7 October 1940 to 6 June 1941). Use Bombsite to find out the damage and location of bombs dropped in your locality if you live in Lo…Read more…
It will soon be time to choose. Who do you want as Prime Minster for the next 5 years. Cameron or Ed. “Unions together” (TULO) are reminding workers of the choices. Do they really want another 5 years of right wing, pro rich and anti worker policies?Read more…
Check out new report by John Healey and John Perry at Red Brick
Makes perfect sense to me.
“At its core, the crisis is a simple calculation: we need to build 250,000 homes a year yet 2012-13 saw just 108,000 new homes completed, the lowest since the…Read more…