Picture is from last months Professional Pensions Investment Conference where I put forward arguments in favour of member nominated lay trustees on trustee pension committees/LGPS boards. While Richard Hubbard, spoke in favour of Professional Trustees….Read more…
Migrants Day 2023: One NHS, many nationalities
What on earth will happen to our NHS (nevermind our care services, food production, retail, etc) if we did not have migrant Labour in this country. Hat tip https://twitter.com/unisontheunion/status/1736716695438319848Read more…
Merry Christmas.🎄 The best gift you can give to your past, present and future self is to join a union!
hat tip North West UNISON https://twitter.com/NorthWestUNISON/status/1474363981649358853https://tuc.org.uk/joinunion #joinunison @unisontheunionRead more…
Walking along Bournemouth Beach
Last weekend Gill and I were in Bournemouth and the weather Gods were kind to us as we walked from the Pier to Boscombe, then as far as Port Man Ravine, before turning back. A little windy but largely blue skies and sunshine. The surfers were out in fo…Read more…
West Ham Ward Christmas Campaign: Sadiq Khan for London Labour Mayor in 2024
This morning I went to my Councillor advice surgery for local residents, then this afternoon I joined colleagues in the ward to deliver leaflets (Labour doorstep was down) for Sadiq Khan, to be re-elected as London Mayor in May 2024. We were…Read more…
26 mile “Winter walk” for homeless charity St Mungo’s 27 January 2024
I have signed up to this walk via my employer and will be (hopefully) raising money by this “Just Giving” page this homelessness charity. In the past few months I have visited a St Mungo’s hostel and met residents and staff for work reasons …Read more…
Grand (Re) Opening of The Millers Well Pub
Another “off message” none political, pension or trade union post. It must be Christmas! Today I was invited by former Newham Councillor D Paul Sathianesan to attend the “Grand Opening” of the “The Millers Well Pub” tomorrow at 5.30pm. It is…Read more…
UNISON Housing Associations branch officers Xmas meal 2023
A great meal out in Hoxton “Tay Do Cafe” (Vietnamese). Quite a few were unable to make it due to other seasonal commitments, but great opportunity for Branch officers to meet up with our Regional officer (Ezequiel) and case officer (Karl). The wo…Read more…
Newham Voices: “East End Pubs” December 2023
I have finally got around to reading the December version of “Newham Voices”. It has been a busy few weeks. Lots of good stuff about politics and planning but my eye was caught about this review by Phil Mellows, of a new book called “East E…Read more…
“Frontline staff face lottery when it comes to essential criminal-check costs”
Just imagine that you go for a job as a carer (nearly always low paid) then find out you have to pay for your criminal record check (DBS), not your employer! 42% of employers in a recent UNISON survey recharge their employees for these statutory …Read more…
London 2023 Conference: Tackling London’s Housing Crisis 9/12/23
Dear all, we now have a detailed plan for our event at the
Crowndale Centre, 218 Eversholt Street, NW1 1BD. The event is both in-person
and virtual.
London
2023 Conference: Tackling London’s Housing Crisis – Labour Housing Group
10am star…Read more…
Labour Unions Christmas Shop
I have just ordered a “Labour New Deal for Working People” mug for Christmas. Check out other gifts https://labourunions-shop.org.uk/ “Dear John,With Christmas almost upon us, a
reminder that our Labour Unions Campaign Shop carries a range of…Read more…
Capital Ring Walk 2: Falconwood to Grove Park
Today, Gill and I completed the 2nd “Capital Ring” walk around London. Officially only 3.5 miles but our Zepp Life walking app claimed 6 miles. This included walks from local railway stations to start and finish but also getting a little lost and explo…Read more…
Wellingborough PPC: ‘I cut short my honeymoon to win this by-election’
Hat tip Labour List for this article by former Newham Councillor Gen Kitchen. “I was on day four of my honeymoon in Suffolk when I got the call to say Peter Bone had been suspended from the Commons and a recall petition had been triggered.I …Read more…
Newham Annual Rough Sleeping Count November 23
On Tuesday evening I took part with fellow councillors, outreach workers, council officers and other volunteers in the annual count of people sleeping “rough” in Newham. Across the country similar counts are taking place. Newham also does extra c…Read more…
Launch of Labour Rights Investor Network
Launch
of Labour Rights Investor Network coincides with event at US Department of LaborThe Labour
Rights Investor Network (LRIN) is a global initiative
that brings together asset managers, asset owners and investment service
providers c…Read more…
Size of NHS waiting list under Tories and Labour
this is why we need a Labour government! – hat tip @JoelBodmerRead more…
Newham Heritage Month 2024
Hat tip Newham History Facebook. Post by Newham Heritage. “We’d love to see you at Stratford Library for an Inspiration Day on Saturday 2 December, where some of the photos, objects, maps and more of Newham over the centuries will be on disp…Read more…
Capital Ring Walk 1: Woolwich to Falconwood
A few years ago Gill and I went on a series of linear walks around our city called the London Loop. This was in 24 sections and just under 150 miles. It was really great fun and we went to beautiful and historic parts of London that we had never …Read more…
Plaistow North By Election Polling Day (& speaking at Pension conference)
I took yesterday off work for the by election but got tied up in morning with urgent UNISON “fire and rehire” case work. I was able at lunch time to go “knocking up” (knocking on doors of identified Labour Supporters , reminding them of the election an…Read more…