Shocking. What are earth our employers doing “fire and rehire” long serving staff and cutting their terms and conditions by even more than ASDA by up to 30%? Read more…
Jon Stewart Explains Trickle Down
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The Housing Crisis: A possible positive way forward & a definite negative
On Thursday evening I took part in an informal discussion of a possible way to provide much needed homes for homeless families. The suggestion is largely untested at scale, extremely complex, potentially financially risky but may (repeat may) offer a “…Read more…
Why Housing Matters: Labour Housing Group Newsletter – August 2023
Check out the latest newsletter by the Labour Housing Group. Which I have been a member for may years and as the name suggests, is affiliated to the Labour Party and works to promote workable socialist policies on housing. I am looking forward to …Read more…
LOW PAY, NO WAY! NSL picket lines
Regional Secretary Jo Galloway visiting the NSL picket lines this morning in Camden, London. These Traffic wardens deliver a vital service to the community, working long hours doing a difficult job.
It’s time for NSL to do the right thing and pay it’s…Read more…
Staff at East of England landlord to strike for nine days over pay
Hat tip Clarion UNISON Facebook page “Solidarity to Unite Housing association members taking strike action over their pay cuts. Hopefully Clarion UNISON members will be taking similar action next month”. “Nearly 60 workers at Freebridge Comm…Read more…
The Clarion: The Pioneer Journal of Social Reform
How things change. Hat tip https://twitter.com/LondonNurse2015.Read more…
Poverty is a choice made by the powerful
Take action now – end the cost of living scandal. Email your MP: https://action.unison.org.uk/page/128….
Every day working people are unable to keep the lights on in their own homes or feed their families. It’s the government’s choice. If they can …Read more…
Hatfield Heath, Essex Walk
For various reasons I haven’t posted any walks lately. I know some say they enjoy my posts on walking more than the ones on politics or trade unions! To me, my walking or running (very slowly) in the countryside is my “hinterland”. This walk last …Read more…
Clarion doing its best to -increase- number of pensioners in poverty by its “unlawful & immoral decisions”
Our #Clarion indicative strike ballot is still open & a email reminder was sent out yesterday to fill out the ballot form #Clarion is obviously still keen by their unlawful and immoral decisions to increase the number of pensioners living in …Read more…
2023: Year of Black Workers – Passing the torch to the next Generation
Please check out this flyer for the Greater London UNISON Black History Month Event at the UNISON centre on 12 October. All members welcome. Read more…
UNISON Greater London Housing Association Branch Executive Social (& putting our world to rights)
Great photo from last night’s meal in London Bridge for branch elected executive members to meet our new organiser, Karl and discuss disputes and issues across our sector. We had representatives from most of the G15 Housing Associations and had a…Read more…
St Andrews Golf Course must withdraw ‘fire and rehire’ pensions threat to workers, says UNISON
Clarion UNISON have sent solidarity messages to these members and will be in touch regarding our own pension “Fire & Rehire” vile threats. Hat tip CLarion UNISON Facebook page.”Scotland’s largest union is demanding that St Andrews Links…Read more…
UNISON Survey on the charging of DBS checks to workers closes next Friday 4 August 2023
This is incredible to many people (myself included) that some employers charge their workers the cost of having a DBS check? These are mostly low paid care workers doing difficult jobs and some of them work for different employers, all of whom wa…Read more…
Is it about time we broke up these “mega monopolies” housing associations?
L&Q is headquartered in Newham and is also one of the largest UNISON “shops” in my branch. So I have had a fair amount of contact (and sometimes conflict) with L&Q over the years. Check out this “Inside Housing” Report on Friday. I w…Read more…
“Out-of-date mileage rates are driving workers into poverty”
See this report below by workers being completely ripped off by being expected to use their cars to go to work but not being compensated for the cost for “work related” mileage https://magazine.unison.org.uk/2023/07/18/out-of-date-mileage-rates-a…Read more…
Lies, threats and actual ACAS advice on “fire and rehire”
Clarion UNISON Facebook linkSo called “Social Mission landlord” Clarion Housing Association has bullied and threatened hundreds of its workers to accept losing their defined benefit pension schemes by telling them they will be sacked without compensat…Read more…
Forever Leeds: The Leeds Uni Reunion 1981-2023
This week I met up with Leeds University friends for a reunion, after in some cases, some 39 years apart. 5 of us shared a house in Headingley, Leeds (very close to the cricket ground). All of us (except Mike) had met each other as members of the local…Read more…
Elected to UNISON Labour Link National Committee (& Vote for Anu in regional elections)
On Monday I was really pleased to find out that I had been re-elected (after 2 year gap of course) to the UNISON National Labour Link Committee by NEC (National Executive Council) colleagues to the 12 seats that the NEC hold on that committee (th…Read more…
Martin Lewis: Aged 45-72? Can you boost the State Pension (or not – but worth looking at asap)
Hat tip to Martin Lewis, who is a little “cheesy” (as he admits) but seemingly “bang on the money” on this important issue. At the risk of seeming like being a pension obsessive, I have spent most of today trying to working out whether Gill and I have …Read more…