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This evening we had a meal to celebrate and thank our UNISON Labour Link National Secretary, Keith Birch, upon his retirement. Keith also represented UNISON on the Labour Party NEC for many years.
Keith is a true Labour Movement hero who has done his …Read more…
Join us in our General Election Campaign to win a Labour government on Dec 12th and to get Lyn Brown re-elected as our West Ham MP.Our main focus will be to arrange trips to marginal seats. Some of these will be won or lost by a handful of vo…Read more…
This evening I Chaired a meeting of London Labour Union organisers at the UNISON centre in Euston. It had originally been intended to be a trade union consultation on the London Mayoral manifesto for May 2020. However, following the calling of the gene…Read more…
The London Labour Party has asked West Ham CLP to support nearby marginals such as Cities of London & Westminster. We are arranging a grid of campaign events to encourage our activists to play their part in winning and defending our marginals. …Read more…
I thought that I will do a weekend summary of the stuff I have been doing during the past week but have not posted upon.
So this week we had a visit to to Lyn Brown MP and staff to discuss housing policy; there was an important visit to Newham by…Read more…
Hat tip Laura Onita Telegraph
“Sports Direct tycoon Mike Ashley has blocked a Labour councillor from joining the retailer’s board meetings after a spat with Jeremy Corbyn.
The billionaire wrote to John Gray, who is also the vice-chair of the Loca…Read more…
Below is the open letter by Labour Campaign for Council Housing in full.To Jeremy Corbyn, John McDonnell and John Healey,We the undersigned welcome the unanimous support of Labour conference for:Building 100,000 social rented council homes a year;…Read more…
Election day is 12 December – and it’s going to be cold and dark.
To keep yourself warm, fill in the form for a postal vote!
https://www.gov.uk/government/publica…
(if not registered to vote then go-line here https://www.gov.uk/register-…Read more…
General Election December 2019 – Request For…Read more…
The phoney war finally seems to be over and the House of Commons voted for a General election tonight on December 12. It has to go to the House of Lords but it appears to be “game on” for a General Election on that day.
As you can see from the BBC pol…Read more…
I have just signed up to the Royal Mail trade union CWU Supporters Network. Hat tip Syed.
“The fight against exploitative employers, dodgy contracts and insecure work requires the support of every single community across the country.Our recent vote fo…Read more…
This morning we went door knocking in West Ham ward. It was a lovely blue sky, sunshine Sunday after a very wet and rainy Saturday.
The feedback for Labour was as usual in Newham, very positive, but we are I think taking a hit from Remain supporters, …Read more…
On Monday evening during the Newham Pension committee meeting, I was pleased to read the following item in our “Investment Strategy Update”.
“2. Fund Investment Performance 2.1 The estimated funding level is currently at 100% the highest recorded for …Read more…
Our entry FREE fireworks display is back on Saturday 2 November. This year we will be marking the 50th anniversary of the historic moon landing. Gates open 5.30pm Silvertown Quays, Royal Docks, E16 2BU (off North Woolwich Road)
The theme for Newha…Read more…
Low-paid UCL workers celebrate UNISON-brokered pay dealPay, pension and holiday rights to be upgradedUniversityHundreds of outsourced UCL staff are celebrating after UNISON secured the same pay, pension and annual leave rights as directly employed work…Read more…
Tomorrow morning (Thursday 24 October at 11am) there is a memorial event to remember PC Nina McKay in Arthingworth Street, West Ham, E15 4PW, who lost her life while serving & protecting our community in 1997Read more…
West Ham Labour BAME and TULO invite members and supporters to a Black History Month Talk on Frank Bailey – Britain’s First Black Firefighter.
East London Rugby Club next Tuesday 29 October 2019 at 7pmRead more…
“Hi, honoured to have been shortlisted for Enfield North Parliamentary Seat today. Here is a short video that I would like to share with you on some of my values and priorities.
More details about the hustings and campaign to follow”
(Margaret h…Read more…
This evening I attended the Pension Committee in East Ham Town Hall during which Council officers reported that for the first time in living memory, the staff pension fund was 100% funded with a record £1.5 billion of assets.
This means that at this m…Read more…
Off message: Gill and I went for a great run/walk in Epping Forest today. We are both out of condition so walked uphill and ran down hill (also slowly) and on level paths. We started off near the Queen Elizabeth Hunting Lodge in Chingford then followed…Read more…