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This evening in the Old Town Hall Stratford I attended the celebration of Latin American Day. There was speeches and poetry then delicious foods and great live music.
Everyone from our local Latin American Community I spoke to were so happ…Read more…
Yesterday Gill and went on this walk around Daws Health, detailed in “Wild Essex Walks” book. It was a largely interesting 6 mile walk thorough ancient forests, but not that “Wild”. It was a little busy in parts and there was road noise fro…Read more…
If you are a UNISON member who is affiliated to the Labour Party, you should have received a ballot paper to your home address and an email (If UNISON have an email address for you and if there is a contested election in your region).
You…Read more…
It was a lovely day for the time of year to go canvassing for Labour. We split into two teams. My team leafleted some modern apartment blocks overlooking the old docks (we could not get in to door knock).
Then by contrast we walked through the E…Read more…
(See what happened on the day that the Ultra left tried to divide & destroy our union just when we are mobilising to call pay strike ballots in Health & Local Government. I will add my name)
Statement from NEC Members following the NEC Me…Read more…
Just back from an evening campaigning with Labour colleagues in Croydon on their Mayoral Referendum.
Voters are being given a choice of staying with the traditional Council Leader and Cabinet Model or an Executive Mayor system.
While I str…Read more…
Watch this space at this outrageous attempt to subvert the democratic sovereignty of our National Delegate Conference and to illegally spend our members subscriptions on their mates.
At the very same date of the Tory Conference, instead of t…Read more…
A shocking report from PIRC. Does anyone really believe that no shop workers in major UK supermarkets caught Covid while at work?
It is surely clear that thousands of workers caught Covid at their workplace (and many died) but hardly any U…Read more…
Today, Gill and I went on a superb autumnal walk, starting off from one of my very favourite locations, Greensted Church near Chipping Ongar, Essex. Which is not only the “oldest Wooden Church in the World” but was also the local church of many of the …Read more…
I was out today with comrades in Custom House ward, West Ham. It was a little wet but using the Labour Party Doorstep app on our smartphones meant that we didn’t have soggy and disintegrating paper canvass sheets to record information upon. However, a …Read more…
Commemoration of Battle of Cable Street march and rally Sunday 3 October 2021 @ 1pm – 5pm The march assembles at 1pm at the junction of Cable Street and Leman Street and will move off at 1.30pm towards the Cable Street mural for the rally….Read more…
This year the Regional Black Members Committee will be hosting a virtual event to celebrate Black History Month.
The theme will be: Breaking the Glass Ceiling. This is an opportunity for the Region to recognise and celebrate Black Lives, which i…Read more…
I am back home after spending the last 5 days at Brighton for the Labour Party Conference 2021. It was great to be back in Brighton at a physical, real life face to face conference, after all this time.
I was there as a Party member (self funding…Read more…
My pass to Labour Party Conference has arrived, travel, Covid vaccination pass and accommodation sorted out and I am busy checking out which fringes and debates to attend. I am not a delegate, so no early morning delegation meetings to attend nor…Read more…
Yesterday evening was the AGM of UNISON members who work for Clarion Housing Association. It was a “hybrid” meeting held physically in Clarion headquarters in London Bridge and virtually on MS teams. We have members in 22 UNISON branches i…Read more…
By now UNISON members who are part of Labour Link (the political fund that supports the Labour Party and fights to bring UNISON values and priorities into the Party) should have received their ballot form by post to their home addresses (and email if t…Read more…
This evening I went inside East Ham Town for the first time since pre lockdown for a Crime & ASB Scrutiny Commission meeting. I only went to make sure that there was the minimum quorum of Councillors present, since I had an emergency tr…Read more…
It was great to be in the historic Old Town Hall in Stratford for this evening’s Newham Full Council Meeting. There was even an demonstration outside by residents protesting about the closure of Newham City Farm.
It was a “blended” meeting with…Read more…
Hat tip @LondonNurse2015 for this wonderful photo of the new UNISON branch banner, remembering former local Labour MP and Secretary of State, Tessa Jowell.
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