Any hopes of an economic boost were dashed today (November 13) as new figures revealed an unexpected rise in unemployment, while earnings barely rose against a backdrop of languishing productivity….Read more…
Save our shipyards call
Anger over the news that Babcock plans to shut the shipyard at Appledore is still raw following the recent announcement, but it is underscored by the determination of the workers and the Devon…Read more…
Are we ready for ‘Artificial Empathy’?
New technologies can offer social possibilities as well business ones, but only if workers are given a voice in how they’re developedRead more…
“Save Our Dinner Ladies” – Ladywood Primary School Strike, Grimby
“Our members at Ladywood Primary School in Grimethorpe, Barnsley, are in dispute with their employer over proposals to make 9 School Meals Supervisory Assistants (lunchtime supervisors) redundant.
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‘Significant commitment’
Corby Borough Council is throwing its weight behind a Unite construction charter that seeks to ensure that conditions for workers on construction projects under local authority control in the borough…Read more…
‘No-go zone’
London cabbies have sounded the alarm over gang-related attacks in Lisson Grove, an area in the capital that many taxi drivers have described as a ‘no-go zone’. While Lisson Grove, a main…Read more…
Get social, get growing
A few tips to make your Grovember posts perfect
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UNISON branch noticeboard competition
Help make the union more visible during Grovember and your branch could win £500
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Teachers and headteachers consider ‘unprecedented’ joint strike over schools cuts
12 November 2018
By Sarah Glenister, National Development Officer, Institute of Employment Rights
This week, three education unions will consult their members over taking industrial action in…Read more…
Brexit, the gig economy and the rise of the machines
12 November 2018
By Sarah Glenister, National Development Officer, Institute of Employment Rights
Every autumn, for over a decade, employment law experts have gathered for the Institute of…Read more…
Teachers and headteachers consider ‘unprecedented’ joint strike over schools cuts
12 November 2018
By Sarah Glenister, National Development Officer, Institute of Employment Rights
This week, three education unions will consult their members over taking industrial action in…Read more…
Brexit, the gig economy and the rise of the machines
12 November 2018
By Sarah Glenister, National Development Officer, Institute of Employment Rights
Every autumn, for over a decade, employment law experts have gathered for the Institute of…Read more…
The workers return
Workers at home and abroad gave so much during WW1 – what could they expect after the Armistice?
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Campaign to save nurseries goes national
A group campaigning to save five council-run nurseries in Salford has joined up with campaigners from across the country at a rally in Salford.
The article Campaign to save nurseries goes national…Read more…
"I'm a person, not a number" – why microchipping staff is a sinister step too far
We’d like to hear what security concerns could possibly justify implanting staff with microchipsRead more…
Clear out West Ham CLP HQ aka “the Pie Shop”
Our local Labour headquarters since the 1970s has been sold to a developer who is going to build a high rise block on the site.
It used to be a newsagents and a “fish n chips” shop in the past.
The national Labour Party has a large capital sum and we…Read more…
Paul Cockerell – Life long Socialist, Trade unionist & Hammer fan – RIP
On Friday afternoon I went to pay my respects at Paul’s funeral at Manor Park crematorium.
Paul was a Forest Gate North and West Ham Labour activist who also lived round the corner to me.
A lovely non religious service for a life long socia…Read more…
Commemorating the sacrifices of the First World War
This is a very special Armistice day, marking the centenary of the end of the First World War. It ends four years of anniversaries that commemorate the events of that terrible conflict.
There can be…Read more…
Turning rubbish into pensions
Picture collage from a visit on Friday with Cllr Joshua Garfield, Newham Council Pension officer and our Canadian fund managers, Fiera Infrastructure (top left) to the Cory Riverside “energy from waste” plant in Belvedere, Bexley, Kent.
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Councillor Report to West Ham Ward 8 November 2018
Councillor Report to Ward As 8 Nov 2018 WEST HAM WARD LABOUR PARTY
tel: 0203 373 3456 or email John.Gray@Newham.gov.uk
Ward issues
· On 4 October after my surgery I attended a meeting of…Read more…