A London coroner has accepted that London student Jeremiah Duggan was killed when he ran into motorway traffic outside Wiesbaden, in Germany, as reported by witnesses; but rejected the German…Read more…
Remembering V1 “Doodlebug” attack on Forest Gate
Hat tip to local history site “E7 Now and Then” for an excellent post on the carnage that was caused by a V1 Rocket hitting Dames Road, Forest Gate on 27 July 1944.
A trolley bus and homes were destroyed and this was the horrific account by Cyril Dema…Read more…
Partisan Song | Canción de los Partisanos
Least we forget.Read more…
Filipino Nurses Protest outside the “racist” Daily Mail
Over 250 Filipino NHS nurses protested today outside the Headquarters of the right wing tabloid newspaper, The Daily Mail. They were demanding an apology from the Mail for racially stereotyping all Filipino nurses as potential “murderers”, following th…Read more…
Caledonia Investments Tory cash drop 2
I’ve blogged previously about Caledonia Investments continuing to give the company’s money to the Conservative Party, this time without shareholder approval. I’ve just spotted that actually they have done it twice in the past few months, first in Eastl…Read more…
West Ham Labour nominates Sadiq Khan and Tessa Jowell as their London Mayoral Candidates
Over 80 members of West Ham Labour Party attended yesterday evening’s nomination meeting at Vicarage Lane Community centre, E15. At the beginning, our CLP Chair, Charlene McLean, called out the names of the 8 declared candidates and asked for proposers…Read more…
Join us at Tower Hamlets tomorrow at 12 – Bethnal Green Station
Tower Hamlets Mayoral by-election – Sat 30 May 12pm
Please come and join us to help John Biggs become the Labour Mayoral of Tower Hamlets. We are meeting inside Bethnal Green station (just after the ticket barriers) at 12pm on Saturday. Don’t worr…Read more…
Missing in action: labour in ESG, again
A quick plug for the BlackRock/CERES report on shareholder engagement on ESG issues which is available here. There look to be quite a few interesting pieces in there from people who know what they are talking about.
I’m taking my little hobby horse ou…Read more…
Queen’s speech: We may have lost a battle – There is still a war to fight
“Where there is discord may we bring harmony. Where there is error may we bring truth. Where there is doubt may we bring faith. And where there is despair may we bring hope.” Remember that…Read more…
AMNT Summer Conference: London 24 June 2015
“The AMNT summer conference is set to take a historic step in the advancement of the rights of pension schemes to protect their investments by actively directing fund managers’ engagement and voting at company meetings.
This is an extremely important …Read more…
Special UNISON NEC meeting…
I’ve just been invited to a meeting I may not be eligible to attend.
My current term of office on the UNISON National Executive Council (NEC) expires at the close of our National Delegate Conference on Friday 19 June.
A new NEC (of which I may or may…Read more…
Support Phil Turner NUJ FoC Rotherham Advertiser
Phil Turner NUJ Father of the Chapel for 30 years at the Rotherham Advertiser needs your support. He was made for “compulsory redundant”. Phil is a well-respected and hard-working union…Read more…
Collins Review paved way for Tory attack on union political funds
Yesterday’s Queen’s Speech included proposals to require an opt-in to political funds (rather than the current opt-out) and the Guardian reports that ‘trade union officers and the Labour party…Read more…
Lyn Brown MP – All-members meeting this Thursday evening – hope to see you there
This has been sent to all West Ham Labour Party members by Lyn.
“Firstly, I want to say a huge thank you for all your hard work and dedication during the General Election campaign. I am truly grateful for the support you have shown me and our party. It…Read more…
Why Coke, VISA, McDonalds, Adidas, Kia & Hyundai are nothing more than human rights abusers
I have just sent this email below to the CEO’s of human rights abusers – Coke, VISA, McDonalds, Adidas, Kia & Hyundai.
The TV news tonight begins with the arrest and charges of FIFA officials with corruption. This is serious but the needless death…Read more…
The Common People (Remember this is what tories do)
There is huge anger tonight inside and outside Parliament about Cameron’s first full Tory Queen Speech. There are also bad tempered (but tiny) protests outside Downing Street and of course lots of noise on social media. People seem genuinely shocked.
A Queen’s speech that divides the nation
Today’s Queen’s speech is motley collection of proposed bills that fails to address the big issues facing the UK. Far from being a plan for ‘working people’, it further concentrates power in the…Read more…
A lesson from the past about the future of DOCAS
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/employers-end-union-dues-collection-deal-1456076.html
The link above is to a twenty two year old story about how (then) public sector employers, British Coal and British Rail, used the withdrawal of what was then ca…Read more…
Back to 1927 for our political funds – and what are the implications for DOCAS?
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Hereditary monarch promises “reform” of democratic working class organisations.
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