Hat tip Labour List. I will look at all the London Mayoral UNISON candidates Housing policies. A living rent policy would be fantastic. What is the point of a Living wage if you did not have a Living Rent policy?
“Sadiq Khan, who’s in the running to be Labour’s candidate for London Mayoral,…Read more…
EU says shareholders do not "own" companies
There’s a good summary of what is going on in the Shareholder Rights Directive here. Arguably the most significant part of it is below –
Shareholders do not own corporationsThe directive will explicitly acknowledge that shareholders do not own corporat…Read more…
UNISON Greater London Labour Link Survey on Mayoral Candidates
This survey was sent out today to 60,000 UNISON members in Greater London Region who choose to affiliate to the Labour Party. I have deleted the link to the survey from this post for obvious reasons. If you are a APF member then please take part in th…Read more…
Pre-payment meters masking fuel poverty
Pre-payment energy meters are being used to mask the real levels of fuel poverty in the UK.
An investigation by BBC 5 Live has highlighted that more than half a million pre-payment energy meters have…Read more…
When political tricks misfire
DEMONSTRATORS outside Kirkwall cathedral (pic from the Orcadian) and below, marching on Carmichael’s Shetlands office (BBC).
FORMER Scottish Secretary Alistair Carmichael, the last Lib Dem MP…Read more…
Weald Country Park Walk (avoiding “Plonkers Lane”)
Off message but this was a lovely 5.5 mile, Essex pathfinder walk only 30 minutes by car from Forest Gate, London. I have been silently suffering for the last week with the “dreaded lurgy” (aka as “Man flu”) so did not feel up to a full Lond…Read more…
Portraying the Red Clydesiders – and young women of the East End!
A couple of events to draw your attention to today. Firstly an event slightly detached from its original slot in the Mayday celebrations – it was postponed from the original date of May 5 as that…Read more…
Choose the next Labour Leader and London Mayor – Sign up to be a Labour Supporter
It is not the most enticing advert but I assume people are working on it and something better will come out soon.
If you agree with this :-
“I support the aims and values of the Labour Party, and I am not a supporter of any organisation opposed to it.”
Then for only £3 you can become a “Labour…Read more…
West Ham “on the knocker” for John Biggs
Picture collage from yesterday of West Hammers (and a East Ham comrade) “on the knocker” for John Biggs as Labour Mayor for Tower Hamlets.
West Ham Labour Chair, Charlene McLean, led our team “assisted” by her campaign hardened 9 month old baby daught…Read more…
So we have to be “Left” economically and “Right” socially to win in 2020?
Some more thoughts on May 7th and the aftermath.
First check out this post in TouchStone by Newham’s finest, Nigel Stanley, on the post election day TUC survey.
Nigel argues that this evidence (of voters who considered Labour but ended up votin…Read more…
Nice work if you can get it?
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/4/part/3/enacted
Trade unionists are often complaining about the number of jobs which have been eliminated as a result of the savage spending cuts of the previous Government, now set to be accelerated.So we should probably celebrate the creation of some…Read more…
Unions Furious As Obama Gets Approval For ‘Fast Track’
President Obama may have got his way on ‘fast track’, the legislation he needs to drive through approval of a new generation of free trade agreements but US unions have vowed to continue to fight on…Read more…
Freedom fighter Denis Goldberg at Community H.E.A.R.T event at South Africa House
The picture collage is from last night’s fundraiser at the South African High Commission in Trafalgar Square for Community HEART and the “Children of a Rainbow Nation”. The development charity Community HEART was founded by former…Read more…
Asset manager oversight of exec pay
There’s a very telling quote early on in this piece by Jill Treanor on Fidelity’s views on exec pay.
“If you approach executive pay from the point of quantum, you are setting yourself up to fail,” he said.I think this encapsulates why there will continue to be controversy around exec pay. A lot of…Read more…
Morning Star Appoints Youngest Ever Editor
Ben Chacko has been appointed the editor of the Morning Star making him the youngest editor of the co-operatively owned socialist daily newspaper since the legendary William Rust in 1930. Ben, who…Read more…
Keith Ewing: Where Do We Go Now?
Trade unions face a crisis like no other as 5 years of Tory rule beckon. We need a new vision — and we need it now, by Keith Ewing. Shortly after the general election in 2010, I wrote in these…Read more…
Support Unite Engineers At Finnish Company Kone – On Strike Next Week
300 Unite engineering staff employed by the Finnish company Kone across the UK will be taking strike action over the next two week. Unite engineers at Kone service lifts, doors and escalators across…Read more…
Probation staff show the way on 11 June
UNISON members employed in the Probation Service will be taking strike action on Thursday 11 June in a dispute over pay following near-unanimous rejection of a “zero per cent” pay offer and a decisive “yes” vote in a national strike ballot. This will be the first national UNISON strike action…Read more…
A year on…
Facebook sent a reminder this morning of this picture. I cannot believe it is a year since the Newham Council elections 2014.
I have been a Councillor now for just over 5 years.
It will be good to reflect on what I have done, what I haven’t done and …Read more…
The funding sting in the tail of Devo Manc
UNISON North West has produced an excellent policy statement on Devo Manc. They are rightly concerned by the blurred lines of accountability, future funding and how services will be delivered or…Read more…