Christmas strike action at Argos’ flagship distribution centre in Barton, Staffordshire, has been called off after UPS shunter and HGV drivers secured a pay deal worth about 4.5 per cent, Unite said…Read more…
‘Grim Christmas’
A confidential survey of over 2,000 members of Unite who were formerly employed on Thomas Cook’s airline has revealed that most are facing a grim Christmas. Ten weeks after Thomas Cook…Read more…
Working families throughout Wales desperately need change at this election
The wider problem of work and society is insecure work
Christmas in 2019, in many ways is also a reflection of wider problems with the world of work and society – insecure work.Read more…
The dog that didn’t bark
To be honest, I’m not looking forward to election day tomorrow. If the polling is right we can expect a Conservative majority and Brexit to go ahead, neither of which are my favoured outcomes! I thought the same would happen in 2017 and it didn’t, so w…Read more…
Vote Lyn Brown – Your Labour Candidate for West Ham
I have been the election agent for Lyn since 2010 (now the 4th time) and below are some responses to enquires I have had previously on General Election polling day
Check out West Ham Labour website if you want to help Lyn out todayPolling stations are…Read more…
There are 10,000 fewer doctors to see you now. Your Vote can save our NHS
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West Ham Labour Phone banking, leafleting & canvassing in marginals – Eve of Poll & Election Day
WED 11th DEC (hat tip Andy at West Ham Labour)West Ham
leafletting 7.30am – Wansted Park Station
leafletting 7.30am – Stratford Station
10.30 am – meet up for canvassing in Enfield Southgate
phonebanking 5-7pm St Lukes community cen…Read more…
‘More and more desperate’
This Christmas, children across the country will be opening presents and celebrating the festive period with friends and family, likely over a large meal with all the trimmings. But for…Read more…
Under the Tories everything’s been cut. Except waiting times. Your vote can save the NHS
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New growth figures leave Boris Johnson’s boast of a ‘strong economy’ in tatters
After a decade of Tory cuts, economic growth has ground to a halt.Read more…
West Hammers on “dog & phone” for Labour #GE2019
Picture from last nights telephone phone canvass of marginals using the Labour Party software “Dialogue” with our candidate Lyn Brown and Newham Mayor, Rokhsana Fiaz. There were a few “teething problems” but when it was up and working you can contact m…Read more…
‘Fight to save jobs’
Unite said today (December 10) it will ‘fight to save’ as many Clarks’ jobs as possible after the shoe retailer announced 170 global job cuts. The redundancies, which will impact…Read more…
‘Time to save the NHS running out’
A heart-breaking picture of 4-year-old Jack Williment-Barr sleeping under coats on a hospital floor waiting hours to be seen was published on Monday (December 9), has gone viral and made headlines in…Read more…
Social care record condemned
Seminar hears that government has been in office for almost 10 years, yet has not even produced a green paper on social care
The article Social care record condemned first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
Tackling Rough Sleeping at Newham Stepping Stones
Today I went on a visit with Cllr Zulfiqar Ali and Cllr Shaban Mohammed to our newly opened Newham temporary assessment centre for Rough Sleepers. The centre is called “Stepping Stones” and is staffed 24/7 and can house up to 20 people and another 5 wh…Read more…
‘Corridor care’ crisis
As hospital wait times soar to record levels, four-year-old Jack, pictured in newspapers lying on a hospital floor suffering from suspected pneumonia, has revealed the agonising human cost of an NHS…Read more…
Health staff and patients are being fleeced with parking fees
Huge parking fees aren’t the solution to hospital funding shortfalls
The article Health staff and patients are being fleeced with parking fees first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Labour is on the side of the tenants: Tories are on the side of BAD LANDLORDS
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Labour Will Be On The Side Of Workers – Laura Pidcock MP
By Laura Pidcock Shadow Secretary of State for Employment Rights “So many people’s working lives are dominated by low pay, insecurity and powerlessness. It is a sign of this broken system that many…Read more…