Dear John Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from Forest Gate North Labour Party.
Our next meeting is in January and will be a BIG EVENT. See details below:
Forest Gate North Branch Meeting
Speaker: Sir Robin Wales will be speak…Read more…
Anti Academies Protest Hallsville School
Photo college from protest outside Hallsville Primary School on Wednesday evening against the Academisation of our schools. The protest followed strike action in Avenue and Royal Docks School. I spoke at the protest as did other Councillors such a…Read more…
On New Terrain: How Capital is Re-shaping the Battleground of Class War
Dear Colleagues,
Yet more apologies for the lack of posts since starting working for Equity.
As a final post for 2018 I thought I’d give a plug for the new book from veteran activist and author Kim Moody, On New Terrain: How capital is re-shaping the…Read more…
Caring at Christmas
In the final instalment of our working at Christmas stories we meet Mark, an emergency nurse at a central London hospital. He works on a short stay ward which is part of an accident and…Read more…
“Sir Robin Wales calls for contested mayoral ‘trigger ballot’ outcome to be cancelled”
Hat tip Dave Hill’s On London blog “Sir Robin Wales has asked the Labour Party to cancel the outcome of the internal selection process that saw him endorsed to seek a fifth term as Mayor of Newham following a campaign by local members for an inves…Read more…
Social Media Hate Crime Interview with BBC News London
Fantastic video clip of Forest Gate Labour Councillor, Seyi Akiwowo, being interviewed by BBC news (after speaking at a United Nations conference no less!) exposing the inconsistency and hypocrisy of twitter and the other social media platforms towards…Read more…
Barnier’s Slide Shows How The UK Brexit Team Are Running Out Of Trade Deal Options
This is a slide presented by Michel Barnier, European Commission Chief Negotiator, to the Heads of State and Government at the European Council (Article 50) on 15th December 2017. Or how the Brexit…Read more…
Councils are not getting a ‘good deal’
The Cabinet Secretary for Finance Derek Mackay says he has delivered a “good deal” for Scottish councils in the local government budget settlement. Well that’s a relief! Or it would be if it was…Read more…
‘Keep on organising’
While many of the more than 1m workers who work over the holiday period elect to do so, often for premium pay, some workers have no choice. In part 5 of our series on working over Christmas,…Read more…
Newham Mayor admits that his selection process was “rigged”?
I have received a number of comments from Labour Party members in Newham today who were somewhat surprised, to say the least, to get a very odd email from our Labour directly elected Mayor, Robin Wales, saying he wanted a rerun of the very contro…Read more…
‘A duty to our patients’
In Part 4 of our series on working over Christmas, we speak to Dr Wasim Baqir, a pharmacist. Wasim works as a national lead in pharmacy for NHS care homes but he also works on the wards at a…Read more…
NHS theatre staffing crisis
Talks are going to be held in the New Year to resolve the crisis in theatre staffing at the Medway Maritime Hospital in Gillingham, Unite said today (December 21). “Because of the draconian…Read more…
Dignity in work call
The statement today (December 21) by Andrea Leadsom regarding the working group into bullying and harassment in parliament, has made some helpful recommendations but much more progress will be needed…Read more…
In the slow lane?
The jewel in Britain’s manufacturing crown is at risk because of Brexit uncertainty and falling wages, Unite warned today (December 21), as production figures showed the number of cars made in…Read more…
End ‘job crushing’ tariffs call
Unite called on the US International Trade Commission (ITC) to set aside today’s (December 20) final determination by US Commerce Department to recommend ‘job crushing’ tariffs of almost 300 per cent…Read more…
Happy new Leaf
Unite signed a landmark deal on behalf of its Nissan members in Sunderland this week, as production began on the firm’s latest electric car. Unite general secretary Len McCluskey travelled to…Read more…
Farewell John and Carl
As the year in which I ceased to be a full-time local trade union representative after quarter of a century draws to a close, I am sorry to hear of the passing of two other former UNISON Branch Secretaries in London local government.
John Mulrenan, fro…Read more…
‘Unite is my family’
Khadija Najlaoui’s first experience as a Unite rep will never leave her. Najlaoui was representing a migrant worker in London who was experiencing difficulties in his workplace. “He…Read more…
Happy Christmas – and thank you for all you do
The time of year has come when most people take time off work, spend time with loved ones, relax and recharge their batteries for the year ahead. Yet for many UNISON members and other public…Read more…
Cummins workers in Stamford deserve better
News that Cummins Generator Technologies is shutting its facility in Barack Road in the next 12 months has rocked the Lincolnshire town of Stamford. Production of the company’s alternators, which…Read more…