The health of lorry drivers is increasingly at risk because of inadequate truck stop facilities, Unite has warned. The union called on government and local authorities to “stop passing the…Read more…
Stop Xmas pain protest
Today (Wednesday November 29) Labour MPs joined Unite Community members to call on the government to stop and fix the problems with Universal Credit before rolling it out any further across the UK….Read more…
100th Anniversary of the Socialist Revolution in Russia:
Marking the 100th Anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution Painting of Lenin addressing mass rally shortly after his return to Russia in April 1917. Leninism: An Ideology Indispensable…Read more…
“drive slum landlords out of the market” London Labour Conference #LabLon17
Housing motion 1 (my speech)
“Conference, John Gray, Chair of Greater London Unison Labour Link moving motion 1 on housing as amended by compositing.
Conference, You may be surprised that unison, a union which is a predominantly public sector trade u…Read more…
Hartlepool signs up for ethical care
North-East council becomes the latest to commit itself to UNISON’s Ethical Care Charter
The article Hartlepool signs up for ethical care first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Rising housing costs forcing public service workers out of London, says UNISON
UNISON launches a survey report into the impact of housing costs on London’s public service workers
The article Rising housing costs forcing public service workers out of London, says UNISON first…Read more…
Review: Tsereteli – a Democrat in the Russian Revolution, by W.H. Roobol
If the Bolsheviks had never seized power a century ago this month, probably the most famous Georgian of the twentieth century would have been Irakli Tsereteli. Tsereteli was one of the leading…Read more…
Local government ballot result
Jane Slater has been elected unopposed to the North West female seat
The article Local government ballot result first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
“Today is the day Labour must renew its determination to end online violence against women and girls”
(post from Labourlist on Saturday by my ward Councillor Seyi Akiwowo)Earlier this year I received a wave of hateful online abuse and harassment after a video of me speaking at the European Parliament went viral. On one hand, the online world is merely …Read more…
The campaign for your pay rise continues
After the Budget failed to deliver for public service workers’ pay, the fight moves on
The article The campaign for your pay rise continues first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
A new dawn for apprentices
NHS Trust is the first to sign UNISON’s new apprenticeships charter
The article A new dawn for apprentices first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Election of Branch Officers, Convenors, Stewards & Health & Safety Reps
The branch is now seeking nominations for its activists. For Convenor positions the closing date for receipt of nominations at the branch office is 9 am Friday 22 December 2017. For stewards and health and safety reps it is … Continue reading →Read more…
Blacklisting Day of Action – Wednesday 6 December 2017
Protests are planned across the UK plus a lobby of MPs at Westminster. The Blacklist Support Group is urging supporters to publicise the events and where possible to attend. Bring your banners and…Read more…
London Labour Conference – Day 2 West Ham CLP & UNISON
Day 2 of conference started for me with a UNISON delegation meeting at 9.30 which was confusing since we did not know the order of business for the day. So we agreed to meet up again at lunchtime by which we expected that any controvers…Read more…
London Labour Conference – Day 1 (and National Campaign Day)
Today was the first day of the London Labour Party conference (and a National Labour campaign day following the budget #BetterOffWithLabour).
I was an UNISON delegate and missed most of the morning session due to other commitments but arrived just as …Read more…
Tomorrow?
Tomorrow is the inaugural meeting of the Local Campaign Forum for the Labour Party in Brighton and Hove.
This is where we will move forward the campaign for a socialist Council for Brighton and Hove, and continue the debate about what we want from Lab…Read more…
Public ownership and UK pension funds
So, Labour is back in the game of public ownership. Various targets are now talked about for potential nationalisation, or something like it, including rail, the Royal Mail and utility companies. One of the interesting things about Labour’s discussion …Read more…
UK Budget fall out
I set out our immediate reaction to the UK Budget in Briefing 91 on Wednesday. In the light of day, the numbers are if anything slightly worse, although a real terms revenue cut of £199m, remains the…Read more…
#GlitchUK – Online violence & hate speech against women and girls
/ WHO WE AREFounded by Cllr Seyi Akiwowo, we are a organisation working to reduce online violence against women and girls (OVAWG) and online hate speech through advocacy, campaigning and training workshops.// WHAT WE BELIEVEWhen we look back on th…Read more…
Trust leads the way on high quality apprenticeships
Southport & Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust will today (Friday) become the first organisation in the country to sign up to UNISON’s apprenticeship charter. The charter ensures that apprenticeships…Read more…