TUC Congress finished on Wednesday. I had to leave early to deal with some urgent work and union case work. Also, on the way home, I stopped off to visit a new “build to rent” housing project in Manchester, part funded by Newham staff pension fund. I w…Read more…
Greater London UNISON Regional Council & Right to Strike Protest
This Morning I attended the @unisontheunion @unisonglr Regional Council meeting. I was there as the finance convenor. We had talk by the current President, presentations on Year of Black Worker 2023 & our recruitment & organising plan.While thi…Read more…
Thank you UNISON Community & Voluntary Organisations Branch for your nominations – Only 4 days to go!
Dear Member,
Thank you to everyone who has already voted in
the current UNISON NEC Elections, if you haven’t posted your ballot paper back
yet then you still have time to do so.
This is the most important election in the
union, the NEC decide e…Read more…
UNISON Housing Association’s reminder about candidates nominated for our NEC elections: Ballot closes Friday 19 May
REMINDER: HAVE YOUR SAY IN THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS 2023-2025!BALLOT CLOSES FRIDAY 19 MAY. IF YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED OR LOST BALLOT PAPERS YOU CAN RING 0800 0 857 857 by 12 noon Monday 15 May The UNISON NEC is the “Parliament” that helps…Read more…
UNISON NEC elections 2023: Vote for your 4 London Candidates – Eddie, Sonya, Abiola & Anu
Sonya Howard, Eddie Brand, Abiola
Kusoro and Anu Prashar, for the Greater London Region NEC Seats.
The NEC is the most important
national committee in UNISON, we nominated these candidates as we believe they
are the right people for the …Read more…
Greater London Seats on the UNISON National Executive Council (NEC)
It is with great pleasure that I recommend Eddie, Sonya, Abiola and Anu as your candidates for the 4 regional London seats in our NEC elections. They are great comrades and union organisers. I have been in many difficult meetings, debates and picket li…Read more…
NHS Pay offer – UNISON 2023 ballot : Gordon McKay
An intelligent and convincing guest post by UNISON Health NEC member (and real life NHS nurse) Gordon McKay on the latest NHS pay offer to settle the strikes. I am so proud of my UNISON NHS comrades such as Gordon and LAS Eddie Brand,, who have not onl…Read more…
UNISON London Ambulance Service (LAS) Strike: Picket outside their Waterloo Headquarters 10.2.23
After work this evening I went to the UNISON picket line outside the LAS headquarters in Waterloo, Central London. I went to show solidarity and support on behalf of Greater London UNISON Regional Council officers and my own Housing Associations …Read more…
UNISON NEC Elections – Personal recommendations for London & National Seats
UNISON Branches can still nominate candidates until next Monday 13 February. Above are my personal recommendations for the London seats and below for the national seats. We definitely need an NEC that puts members first, supports our General…Read more…
Nominate Sonya Howard, Eddie Brand, Anu Prashar and Abiola Kusoro- your UNISON NEC team for London
As a UNISON London lay activist I can personally recommend all of these candidates seeking nomination as UNISON NEC reps (and was even out on the picket line with Eddie at the LAS branch secretary yesterday). They are all experienced, competent and tou…Read more…
Solidarity With Striking UNISON London Ambulance Service Workers
This afternoon I joined the UNISON LAS picket outside Newham Dockside Building, which is owned and used by the Council for its services but parts of the building are leased to London Ambulance Service (LAS) as its control centre for North London. …Read more…
London UNISON AGM – Angela Rayner MP; Nordic model, Ukraine Ambulance aid, General Secretary Christina McAnea & election results (forces of light & reason returned as elected lay Convenor team)
This morning we had our first in person Greater London UNISON AGM since 2020. It was marvellous to be meet old friends and comrades (and new people I had only met before on video). While I did not enjoy the travel “experience” on route via the Lo…Read more…
UNISON Greater London activists met with Christina McAnea ahead of tomorrow’s government spending review.
UNISON Greater London activists met with Christina McAnea ahead of tomorrow’s government spending review.Our message to Rishi Sunak is clear: The government must find the money for the pay rise our members deserve.
Check out Christina’s b…Read more…
Team London for Members 4 UNISON NEC 2021
We are standing to• Represent every one of the 130,000 UNISON members across London• Amplify the voices of our members from every service group and sector – community, utilities, higher education, health and local government• Ensure UNISON is a …Read more…
Hey guys!!! it’s Dettol o’clock!!!
The latest idiocy from the “leader” of the free world. The BBC reports that disinfectant firms have had to issue public warnings that people should not inject or drink their products to treat Covid-19.
Hat tip my UNISON comrade, Eddie Brand, who as th…Read more…
UNISON #UNEC19 Elections – Community & Greater London Region Seats
I have just voted for the following candidates and will post the ballot paper to the independent electoral reform services later today. It took me 5 minutes.
UNISON is the largest trade union in the UK with 1.3 million members covering a wide range of…Read more…