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More workers are joining the strikes at Sanctuary Housing in London as members report having to use food banks. Around 50 repair workers, who are based in Hackney but carry out repairs across London, are striking over a four per cent pay rise imposed in 2023. This was a significant pay cut, as the real […]
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Back from a great meal in Evin, Kingsland High Street, E8 and political discussion (aka mostly gossip) with my Hackney Comrades, Yvonne Maxwell and Dave Osler. Yvonne and I, are your no nonsense, Labour “sell out” reformists, while Dave is m…Read more…
It is a bit long but a fascinating interview by my Councillor constituent Ade Adeyemi of my UNISON comrade, Joseph Ogundemuren. He speaks from the heart of growing up, born and bred, as a working class black male in East London from immigrant parents. …Read more…
This morning I had my councillor surgery in Vicarage Lane Community centre in West Ham ward, Newham. One constituent who came, lived close to the centre, with a list of repair issues. I was able to go with her, back to her home in order to identify rep…Read more…
Strikes at Hackney council will escalate in the coming weeks, Unite has warned, with 70 parking services workers now joining more than 200 of their colleagues in a dispute over pay. Staff working in…Read more…
More than 200 Hackney council workers will strike over an “insulting” 1.75 per cent pay offer, Unite said today (April 6). Staff working in refuse, building services and passenger services for those…Read more…
Hackney’s parking wardens are to be balloted for strike action over pay justice in the last year of the contract held by Apcoa Parking (UK) Ltd, Unite the union said today (July 5). Hackney borough…Read more…
Drivers and passenger assistants, who take disabled children to and from school in Hackney, have voted unanimously to strike over the failure of the council to make a one-off £500 Covid-19 payment…Read more…
Unite said the decision by Hackney council to bring its more than 130 parking wardens back ‘in-house’ is ‘the way to go’ for those London boroughs still wedded to the outsourced, privatisation model….Read more…
Hackney residents could have free parking in the borough when 40 parking wardens go on a week-long strike next month in a dispute over pay and their personal safety. Unite said today (January…Read more…
Drivers and passenger escorts on school buses for disabled children in Hackney accepted a financial settlement today (October 9) as they started strike action in their dispute over payments for…Read more…
A 48-hour strike by drivers and passenger escorts on school buses for disabled children in Hackney will be staged next month due to ‘continued council intransigence’ in a dispute over payments for…Read more…
Hackney council is being blamed for four days of planned strikes by drivers and passenger escorts on the school buses for disabled children in a dispute over payments for working split shifts. …Read more…
Strike action is on cards over the lack of split shift payments for Hackney drivers and escorts who take disabled children to and from school, Unite the union has warned. Unite members,…Read more…
The prospect of residents in Hackney north London, becoming mired in a parking meltdown next month has dramatically increased after peace talks brokered by the conciliation service Acas collapsed…Read more…
On Friday the Jewish Chronicle published this article by my libel blogging mate David Osler (aka other names).
By coincidence that day I met with Dave and his partner Stroppy in a Hackney restaurant for a prearranged “put the world to rights” meal, go…Read more…
Fantastic news. Yvonne (aka Stroppy) has been elected! My former blogging pal and daughter of former Newham Councillor Doris Maxwell, was elected last night in a Hackney Council by-election.
Hoxton West (Hackney) result: LAB: 68.3% (+11.6) CON: 13.3% …Read more…
Yesterday morning I missed the very beginning of the canvass session in support of Yvonne Maxwell, who is standing as the Labour candidate for Hackney Council in a by election in Hoxton West.
Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn MP turned up (by bike) to …Read more…
Dear Colleague,
There is a local government by-election in Hackney on 3 November, with a strong Newham connection – Labour’s Candidate is Yvonne Maxwell is the daughter of former Newham Councillor Doris Maxwell.
The seat used to be held by th…Read more…
Tonight I helped out in Lea Bridge ward, Hackney for the election campaign to select a new Executive Mayor for the Borough.
At the campaign headquarters, ward activists were really hospitable and appreciative to us for turning up and&n…Read more…