I do not understand at all how a progressive organisation that wants to do good for society has made a political decision that trade unions are automatically “bad” and that they will only work with them if they are forced to do so by a legislative proc…Read more…
Violence at work: When someone with a grudge against a Housing worker takes a can of petrol…
Last week was European Health and Safety week. This is a time to think about work related safety matters.
Early this month I was rang by the radio programme “BBC 5 Live investigates”. They asked if I was available to be interviewed by the pr…Read more…
Blame the victims
“Too many housing associations do not support the victims of workplace violence, says John Gray” Below is an opinion piece I wrote for Inside Housing last week (it is behind a paywall). I think you will find the same thing in many other sectors.
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Housing Associations: Don’t Give in to Right-to-Buy Sell out!
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The Future of Housing Associations & Social Housing
Yesterday we had the news that Genesis, a large Housing Association is to stop building homes for rent following the recent Government budget.
Today, Inside Housing magazine reports that other housing associations are seeking advice on how to deregist…Read more…
Assaults on Housing staff survey: Why health & safety is a trade union matter
My grown up job is a housing officer in East London. It was about 10 years ago during an eviction in a flat which had been taken over by violent criminals that I was assured by one of them that he would come back and put an “axe in my F……… head”….Read more…
Don’t believe the baloney – SHPS Pensions are not doomed. Accountants can’t count
“Inside Housing” on Friday had another gloomy article on the problems facing the Social Housing Pension Scheme (SHPS).
The “deficit” is apparently getting bigger and some Housing Associations are so worried that they are thinking of joining others who…Read more…
Evaluate or discriminate? Why job descriptions matter
I was interviewed by “Inside Housing” magazine for an interesting piece published last Friday titled “What’s in a name?”
A small Housing Association in High Wycombe, called “Red Kite” had asked its staff to write its own job descriptions and create th…Read more…
There is Power in a Union
Fantastic song. Let no one ever forget the power of the union. Moral, political and industrial.Read more…
Why is Housing the dog that never has its political day?
It was pretty depressing to read “Inside Housing” last week and see that housing is not in the voters top 10 priorities for the general election.
For someone who works in social housing and whose case work as a Councillor is mainly about overcrowding …Read more…