Venezuela’s National Assembly elections: an important victory for Chavismo Francisco Dominguez assesses the results of the vote. Venezuela’s free and fair elections to the National Assembly, held on…Read more…
Lola for Labour Kent Police & Crime Commissioner May 2021
I was pleased to see that my UNISON branch comrade Lola Oyewusi has been selected by the Labour Party to be their candidate to be the next Kent Police & Crime Commissioner (PCC) in the elections in May 2021.
Lola understands that she will be…Read more…
A Newham Branch of the Labour Housing Group?
I have been a member of the Labour Housing Group (LHG) for many years. For almost as long I have been talking about seeing if we could set up a borough wide branch of the LHG in Newham.
On its website the LHG describes its role as “The…Read more…
Blog: This avoidable crisis
The Lawrence Review endorses UNSION’s view that decades of discrimination have left Black communities over-exposed and under-protected from COVID-19
The article Blog: This avoidable crisis first…Read more…
Everyone in the Labour Party must take ‘shameful, distressing’ EHRC report ‘very seriously’, says UNISON
There must be no room for discrimination within Labour
The article Everyone in the Labour Party must take ‘shameful, distressing’ EHRC report ‘very seriously’, says UNISON first appeared on the…Read more…
Help Us Stop Holiday Hunger
By Julian Vaughan, Chair North East Bedfordshire Labour Party Like many of you, I was dismayed at the government’s decision not to back Labour’s proposal to extend the provision of free…Read more…
Len McCluskey tells Johnson “Stop playing politics with jobs and lives”
Responding to the prime minister’s statement today (Friday 16th October) that the country should ‘get ready’ for the prospect of no trade deal with the EU, Len McCluskey, General Secretary of Unite,…Read more…
Newham Labour Group Questionnaire on Council Governance Model (deadline 2.10.20)
Dear John (4000 Labour members in Newham would have received this email on 26 September) Newham Labour Group’s Working Party are conducting a survey on …Read more…
Prentis urges Labour to commit to a ‘new deal’ for public services
UNISON’s general secretary calls today’s public service workers the ‘new giants’ of the labour movement
The article Prentis urges Labour to commit to a ‘new deal’ for public services first appeared…Read more…
Now more than ever we need a future-focused Labour government
Keir Starmer has made a big step in winning back trust
The article Now more than ever we need a future-focused Labour government first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
‘Cronyism and chaos’
As shadow chancellor Anneliese Dodds gave a major speech today (September 21) at Labour’s Connected online conference, the party published a damning ‘file of failure’ outlining the billions of pounds…Read more…
Tony Abbott and the Aussie Car Industry
Andrew Dettmar President of the AMWU in Australia sent me this about the UK’s new ‘joint president of the Board of Trade’ former Aussie PM Tony Abbott – supposed trade…Read more…
Run to help Labour rebuild our communities
The Labour Party is looking to help keep workers win election as councillors – would you be interested in standing?
The article Run to help Labour rebuild our communities first appeared on the…Read more…
When Boris met Tony…
When one ‘desperate’ PM appoints a ‘gaffe-prone’ ‘misogynist’ ex-PM to preside over the ‘new’ Board of Trade, the weird and unusual just got weirder, First published on UniteLive, Friday, August…Read more…
Abdullah Öcalan: My Solution for Turkey, Syria, and the Kurds
By Abdullah Öcalan For over two decades, Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan has been held in the Turkish prison on İmralı Island. In this op-ed for Jacobin, he calls for a “democratic nation project”…Read more…
Government must do all it can to defend jobs and stave off mass unemployment, says UNISON
NHS and care sector must be in best possible state
The article Government must do all it can to defend jobs and stave off mass unemployment, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
It’s The Media Stupid…Book Review
By Peta Steel The Media, the 2019 Election and The Aftermath Edited by Granville Williams Published by Campaign For Press And Broadcasting Freedom (North) £9.99 ‘It’s the Media, Stupid’ – The Media,…Read more…
Vote Early 2021 elections: Sadiq for London
Last night was my first pint in a pub, tonight my first online political campaigning post in quite a while!
“Did you know that the Tories were already winning the general election two weeks before polling day because of Early Votes? Registering for an…Read more…
TUC Organise 2020
Sign up now for loads of great on-line meetings…. https://www.tuc.org.uk/sign-organise-2020-events#.XvoAmc8Se6s.twitterRead more…
More mental health support needed for health and care workers, says UNISON
Commenting on Labour’s plans published today (Monday) for a mental health package for NHS and care staff, UNISON assistant general secretary Christina McAnea said: “Health and care staff…Read more…