The final day of Conference started at 9.30am, so there was no opportunity for a run along the Mersey. Instead, it was the usual routine of in-room exercises, packing, breakfast, checking out of the hotel, dropping off luggage, and then rushing to get …Read more…
Labour Party Conference 2026 – Day 1 Sunday
Apologies for the belated posting.The first full day of conference began for me at 9am with an in-person UNISON Labour Link delegation meeting. At this meeting we agreed our speakers, discussed our positions on motions, and dealt with a range of …Read more…
On way to Labour Party Conference 2026 & London Regional Reception (Saturday)
Sorry for the late post, but on Saturday afternoon, after my ward surgery, I took the train from home to Liverpool as a UNISON Labour Link delegate for the Greater London Region. Along the way, I reported online what seemed to be a stolen Royal Ma…Read more…
On way to Labour Party Conference 2026 & London Regional Reception (Saturday)
Sorry for the late post, but on Saturday afternoon, after my ward surgery, I took the train from home to Liverpool as a UNISON Labour Link delegate for the Greater London Region. Along the way, I reported online what seemed to be a stolen Royal Ma…Read more…
Health members win in Liverpool
Improved terms and conditions for Liverpool Women’s University Hospital staff as soft facilities management are brought back into the NHS
The article Health members win in Liverpool first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Health members win in Liverpool
Improved terms and conditions for Liverpool Women’s University Hospital staff as soft facilities management are brought back into the NHS
The article Health members win in Liverpool first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Thoughts are with Liverpool’s injured and the emergency staff who responded so effectively
People should be proud of the quick response of public services
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Thoughts are with Liverpool’s injured and the emergency staff who responded so effectively
People should be proud of the quick response of public services
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Livv Housing workers in fair pay fight
Knowsley Livv Housing workers have intensified their strikes in their fight for fair pay. After workers endured years of below inflation pay rises, they’ve now rejected a pay increase of five per cent because it fails to reverse the real terms pay cuts they’ve suffered. Livv Housing, which manages and maintains over 13,000 properties primarily […]
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Labour Party Conference 2024: Saturday
Back home after 5 days away at Labour Party Conference in Liverpool. This year I went as a Labour Councillor (self funded apart from the conference fee which is paid out of our ALC subs). Which meant that unlike delegates I could go and see the debates…Read more…
‘Let’s build an international workers’ movement’
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham hailed the triumph of global solidarity that is the International Dockworkers Council (IDC), which met in Liverpool this week for its mid-term conference. Returning to the birthplace of the IDC in Liverpool, the global federation of dockworkers’ unions convened to discuss their shared struggles. In her opening speech, Sharon praised […]
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‘The fight for health and safety never ends’
Unite members joined other trade unionists at an International Workers’ Memorial Day event in Liverpool on Sunday (April 28) to ‘honour the dead and fight for the living’. They observed a minute of silence to pay tribute to all workers who have died or have been injured in work in the UK and across the […]
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Labour Party Conference 2023 – Saturday
Today, after my Newham Councillor surgery, I travelled to Liverpool for the 2023 Labour Party conference. I had to go into the conference office (yet again) to pick up my credentials since they had not arrived by post. Since this is my 3rd L…Read more…
TUC Congress Day Four
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…
TUC Congress 2023: Day One
This year I am in Liverpool for the 155th annual TUC Congress as a UNISON NEC delegate. I travelled down from London by with Regional delegate (and Convenor) Yvonne Green. When we arrived in Liverpool we went into a meeting of all UNISON delegates…Read more…
UNISON National Delegate Conference 2023: Tuesday – Day one
This morning I went for a early morning run (aka slow jog) west of the Mersey then was in the Conference centre for the first day of National Delegate Conference, as one of the two London regional delegates with Yvonne Green.There was a bit of co…Read more…
UNISON National Delegate Conference 2023: Monday
I arrived yesterday to attend the National briefing for all Regional delegates by the General Secretary. Afterwards I went for a meal with fellow delegates, most of whom were fellow Labour Link activists. This morning I went for my early morning run in…Read more…
Mayor of Liverpool opens UNISON’s energy conference
Steve Rotherham spoke to delegates about the efforts being made in his region to decarbonise industry and green the economy
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‘Liverpool’s potential is huge’
The city of Liverpool may have made upwards of £40m from hosting this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, with UK and overseas visitors spending millions in hotels, pubs, restaurants and other hospitality venues. It’s an economic boon that any city should be proud of – but just how much of those untold millions have landed in […]
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Hospital staff in Liverpool are coming home
Staff at two Liverpool hospital sites who work as cleaners, porters, caterers and in other domestic services will be transferred in-house on 1 April
The article Hospital staff in Liverpool are coming home first appeared on the UNISON National site.