Day 1 — Opening, Workshops, and FringesI arrived at the London Labour Regional Conference with the UNISON Labour Link delegation (and delegation leader), ready for 1.5 days of debates, workshops, and organising. Before the start we had a delegation mee…Read more…
TUC Congress 2025: Day 2
The first full day of Congress (Monday) started for me with an early morning jog along Brighton beach. At 9.30am I took my seat with the UNISON delegation. There was a number of important debates on Fire service, Zane’s Law, Prison safety, wealth …Read more…
Greater London Authority UNISON AGM with Sadiq Khan Mayor of London
On Wednesday lunchtime I was invited to attend the UNISON GLA hybrid branch AGM in City Hall as a guest speaker. Before me the Mayor Sadiq Khan spoke to members about the importance of partnership working between employers and unions. He kindly n…Read more…
UNISON London Labour Link & Black Members
Many thanks to London Assembly member, James Small-Edwards, for organising an event last week at City Hall for Labour Link and Regional Black members. He gave a key note speech together with Abena Oppong-Asare MP. Other speakers included UNI…Read more…
Solidarity from London UNISON to New York AFSCME
This letter was sent to our sisters and brothers in New York who are members of the public service union, AFSCME, from Greater London UNISON, signed by our elected lay Convenor, Yvonne Green and our Regional Secretary, Maggi Ferncombe (with support of …Read more…
London Labour Unions General Election mobilisation event at UNISON centre
This evening I Chaired a meeting of London Labour Union organisers at the UNISON centre in Euston. It had originally been intended to be a trade union consultation on the London Mayoral manifesto for May 2020. However, following the calling of the gene…Read more…