Yesterday evening was the Formal Annual General Meeting of the London Borough of Newham Council in the Old Town Hall in Stratford. It is the nearest we usually get to “pomp and ceremony” in Newham Council meetings. On the way in we were lobbied ef…Read more…
East Ham – “Progress with the People”
Being proud of living in West Ham for over 30 years I am sometimes accused of forgetting the other part of modern day Newham – East Ham. I actually think that East Ham town hall is more striking than West Ham (Stratford) and I am very proud that s…Read more…
10th anniversary collapse of Rana Plaza garment factory Bangladesh: 1100 dead
Webinar on Global Company–Trade Union Agreements: A proxy for regulatory compliance & due diligenceAs someone who has worked on and off in the borough for 30 years (I was there today) and been a trade union representative for most of this time…Read more…
125th Anniversary of the 1st Ever “Labour” Council – West Ham 1 November 1898 – 2023
I have posted in the past on former Cllr George Coe on my blog, https://www.johnslabourblog.org/2015/05/west-ham-municipal-elections-1893-now.htmland https://www.johnslabourblog.org/2020/10/socialist-labour-west-ham-cllr-george.html.I now have fu…Read more…
A Women’s Place is in her Trade Union! – Join Newham Labour Unions celebrating International Women’s Day by Recruiting
Do join us if you can, for part or all of the time as we celebrate International Women’s Day by encouraging women to join a Trade Union!Outside Stratford Station. All Labour supporting women union members and allies welcome.All TUC affiliates wel…Read more…
Newham Voices: March 2023
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Newham Labour Unions – the Right to Strike
Picture collage from meeting on Thursday evening at St Lukes, Canning Town. This is the second meeting in Newham of Labour Party supporters who are trade union activists. Our launch was here https://www.johnslabourblog.org/2022/10/labour-nat…Read more…
Newham Voices Feb 2023: Support the Strikers!
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Newham Labour Unions – the Right to Strike – Thursday 2 Feb 23
This is our 2nd meeting to organise and rally Labour Party supporting trade union branches and activists in Newham. The Tory Government threats to the basic human right of taking strike action simply must be opposed. Find out more about what is a…Read more…
Lyn Brown MP Chairs Olympic Village public meeting with Residents and Police
I attended a pretty good meeting this evening in the Stratford Olympic Village with my MP, Lyn Brown, local residents and Police. I am not a local Councillor for this ward (Cllr Nate Higgins was there together with a number of Labour activists who do l…Read more…
London Labour Campaign Training & Canvass
After my Councillor surgery I went to a London Labour campaigning training in Stratford. The Party has a new “script” and revamped “Labour Doorstep” app. The changes make sense and to test its effectiveness, some of us were able to go out to nearby For…Read more…
Newham Voices: January 2023 “£300 million New Year vote for Custom House”
Great news for Custom House and check out rest of our local news at https://newhamvoices.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Newham-Voices_Issue-25.pdfSupport here https://newhamvoices.co.uk/support-us/Read more…
Newham Labour Group “Thank you” Xmas do
It was great to attend this very pleasant social last Saturday in Royal Docks community centre. Very pleased to win the first ticket of the raffle and get a “tea for two” at House of Commons with Sir Stephen Timms MP! Read more…
“Newham Voices needs your support. Come and join us 10 am Saturday, December 17th, at Stratford Library”
“Newham Voices needs your support. Come and join us 10 am Saturday, December 17th, at Stratford Library For more than two years Newham Voices has been successfully providing community news and information for the people of Newham, but now we…Read more…
My last West Ham Councillor surgery at Stratford Library?
On Saturday morning I had what I hoped to be my last Councillor surgery in the Newham Council Archives and Local Studies in Stratford Library. The staff at the library have been lovely but we (including my fellow ward Councillors John Whitwor…Read more…
Armistice Day – Newham Central Park Cenotaph 2022 (and searching for Alf Wells, Clarion Cycles, KIA 1914)
This morning I attended yet another very moving Armistice Day memorial at the Cenotaph in Central Park. As well as the usual suspects (myself included) there was I think around 200 children from local schools gathered around Cenotaph, many of who…Read more…
Labour National Day of Action Canvass and Newham Labour Unions feedback on Lab22 Conference
Yesterday was a bit busy. In morning I helped out my UNISON branch to empty its office in Holloway Road then in the afternoon, I was a panel speaker at an informal feedback session in Newham to talk to Labour Union members on the recent Labour Pa…Read more…
United Colours of Europe – Newham 5.11.22
This looks like a marvellous event but unfortunately I have a clash. Many thanks to Councillor Larisa Zilickaja for her work in organising this important event. “We invite you to the event  …Read more…
Newham Affiliated Trade Union Focused Feedback on #LABCON22
I am looking forward to this trade union Labour Party focused debate on 29 October (in personal capacity only). It was an amazing conference and while we should not be at all complacent, the Tories were (and still are) seemingly trying to do everything…Read more…
“Our children are at risk – it’s time to get tough on county lines grooming”
“The collective failure of society and government to protect children from criminal exploitation is contributing to a terrible toll of murdered youngsters, traumatised families and ruined lives…….The government’s failure to tackle the co…Read more…