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Great news from BBC for bus drivers and their families. Well done Sadiq our Labour Mayor.
We will be contacting him next about defending staff from Union busters in London Housing Associations.
“London mayor Sadiq Khan has announced the cap…Read more…
This article was published in the “Inside Housing” website last week. To be clear strike action in defence of trade union rights is being balloted upon as is boycotts and disinvestment.
If Clarion are not “for or against” trade union recognition as th…Read more…
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“Union members at a new housing group – one of the largest in Europe – could be asked whether they are prepared to take industrial action over derecognition threats.
The new Clarion and Latimer Housing Group was formed this week from the merger of Circle Housing and Affinity Sutton and is…Read more…
Circle and Affinity Sutton Housing Associations are merging this week to form “Clarion Group” the largest Housing organisation in Europe owning 130,000 homes. Astonishingly management have chosen this time to announce that trade union recognition and c…Read more…
After the “Unions together” fringe on Sunday I cycled (using the Liverpool Council rented City Bikes) from the conference centre to my 2nd housing fringe that evening at the historic Cunard Buildng in Pier Head.
The Labour Housing Group is a soci…Read more…
Today is “#HousingDay 2016” a day that “celebrates positive impact of social housing on thousands of people across the UK. Stories by #ukhousing landlords, staff & #proudtenant”.
While I think this is a really good idea to challenge neg…Read more…
Hi John,On Wednesday, Amazon bosses will be schmoozing with their shareholders at the big company annual meeting. CEO Jeff Bezos will be boasting record sales. But we’ve teamed up with some Amazon workers to make sure that’s not the only story that gets told.Will you share this video to make sure…Read more…
A moving union song by the late and great Pete Seeger… “Will you be a lousy scab or will you be a man”. Read more…
I posted last week that this is the Labour movement election season with my election address for the UNISON Greater London Regional Finance Convenor position. Yesterday evening I send out nomination requests for the UNISON NEC elections (see below). I …Read more…
If you are a London UNISON activist then download our training programme and application form for 2015 courses. I will be applying to go on the refresher steward course this year (under the Employment Rights Act unions are obligated to make sure that t…Read more…
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Yesterday was the London Labour Conference 2014 which took place at Hammersmith Town Hall. I will post in more detail on the conference later this week but the picture is of me addressing the “Question Time with London’s MPs, MEPs, AMs and Cllrs”…Read more…