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Today is International Workers Memorial Day which remembers workers who have been killed at work or died of industrial injuries or diseases. It is also a health & safety campaigning day to protect the living.
This morning Labour Party members &…Read more…
Check out this article in last Friday’s Inside Housing on the recent compulsory disclosure on gender pay in the sector. I made some points on behalf of my UNISON branch.
“Last April, the middle-earning woman at Genesis earned 71 pence for …Read more…
This is a really important event in the Labour movement calendar and takes place, I think, at the most significant but unknown example of historic working class art in East London. I hope that as many members of the Labour Movement family can attend as…Read more…
(Ballot papers are now out for all UNISON members in Greater London who are part of the Labour Link).
This is the message that my branch which nominated James has sent out
“Dear Branch Members
Ballot papers for this very important election should b…Read more…
Picture from tonight’s Executive meeting held at L&Q office in Stratford. It is really great that lay activists turn up and participate after a full day’s work to such meetings. One of our Executive members went off afterwards to go on a night shif…Read more…
Picture of Notting Hill UNISON activists in Vauxhall with our ace branch Fighting Fund Organiser, Mary Stump (left), after one of the most successful lunchtime recruitment events I have attended. Six new members filled out forms and there was huge inte…Read more…
UNISON Housing Association Branch Welfare Officer Mitsy holds a surgery for members in the Resource for London cafe, 356 Holloway Road, London, N7 6PA every second Thursday 10-3pm. The next one is due this Thursday 8 June.
As a fellow West Ham Labour …Read more…
Today is Workers Memorial Day, and across the world trade unionists remember the 20,000 British and the 2.3 million deaths of workers worldwide who die prematurely every year in work related accidents or from occupational disease.
In Three Mills …Read more…
Need to sort out and organise our Branch event for this year. Read more…
On 7 February 2017 the Government issued a white paper on the future of housing in England. The paper had been trailed beforehand as being the blueprint to fix the housing crisis and “as having affordability at its heart”.
The actual white paper has been dismissed by many commentators as being a…Read more…
This was my speech to Greater London UNISON Regional Council AGM 1.2.17 on our branch motion. It was passed and selected to be a regional motion to this year’s National Delegate Conference.
“Chair, Council, John Gray, Housing Association Branch, …Read more…
Why we need to build a new housing consensus for affordable and decent homes for all
(motion from UNISON Housing Association branch to the Greater London Regional Council AGM on Feb 1. If passed it could also be submitted to UNISON Nationa…Read more…
This celebration event is being organised by one of my branch UNISON Housing Association Executive Committee members who is also a Labour activist in Kent and a volunteer for a Christian charity. Read more…
I am sending this out (hopefully) today to the 1000 members of my branch who are members of the Labour Party supporting affiliated fund.
“Support Jeremy Corbyn, Owen Smith or make no nomination?
Dear Labour Link (APF members).
You should all by…Read more…
Please see attached photo and press release on behalf of UNISON Housing Associations Branch, Newham NUT, Newham United Against Austerity and West Ham Labour TULO.
Last Thursday 28 April Trade Unionists and Labour Party supporters gathered around the “Clasped Hands” statue in Three Mills Green,…Read more…
The picture is from tonight’s meeting of the new Executive Committee (and our regional officer Colin Inniss) of Greater London UNISON branch meeting in Kings Cross which decided to respond to a consultation by the national union over Europe, by voting …Read more…
On Wednesday Sadiq launched his manifesto for all Londoners
“London is the greatest city in the world. But we are at a crossroads.
Our city gave me the opportunity to go from the council estate where I grew up helping to run a busines…Read more…
Hat tip to UNISON efocus on this article about top UNISON activist (Newham resident & my branch member) Mitsy Harman-Russell.
“Careworker Mitsy tells her story
“I first got involved with UNISON six years ago when they cut our pay from £9 per hour to £6.
“I work with elderly people…Read more…
A good news story. Joint UNISON convenors, Adam Zadaane and Wendy Lavington are seen in photo with Outward CEO Peter Little (centre) about to sign a trade union recognition agreement with my UNISON branch.
In my personal view any employer that re…Read more…
Last week my UNISON branch Executive Committee voted to support the nomination of Dave Prentis as our next General Secretary.
This week Greater London UNISON Regional Committee voted the same.
Yesterday our National UNISON Community (Housing Associ…Read more…