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Just as the Labour Leadership election is coming to a close there is another important Labour Movement contest for 1.3 million UNISON members. The 5 yearly election of our General Secretary (GS).
I am supporting Dave Prentis to be re-elected as …Read more…
“We are a London-based branch of the national trade union UNISON, which organises workers providing public services.
We organise over 3,000 workers across Greater London who are employed by housing associations and are recognised by most of the G…Read more…
‘We need an experienced City and East representative like Murad, who can hit the ground running. With his strong track record of effectively holding the London Mayor to account, he offers all the people of East London a campaigning GLA member who will …Read more…
I was shocked to hear the sad news that UNISON stalwart, June Poole, has passed away after a short illness. We were supposed to meet yesterday at the UNISON centre in London for a Board meeting of the Welfare Trustees.This meeting was cancelled out of …Read more…
I have just signed into the new UNISON website for Capital Stewards and will start posting some links and articiles over the next few days. The site is currently only for UNISON activists and is password protected. If you are a UNISON pension trustee o…Read more…
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Wednesday 8 July 2015
UNISON | Budget shuts public sector workers out of the recovery, says UNISON
Budget shuts public sector workers out of the recovery, says UNISON
Responding to the Chancellor’s Budget Statement today (Wednesday) UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis said:
“Capping
wages at a miserly one per cent for four more years for public sector
workers will hasten theRead more…
Councillor Report to West Ham Ward
WEST HAM WARD LABOUR PARTY
tel: 020 3373 2615 or email John.Gray@newham.gov.uk
Ward meeting 2 July 2015
Thursday 4 June I attended the ward meeting at Vicarage Lane and then the joint ward social at Nando’s restaurant in Stratford which I thought went…Read more…
I spent today recovering from UNISON conference and trying to catch up on my post and emails.
I was completely ticked off when I responded to the ballot papers I had received while away for the Nationwide AGM next month. This is the biggest mutually o…Read more…
(permission given to use photo for branch social media) UNISON local government members have rallied in support of a sacked Glasgow gardener. Robert O’Donnell was employed for 12 years at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre in Glasgow, where UNISON’s local government ……Read more…
UNISON London branches have sent over 200 delegates to Conference.
At a packed regional delegation meeting on Monday evening, our elected regional reps Yvonne Green and Phoebe Watkins, briefed delegates on what to expect.
On Thursday evening all dele…Read more…
Keep up with the daily events at our National Delegate Conference by reading the reports of our Branch Secretary and delegate Justin Ashton. You are invited to email him to let him know what you think of the report. All … Continue reading →Read more…
This Thursday (the 18 June) delivers a particular dilemma for those interested in campaigning on international issues. Two significant topics are to be aired at clashing meetings in different parts…Read more…
Angela made her first speech today at the House of Commons. I’ve asked Mark to upload this to YouTube so it can be shared. In the meanwhile here is her superb victory speech from 8 May. Everyone who knows Angela is so proud of her and what she has achi…Read more…
Over 250 Filipino NHS nurses protested today outside the Headquarters of the right wing tabloid newspaper, The Daily Mail. They were demanding an apology from the Mail for racially stereotyping all Filipino nurses as potential “murderers”, following th…Read more…
This survey was sent out today to 60,000 UNISON members in Greater London Region who choose to affiliate to the Labour Party. I have deleted the link to the survey from this post for obvious reasons. If you are a APF member then please take part in th…Read more…