John's Labour blog

  This has been a busy Labour Movement few days with Workers Memorial Day on Friday, TUC Regional Council AGM yesterday (followed by my first ever visit to the Victoria & Albert Museum - which...

https://www.johnslabourblog.org/2024/04/double-west-ham-canvass-for-sadiq-khan.html

  (Text largely from my twitter account @grayee) "At @The_TUC LESE AGM in Congress House, London (home of the British Trade union movement) which I am attending as a @unisonglr delegate. ...

https://www.johnslabourblog.org/2024/04/tuc-london-eastern-south-east-regional.html

  Today we remembered workers who died in the course of their duties and also those who died trying valiantly to save them. Workers Memorial Day is on Sunday (28 April) this year but we decide...

https://www.johnslabourblog.org/2024/04/workers-memorial-day-2014-greater-love.html

  DENISE AND I, AS ELECTED UNISON COMMUNITY NEC MEMBERS, HAVE NO HESITATION RECOMMENDING CLARE, MALCOLM AND JOY AS SERVICE GROUP EXECUTIVE MEMBERS.  

https://www.johnslabourblog.org/2024/04/unison-sge-elections-2024-community.html

This year since Workers Memorial Day is on a Sunday, my branch will be organising our annual wreath laying event on the Friday before (Friday 26 April at 1pm) outside the "Clasping Hands" Sta...

https://www.johnslabourblog.org/2024/04/reminder-workers-memorial-day-event-1pm.html

"On behalf of the Labour Party, I wish everyone a happy St George’s Day. Let us be proud of our national identity, confident on the world stage, and sure of our country’s future". Keir St...

https://www.johnslabourblog.org/2024/04/st-georges-day-2024-message-from-keir.html

  Ballot papers are being sent out to members homes from today. If you are a UNISON member and work in London HE please consider voting for JOSIE MANGAN-MURPHY SUE PARKIN

https://www.johnslabourblog.org/2024/04/unison-sge-elections-24-london-he.html

  Ballot papers are being sent out to members homes from today. If you are a UNISON member and work in London Local Government please consider voting for SEAN FOX - GENERAL SEAT SONYA HOWAR...

https://www.johnslabourblog.org/2024/04/unison-sge-elections-24-london-local.html

  Ballot papers are being sent out to members homes from today. If you are a UNISON member and work in London in Health please consider voting for CHRIS AKALUKA - GENERAL SEAT JULIE CUNNANE ...

https://www.johnslabourblog.org/2024/04/unison-sge-elections-24-london-health.html

  Yesterday, I had my Councillor surgery (ASB/neighbour dispute/Overcrowding) and today I joined my Cllr colleague John Whitworth and new party member, Janet, for a street surgery/canvass in o...

https://www.johnslabourblog.org/2024/04/west-ham-ward-canvass-with-janet-johns.html

Hat tip TUC. Good stuff!

https://www.johnslabourblog.org/2024/04/rachel-reeves-explains-labours-new-deal.html

Next week most UNISON members will be sent ballot papers for our Service Group Executive (SGE) elections.  Not all, since some seats were uncontested.  Now, UNISON is the largest union in t...

https://www.johnslabourblog.org/2024/04/who-wins-you-decide-unison-sge.html

Hat tip UNISON, Pension Age and BBC Amazing and massive payout. Well done to everyone involved. I understand that the £385 million settlement is not just for the Norfolk Fund but not sur...

https://www.johnslabourblog.org/2024/04/norfolk-local-government-pension-fund.html

"UNISON’s legal case makes clear employers must not discipline staff for striking" JG This is great news for all trade unionists and civil liberties. This morning I was at a meeting of the ...

https://www.johnslabourblog.org/2024/04/supreme-court-judgment-stops-bad-bosses.html

As a regular shopper in my local Co-op store and Co-op Party (& Labour) Councillor you would expect nothing less. CHECK OUT  "For over 100 years, the Co-operative Party and the co-operative ...

https://www.johnslabourblog.org/2024/04/vote-yes-to-motion-10-to-keep-link.html

Another late post. This is a nice little 4.5 mile circular walk in East London with some great views of London and lovely countryside despite being so near to built up areas. Some rolling coun...

https://www.johnslabourblog.org/2024/04/havering-atte-bower-45-mile-circular.html

  Yesterday I spent the morning in West Ham ward with our local MP, Lyn Brown, my colleague Cllr Charlene Mclean (and our super young pioneer) and our top activist Varghese .  We were callin...

https://www.johnslabourblog.org/2024/04/getting-out-labour-postal-vote-in-west.html

 I did not know Graham that well. He stood down as a Councillor in 2010 the same year that I first stood.  However, I did go to various political events and campaigns (see posts) with him and...

https://www.johnslabourblog.org/2024/04/education-stalwart-remembered-as-mayor.html

 This is the first time I have posted on a tweet by Radio and TV day time host but this is really important and explains why so many young people despair that they will ever be able to buy a ...

https://www.johnslabourblog.org/2024/04/buying-house-1990s-vs-2020.html

A very powerful video from UNISON. This year since WMD is on a Sunday my branch will be organising our annual wreath laying event on the Friday before (FRIDAY 26 APRIL AT 1PM) outside the "CLASPI...

https://www.johnslabourblog.org/2024/04/international-workers-memorial-day-2024.html

  Gill and I are walking around London via "The Capital Ring" (78 miles with 15 separate routes). While it is not a race and we can take as long as we want to complete, we have been busy latel...

https://www.johnslabourblog.org/2024/04/capital-ring-4-crystal-palace-to.html

  Today we met up with Cllr James Beckles in West Ham Ward (Newham, London) who is standing as a "Labour List" candidate in next months London Assembly Elections. He was with the East Londo...

https://www.johnslabourblog.org/2024/04/west-ham-welcomes-sadiq-khan-as-london.html

  Just finished reading the latest from our community newspaper "NEWHAM VOICES ". To mark Community Garden Week they feature West Ham (not Stratford!!!) Abbey Gardens. Apart from this geograph...

https://www.johnslabourblog.org/2024/04/newham-voices-april-2024-abbey-gardens.html

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https://www.johnslabourblog.org/2024/04/britain-has-had-14-years-of-chaos-under.html

Yet another reason to Vote Labour in London on May 2 (and imagine if we had more Labour Mayors with similar Executive powers elsewhere).  

https://www.johnslabourblog.org/2024/03/sadiqs-free-school-meals.html