Government NHS investment ignoring elephant in the room’ Unite Live
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Skip to content Like Follow News Comment News Feature Sound and Vision UNITE Eye Join Unite Contact Us Homepage Your news . Your issues . . Live 30 January 2023 SHARE SHARE Government NHS investment ignoring elephant in the room’ Unite responds to government announcement of 1bn NHS investment Monday , January 30th , 2023 Responding to the government’s announcement today January 30 that it intends to invest an additional 1 billion in the NHS to increase the number of hospital beds and ambulances , Unite warned that it is again failing to address the elephant in the room’ of low pay , huge vacancies and experienced staff quitting the . service Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said , Any investment in the NHS is welcome . But either through design or incompetence the government has once
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: : John's Labour blog My own personal blog . UNISON National Convenor London Regional Council Officer Chair of its Labour Link , Newham Councillor for West Ham Ward , Vice Chair of Local Authority Pension Fund Forum , Pension trustee , Housing Safety Practitioner . Centre left and proud member of Labour movement family . Strictly no trolls . please Monday , January 30, 2023 UNISON Labour LInk Motion on Cost of Living Crisis : London Labour Regional Conference 2023 My speech yesterday Chair . Conference . John Gray , proposing this motion on Cost of living crisis on behalf of UNISON Labour Link , the political wing of the largest and of course best trade union in London . Conference , yesterday , we heard from an expert panel on the cost of living crisis . This including a UNISON organiser
: John's Labour blog My own personal blog . UNISON National Convenor London Regional Council Officer Chair of its Labour Link , Newham Councillor for West Ham Ward , Vice Chair of Local Authority Pension Fund Forum , Pension trustee , Housing Safety Practitioner . Centre left and proud member of Labour movement family . Strictly no trolls . please Sunday , January 29, 2023 London Labour Conference 23 Day 2 From my twitter feed as UNISON Labour Link Delegate . lead John Gray grayee Start of day 2 of LondonLabour conference . 9.10am start with opening remarks by Chair Maggi Ferncombe unisontheunion John Gray grayee Proud to have proposed to LondonLabour conference our motion on the Cost of Living Crisis . On behalf of unisontheunion LabourLink the political wing of the largest best union in
: John's Labour blog My own personal blog . UNISON National Convenor London Regional Council Officer Chair of its Labour Link , Newham Councillor for West Ham Ward , Vice Chair of Local Authority Pension Fund Forum , Pension trustee , Housing Safety Practitioner . Centre left and proud member of Labour movement family . Strictly no trolls . please Saturday , January 28, 2023 London Labour Party Conference 2023 Day 1 From my twitter feed as a UNISON Labour Link Delegate . nbsp At LondonLabour annual conference . Chair of Regional board MaggiFerncombe opens conference Next our labour leader Keir_Starmer MP gives key note speech on why we will only get a labour government by winning the trust of the British . people Next a panel on CostOfLivingCrises with our own unisontheunion unisonglr
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, Skip to content UNISON National Join UNISON Get help Member benefits Regions Cymru Wales East Midlands Eastern Greater London North West Northern Northern Ireland Scotland South East South West West Midlands Yorkshire and Humberside My UNISON Branch Finder Quick contact details update Other sites British Sign Language Skills for Schools Digital Stars In Our Schools More UNISON Search : for the public service union Get help now Call us on  0800 0 857 857 Or email us Follow us Twitter Facebook Youtube Menu Home News Articles Home About What we do How we work Governance Jobs Contact UNISON News Articles General secretaryâ s blog Magazine Stay up to date The public service data blog Media centre Events Policy motions database Conferences Campaign events Demonstrations and lobbies
: John's Labour blog My own personal blog . UNISON National Convenor London Regional Council Officer Chair of its Labour Link , Newham Councillor for West Ham Ward , Vice Chair of Local Authority Pension Fund Forum , Pension trustee , Housing Safety Practitioner . Centre left and proud member of Labour movement family . Strictly no trolls . please Thursday , January 26, 2023 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 at stake and what we can do about it . nbsp All Labour Party trade union supporters welcome including everyone whose
: John's Labour blog My own personal blog . UNISON National Convenor London Regional Council Officer Chair of its Labour Link , Newham Councillor for West Ham Ward , Vice Chair of Local Authority Pension Fund Forum , Pension trustee , Housing Safety Practitioner . Centre left and proud member of Labour movement family . Strictly no trolls . please Wednesday , January 25, 2023 The blood donor Yesterday I gave blood at the NHS centre in Stratford Westfield , for the first time in many years . When I was younger , I use to donate on a regular basis but for various superficial reasons , I fell out of the habit . There was a national appeal in November for blood which got me to sign up again here https : www.blood.co.uk I have type O Negative I still have my TA British Army dog tags with it
: John's Labour blog My own personal blog . UNISON National Convenor London Regional Council Officer Chair of its Labour Link , Newham Councillor for West Ham Ward , Vice Chair of Local Authority Pension Fund Forum , Pension trustee , Housing Safety Practitioner . Centre left and proud member of Labour movement family . Strictly no trolls . please Tuesday , January 24, 2023 You now need a pension pot lump sum worth 646,000 to have a comfortable retirement Check out this shocking report that rising prices mean that in last year a couple on a minimum retirement income including state pension will need almost 20 income extra 3200 pa per year . nbsp But who anyway wants to retire on the minimum To get a comfortable retirement e.g go on holiday Europe for 3 weeks per year a couple will need a
: John's Labour blog My own personal blog . UNISON National Convenor London Regional Council Officer Chair of its Labour Link , Newham Councillor for West Ham Ward , Vice Chair of Local Authority Pension Fund Forum , Pension trustee , Housing Safety Practitioner . Centre left and proud member of Labour movement family . Strictly no trolls . please Monday , January 23, 2023 Homerton Ambulance Station Picket line 23.1.23 This lunch time I went to show solidarity to striking UNISON Ambulance workers , on their picket line in Homerton , East London . I went as a GLR UNISON Regional Council Officer but also on behalf of my branch . My branch Chair and fellow Labour Councillor Joseph Ogundemuren , was also with me . nbsp Despite the cold it was yet another well organised , cheerful and lively
: : John's Labour blog My own personal blog . UNISON National Convenor London Regional Council Officer Chair of its Labour Link , Newham Councillor for West Ham Ward , Vice Chair of Local Authority Pension Fund Forum , Pension trustee , Housing Safety Practitioner . Centre left and proud member of Labour movement family . Strictly no trolls . please Sunday , January 22, 2023 Chiltern Society : Ayot St Lawrence Walk Yesterday , Gill and I drove to Kimpton in Hertfordshire , to start this moderate 6 mile circular walk . The weather was marvellous , cold but with bright sunshine . For a weekend Chilterns walk we hardly saw anyone . Early on we did pass the rather elderly couple in the photograph who were walking hand in hand as if young lovers . and why not I found this walk for free via the
: John's Labour blog My own personal blog . UNISON National Convenor London Regional Council Officer Chair of its Labour Link , Newham Councillor for West Ham Ward , Vice Chair of Local Authority Pension Fund Forum , Pension trustee , Housing Safety Practitioner . Centre left and proud member of Labour movement family . Strictly no trolls . please Saturday , January 21, 2023 UNISON Greater London Housing Associations Branch Newsletter January 2023 Welcome to the Branch Newsletter I hope you had a nice break over the festive period and a good beginning of the year We start this issue with a positive story about a member employed at Clarion Housing Group . nbsp As usual , we added information about future events and the opportunity to become a Branch delegate at upcoming conferences . We
: John's Labour blog My own personal blog . UNISON National Convenor London Regional Council Officer Chair of its Labour Link , Newham Councillor for West Ham Ward , Vice Chair of Local Authority Pension Fund Forum , Pension trustee , Housing Safety Practitioner . Centre left and proud member of Labour movement family . Strictly no trolls . please Wednesday , January 18, 2023 Appointed Chair of Newham Pension Committee On Monday it was formally announced at our Full Council meeting that I had been appointed as Chair of the Newham Council Pension Committee . The Newham Pension fund has around 1.7 billion in investments and is responsible for the pension futures of 29,082 members including 18 pensioners who are over 100 years old If we get our investments strategies wrong this is a huge
: John's Labour blog My own personal blog . UNISON National Convenor London Regional Council Officer Chair of its Labour Link , Newham Councillor for West Ham Ward , Vice Chair of Local Authority Pension Fund Forum , Pension trustee , Housing Safety Practitioner . Centre left and proud member of Labour movement family . Strictly no trolls . please Tuesday , January 17, 2023 Nominate Denise Thomas and John Gray to UNISON NEC Community Seats 2023 Denise and I are restanding for the two seats allocated to the UNISON NEC for the National Community service Group UNISON members who work in Charities , Voluntary Sector and Housing Associations We have emailed all 477 branches in England and the devolved nations who have Community members asking them to nominate us . We ask members who support us
: John's Labour blog My own personal blog . UNISON National Convenor London Regional Council Officer Chair of its Labour Link , Newham Councillor for West Ham Ward , Vice Chair of Local Authority Pension Fund Forum , Pension trustee , Housing Safety Practitioner . Centre left and proud member of Labour movement family . Strictly no trolls . please Sunday , January 15, 2023 Little Burstead Loop Walk Essex Big Skies Today Gill and I went on our 1st long walk of the New Year and the weather Gods smiled on us . It was about 40 minutes drive from Newham to the car park next to the Dukes Head Pub , nbsp Laindon Common , Little Burstead , Basildon . nbsp The 5.24 mile walk is available to download on the Ordnance Survey website subscription needed but well worth it There is a free to download 3.5
: John's Labour blog My own personal blog . UNISON National Convenor London Regional Council Officer Chair of its Labour Link , Newham Councillor for West Ham Ward , Vice Chair of Local Authority Pension Fund Forum , Pension trustee , Housing Safety Practitioner . Centre left and proud member of Labour movement family . Strictly no trolls . please Saturday , January 14, 2023 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 Forest Gate South ward to knock on doors and speak to residents . nbsp I freely admit to messing up at first and using my normal lines
: John's Labour blog My own personal blog . UNISON National Convenor London Regional Council Officer Chair of its Labour Link , Newham Councillor for West Ham Ward , Vice Chair of Local Authority Pension Fund Forum , Pension trustee , Housing Safety Practitioner . Centre left and proud member of Labour movement family . Strictly no trolls . please Friday , January 13, 2023 Saving the People's Forest This is very last minute but I have only just seen details . Will try and attend after Council surgery and Labour Party training . I have always wanted to visit this Quaker Meeting Housel . Well done to Leyton Wanstead CLP for promoting this event . We should do the same in West Ham . nbsp Posted by John Gray at Friday , January 13, 2023 Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share to Facebook
: , , John's Labour blog My own personal blog . UNISON National Convenor London Regional Council Officer Chair of its Labour Link , Newham Councillor for West Ham Ward , Vice Chair of Local Authority Pension Fund Forum , Pension trustee , Housing Safety Practitioner . Centre left and proud member of Labour movement family . Strictly no trolls . please Thursday , January 12, 2023 Nominate Sonya Howard , Eddie Brand , Anu Prashar and Abiola Kusoro- your UNISON NEC team for London As a UNISON London lay activist I can personally recommend all of these candidates seeking nomination as UNISON NEC reps and was even out on the picket line with Eddie at the LAS branch secretary yesterday They are all experienced , competent and tough trade unionists with heart and passion What more can you ask for
: John's Labour blog My own personal blog . UNISON National Convenor London Regional Council Officer Chair of its Labour Link , Newham Councillor for West Ham Ward , Vice Chair of Local Authority Pension Fund Forum , Pension trustee , Housing Safety Practitioner . Centre left and proud member of Labour movement family . Strictly no trolls . please Wednesday , January 11, 2023 Solidarity With Striking UNISON London Ambulance Service Workers This afternoon I joined the UNISON LAS picket outside Newham Dockside Building , which is owned and used by the Council for its services but parts of the building are leased to London Ambulance Service LAS as its control centre for North London . nbsp The strike call had been particularly solid and effective . When the LAS Branch secretary , Eddie Brand
: John's Labour blog My own personal blog . UNISON National Convenor London Regional Council Officer Chair of its Labour Link , Newham Councillor for West Ham Ward , Vice Chair of Local Authority Pension Fund Forum , Pension trustee , Housing Safety Practitioner . Centre left and proud member of Labour movement family . Strictly no trolls . please Tuesday , January 10, 2023 Nominate Denise Thomas and John Gray- your NEC team for Community Denise and I are restanding for the two seats allocated to the UNISON NEC for the National Community service Group UNISON members who work in Charities , Voluntary Sector and Housing Associations We have emailed all 477 branches in England and the devolved nations who have Community members asking them to nominate us . We ask members who support us to
: John's Labour blog My own personal blog . UNISON National Convenor London Regional Council Officer Chair of its Labour Link , Newham Councillor for West Ham Ward , Vice Chair of Local Authority Pension Fund Forum , Pension trustee , Housing Safety Practitioner . Centre left and proud member of Labour movement family . Strictly no trolls . please Sunday , January 08, 2023 I Support Workers on Strike John Next week , Ambulance workers will be back on the picket line after their calls for fair pay and safe working conditions went unanswered . The week after , Environment Agency members will be striking for the first time in history . Thousands more members across UNISON are being balloted or will be taking industrial action in the coming weeks . nbsp Can you show your support for striking
: : John's Labour blog My own personal blog . UNISON National Convenor London Regional Council Officer Chair of its Labour Link , Newham Councillor for West Ham Ward , Vice Chair of Local Authority Pension Fund Forum , Pension trustee , Housing Safety Practitioner . Centre left and proud member of Labour movement family . Strictly no trolls . please Saturday , January 07, 2023 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.pdf Support here https : newhamvoices.co.uk support-us Posted by John Gray at Saturday , January 07, 2023 Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest Labels : Custom House
: : John's Labour blog My own personal blog . UNISON National Convenor London Regional Council Officer Chair of its Labour Link , Newham Councillor for West Ham Ward , Vice Chair of Local Authority Pension Fund Forum , Pension trustee , Housing Safety Practitioner . Centre left and proud member of Labour movement family . Strictly no trolls . please Friday , January 06, 2023 Community and Voluntary Lunch and learn : Examining charity accounts to submit pay claims In our branch we are just about to decide upon many pay claims , so this UNISON only training will be really important if you work in this sector . nbsp Facebook Twitter Email More options rint page Translate page Community and Voluntary Lunch and learn : Examining charity accounts to submit pay claims 17 January 2023
: John's Labour blog My own personal blog . UNISON National Convenor London Regional Council Officer Chair of its Labour Link , Newham Councillor for West Ham Ward , Vice Chair of Local Authority Pension Fund Forum , Pension trustee , Housing Safety Practitioner . Centre left and proud member of Labour movement family . Strictly no trolls . please Thursday , January 05, 2023 FTSE 100 bosses paid more in three days than average UK worker for whole year 5 Jan 2023 Hat tip https : www.theguardian.com business 2023 jan 05 ftse-100-bosses-paid-more-in-three-days-than-average-uk-worker-for-whole-year CEOs pass milestone nine working hours earlier than last year , with pay up 39 on January 2022 The bosses of Britain’s biggest companies will have made more money in 2023 by Thursday afternoon than
: John's Labour blog My own personal blog . UNISON National Convenor London Regional Council Officer Chair of its Labour Link , Newham Councillor for West Ham Ward , Vice Chair of Local Authority Pension Fund Forum , Pension trustee , Housing Safety Practitioner . Centre left and proud member of Labour movement family . Strictly no trolls . please Tuesday , January 03, 2023 Worlds End walk I have been enjoying looking at pictures from some great walks Gill and I went on during the recent holidays . The 5 mile circular World's End walk near Wrexham Horseshoe Pass was magnificent . So dramatic yet so peaceful and a real sense of isolation . nbsp Probably not a place to visit during the height of the summer , since access is only by a very narrow road with only limited passing places and