John's Labour blog Understanding Pensions TUC Union Course
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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 Thursday , March 30, 2023 Understanding Pensions : TUC Union Course I can remember my first ever TUC pensions course held many , many moons ago at Congress House . Jonathan Jefferies has also been my tutor on other TUC courses . nbsp Next to pay , pensions are probably the most important of your terms and conditions at work . All Union reps need to have some knowledge of pensions . It is actually not that complex or difficult . You just 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 Wednesday , March 29, 2023 NO PAY OFFER for NHS staff in Northern Ireland Strike Actionfor 24 hrs on Friday the 31st and Monday the 3rd of April . NO PAY OFFER for NHS staff in Northern Ireland NHS staff in Northern Ireland will NOT be getting offered any pay rise UNISON will be taking all out strike action for 24hrs on Friday the 31st and Monday the 3rd of April Let us all support this action on Friday and Monday for UNISON comrades in
Skip to content Blacklist blog This blog is brought to you courtesy of Hazards magazine Posted on 29 March , 2023 by Rory Another electrician fired after raising site safety concerns Blacklist Support Group statement Solidarity with Lee Fowler , who has been dismissed by the electrical contractor Bilfinger after he raised safety issues at the Cargill’s Refinery site in Merseyside next to the new Everton football stadium construction project The experienced and highly qualified electrician made several complaints about unsafe working conditions and helped four co-workers to obtain a pay . rise Lee Fowler commented after his dismissal : I got the four lads a 14 pay rise and I raised health and safety concerns about the site . I was involved in a serious accident myself , and the subsequent
: 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 , March 28, 2023 Ruthin 10k circular Off message . Recently Gill and I took time out from family matters for this recent walk in Wales around the ancient hilltop market town of Ruthin , Vale of Clwyd . nbsp We found the walk on the Ordnance Survey app Starting from the town centre going north along the Afon River Clwyd , cut across to Rhewl then along the fast flowing valley path by Afon Clywedog . At footbridge yes , you have a right of
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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 , March 27, 2023 10th anniversary collapse of Rana Plaza garment factory Bangladesh : 1100 dead Webinar on Global Company–Trade Union Agreements : A proxy for regulatory compliance due diligence As someone who has worked on and off in the borough for 30 years I was there today and been a trade union representative for most of this time on the Tower Hamlets Council Pension Committee then its Pension Board I can remember the shock of
: , 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 General secretaryâ s blog Magazine Stay up to date The public service data blog Media centre 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
: 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 , March 26, 2023 Trouble in Mill Clarion Housing Group Pay and Pensions Disputes 1. Update on Pay dispute and ballot Following the rejection of the UNISON pay claim for 2023 24 and the imposition of pay cuts by Clarion resulting in pay being cut in real terms by somewhere between 5 to 8.2 below inflation during the worse cost of living crisis on record UNISON are balloting members on the offer . imposition Your Clarion UNISON stewards
: 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 , March 25, 2023 NHS Pay offer UNISON 2023 ballot Gordon McKay An intelligent and convincing guest post by UNISON Health NEC member and real life NHS nurse Gordon McKay on the latest NHS pay offer to settle the strikes . I am so proud of my UNISON NHS comrades such as Gordon and LAS Eddie Brand , who have not only delivered a significant victory for NHS workers but also a road map for other public service workers to win similar claims .
: Welcome to my Blog I am a semi-retired former Scottish trade union policy wonk , now working on a range of projects . This includes Interim Director of the Jimmy Reid Foundation . All views are my own , not any of the organisations I work with . You can also follow me on Twitter Or on Mastodon unisondave . I hope you find this blog interesting and I would welcome your . comments Friday , 24 March 2023 Post-pandemic social care Hopes and Disappointments I was speaking at the launch of the report Post-pandemic Hopes and Disappointments which looks at post-pandemic social care across Europe . Written by the brilliant Lisa Pelling from the progressive Swedish think tank Arena Idé . This is a follow-up to an earlier report on social care , to which I contributed a chapter on Scotland . nbsp
: , 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 , March 18, 2023 Margaret Gray , nee Matthews 1941-2023 My sisters’ Helen , Lucy and I lost our Mum on Tuesday evening . She died at her home in Ruthin peacefully in her sleep . She had been in poor health for quite some time but we did not expect to lose her so . soon The picture of Mum pushing one of us in a pram , shows her looking young and glamorous . She always said that she was at her happiest when looking after . us We would
: 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 , March 14, 2023 125th Anniversary of the 1st Ever Labour Council West Ham 1 November 1898 2023 I have posted in the past on former Cllr George Coe on my blog , https : www.johnslabourblog.org 2015 05 west-ham-municipal-elections-1893-now.html and https : www.johnslabourblog.org 2020 10 socialist-labour-west-ham-cllr-george.html I now have further information from his Grandson and it appears that this year 2023 is the 125 th anniversary
: 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 , March 13, 2023 Why are 45 of leaders white high social class men while only 1 are working class black women A very powerful statistic provided by Progress Together which aims to work to create a financial services sector in the UK in which EVERYONE working in it is both enabled and has the opportunity to achieve their full . potential The measure of success will be : nbsp Greater levels of socio-economic diversity at senior levels across
: 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 , March 12, 2023 West Ham Park Street Survey In West Ham , the ward I represent as a Newham Councillor E15 postcode a consultation and survey is taking place on seeking local views on issues relating road safety , air quality , walking , cycling , and traffic in the area This survey and proposals appears to have most impact on residents in Forest Gate South ward I think E7 Postcode but many of my constituents will also have a view . 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 , March 11, 2023 Dan Tomlinson for Chipping Barnet It was great to attend fundraising dinner last week for the Labour candidate in Chipping Barnet , Dan Tomlinson . I went with my UNISON colleague and political secretary to London Labour Link Joel Bodmer . nbsp Dan was supported by unisonglr LabourLink committee during his successful selection process to be the official Labour Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Chipping Barnet .
: 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 , March 10, 2023 Over-55s braced to work into their 70s as cost-of-living bites A dreadful story . While some of us may want to think about working after retirement , nearly all of us would want to have the choice and not be forced to work until we drop . The answer is greater financial support by employers and government for . pensions Check out this report in HR news https : hrnews.co.uk
: 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 , March 09, 2023 UNISON Greater London Labour Link Regional Forum 2023 This week we had our UNISON Regional Labour Link Forum meeting for Greater London delegates in our headquarters in Camden . Labour Link is the UNISON Political fund affiliated to the Labour Party which members decide whether or not they wish to join . nbsp I am the elected Chair of the Regional Committee so I Chaired this Forum meeting with Vice Chair Yvonne Green .
: : 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 , March 08, 2023 International Women’s Day : Protecting Women's Right to Strike It’s fitting that today , 8th March , is International Women’s Day and it was also going to be one of the most important strikes in UNISON history , if the government hadn’t finally given into pressure thanks to the four days of action taken by our ambulance members and the thousands of members set to join the action . nbsp UNISON is the women’s union , 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 Monday , March 06, 2023 UNISON Community Conference 2023 Day 2 I posted on Day 1 here on the UNISON annual Seminar conference for Community Housing Association Voluntary sector workers Which went pretty well . nbsp Denise and I started the 2nd day leafleting delegates as they arrived for conference and chatting to them about us standing in the forthcoming UNISON NEC elections Supporters of our opponents were there , handing out leaflets , which
: 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 , March 05, 2023 A Women's Place is in her Trade Union Join Newham Labour Unions celebrating International Women's Day by Recruiting Do join us if you can , for part or all of the time as we celebrate International Women's Day by encouraging women to join a Trade Union Outside Stratford Station . All Labour supporting women union members and allies . welcome All TUC affiliates . welcome Posted by John Gray at Sunday , March 05, 2023 Email
: 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 , March 04, 2023 UNISON Community Seminar Conference 2023 Day 1 UNISON holds an annual Seminar and Conference for members who work in our Community Service Group Housing Associations and voluntary sector This year it was held in Bournemouth . Unexpectedly I stepped in to chair a workshop on pensions due to illness . nbsp Once again I will use my twitter feed to report on the day . nbsp At unisontheunion UNISONCommVol annual conference in