Happy May Day Power In A Union
Updated: 2023-04-30 11:05:59
Skip to content Home Blogs Biography Contact The Printed Word Recommended Websites Video Audio Archive Giant German Union To Demand 32 Hour Working Week Happy May Day Posted on April 30, 2023 by Tony Burke By Barry Camfield In the face of a world in crisis , I thought I would write this little message of hope and encouragement to my good comrades in celebration of May Day . Apologies for the homily âWorkers of the world uniteâ said Karl Marx and he was right Let us break the chains that tie us down across the world . If Capitalism is the question , Socialism is the answer . We need to stand up for socialist ideas , argue and agitate for socialism against cynicism and despair , with courage , without fear May Day is International Workers Day and it reminds us all of our common struggle
: : 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 , April 29, 2023 UNISON NEC Elections 2023 : Black Members seats Excellent candidates . Annette is my fellow London Regional Council colleague , Ash and Manjula are respected activists and Mitsy was a valued member of our branch committee for many years . nbsp Posted by John Gray at Saturday , April 29, 2023 Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest Labels : Annette Heslop Ash Silverstone Black Member
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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 , April 27, 2023 UNISON Housing Associations branch proudly nominates . Posted by John Gray at Thursday , April 27, 2023 Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest Labels : Housing Assocations Branch NEC elections UNISON No : comments Post a Comment Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom Search Join UNISON became a member online 24 7 or call free 0800 171 2194 or Scan UNISON There for You Fund.png)
: 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 , April 26, 2023 HAVE YOUR SAY IN THE UNISON NEC ELECTIONS 2023-2025 London Nominations by London Housing Associations branch The UNISON NEC is the Parliament” that helps run the union in between our annual National Delegate Conference . Ballot papers will have be sent to your home address . Your Branch Committee nominated the following candidates . nbsp The UNISON Housing Associations Branch Committee nominated Sonya Howard , Eddie
, 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
, , 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 Tuesday , April 25, 2023 HAVE YOUR SAY IN THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS 2023-2025 The UNISON NEC is the Parliament” that helps run the union in between our annual National Delegate Conference . Ballot papers will be sent to your home address any day now . Your Branch Committee nominated the following candidates . Please see photos and statements why these Community Greater London delegates were nominated . Denise Thomas John Gray Thank
: : , , 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 , April 25, 2023 Workers Memorial Day : This Friday 28 April UNISON wreath laying at 1pm at Clasping hands statute , Bow , E3 This year UNISON Housing Association Branch will be remembering those who have died at work due to accidents at work or from work related ill health diseases . It is also a campaigning day to fight for the living at work and their health and . safety We will holding a wreath laying event at the Clasping Hands
: , , 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 , April 24, 2023 UNISON NEC Elections Vote for your Health Candidates Michelle , Pat , Gordon James Put UNISON members first , not factional politics . nbsp Work with our first woman General Secretary , Christina McAnea , to make UNISON the strongest union . nbsp Make sure every member gets high quality legal advice and representation when you need it most Fight discrimination and put equality at the heart of every decision Tackle 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 Sunday , April 23, 2023 UNISON NEC Elections 2023 : Recommendations 1.3 million ballot papers have started to drop at the homes of UNISON members . nbsp Please vote in these elections , the future of the union is at stake We need a NEC that will be a voice for all members , reject division , defeat this Government and stand together to make our union . stronger Above are my personal recommendations for all the contested seats some were elected
: 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 , April 21, 2023 Vote for Denise Thomas John Gray for UNISON NEC Denise is a Welsh care worker who is standing in the Unison National Executive Council elections NEC which start 17 April 2023. This just over one minute intro by Denise is about why she is standing and what she wants to achieve if elected . UNISON members who work for Charities or Housing Associations Called Community Service Group in UNISON can vote for her . She is running
: 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 , April 20, 2023 Voted for John Gray Denise Thomas for UNISON NEC elections 2023 This morning my UNISON NEC ballot papers arrived at my home . address I opened up the envelope and there was 2x candidate election statements , letter from our General Secretary , Christina McAnea encouraging us to vote , a pre paid return envelope and 2x ballot . papers All UNISON members can vote for the national Black Members and Disabled seats . I voted
: 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 , April 19, 2023 UNISON NEC Elections 2023 My personal recommendations for all contested seats 1.3 million ballot papers have started to drop at the homes of UNISON members . Please vote in these elections , the future of the union is at stake We need a NEC that will be a voice for all members , reject division , defeat this Government and stand together to make our union stronger . Above are my personal recommendations for all 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 Tuesday , April 18, 2023 UNISON NEC elections 2023 : Vote for your 4 London Candidates Eddie , Sonya , Abiola Anu Sonya Howard , Eddie Brand , Abiola Kusoro and Anu Prashar , for the Greater London Region NEC . Seats The NEC is the most important national committee in UNISON , we nominated these candidates as we believe they are the right people for the job . They are all experienced reps , from introducing the first menopause policy 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 Monday , April 17, 2023 UNISON NEC Elections 2023 Vote Denise John for Community 1.3 million ballot papers are being sent out to UNISON members homes from today via Royal mail . Please see the message that Denise and I have sent out to the 46 UNISON branches who have nominated us and who we have asked to circulate this message to their Community who work in Charities and Housing Associations Members but not the above flyer Dear Branch Secretary
: : 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 , April 16, 2023 Chiltern Society : Gade Valley Nature Walk Last Saturday , Gill and I broke a journey from North Wales back to London by stopping off for this lovely 4 mile circular walk in the Chilterns . The weather Gods were kind to us and the walk itself was largely quiet and peaceful in beautiful surroundings with a few ups and downs to get the pulse going . nbsp I found the walk on the Ordnance Survey app subscription but it was
: 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 , April 15, 2023 Vote Labour on Thursday May 4th 2023 While there are no elections in London on May 4th , in other parts of the UK there are Council elections in England and Northern Ireland . UNISON Labour link will be supporting candidates across England and I expect in the coming week to be out supporting UNISON members standing as Labour Candidates in Kent , Essex and Hertfordshire . nbsp Remember in the latest attempt by the Tories.jpg)
: : 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 , April 14, 2023 UNISON NEC Elections 2023 : Recommendations on National Seats Hi Denise and I support these recommendations by lay activists in these Self organised groups for the NEC election which will start next week . We will also be sending out soon a wider list of recommendations which will include candidates who have not sought or asked for any endorsement . nbsp Posted by John Gray at Friday , April 14, 2023 Email This BlogThis
: 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 , April 13, 2023 Greater London Seats on the UNISON National Executive Council NEC It is with great pleasure that I recommend Eddie , Sonya , Abiola and Anu as your candidates for the 4 regional London seats in our NEC elections . They are great comrades and union organisers . I have been in many difficult meetings , debates and picket lines with them . They are enthusiastic , intelligent and pragmatic activists who will do their level
: : 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 , April 11, 2023 UNISON NEC Elections 2023 : Less than one week to go before 1.3 million ballot papers are sent out Next Monday 17 April ballot papers should start dropping through the home letter boxes of 1.3 million UNISON members . nbsp These are really important elections and I would urge all UNISON members to Vote and unite our unison by supporting candidates , who put the interests of the union first and foremost . The present NEC
: : 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 , April 10, 2023 Margaret Gray : A Tribute We held the church service at St Mary's then buried Mum on Thursday in Denbigh Town cemetery . Many thanks to the Church , funeral directors and staff at the Guildhall for a wonderful service , funeral and wake . nbsp Also , to our family and friends , who came from near and far , to show respect , share our grief but also to celebrate Mum's life . A lot of laughter as well as tears . 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 Monday , April 03, 2023 UNISON NEC elections : Voting Starts April 17th I think most people who follow this blog and my social media , know I am standing for the Community General Seat . My plea is that as many UNISON members vote as possible in these important elections . While my wish is to get rid of a majority NEC faction that lost a vote of No confidence in it but refused to resign at our sovereign National Conference . It is really
: 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 , April 02, 2023 Mr Jones Ukraine 1932 and 2022 BBC iPlayer Recently I watch this film on BBC iPlayer . This is about a Welsh journalist , Gareth Jones , who exposed the Holodomor Great famine in Ukraine during the 1930s . This famine killed millions and was caused either intentionally and or due to incompetence by Stalin , the Soviet Union dictator . nbsp Not an easy film to watch but will give you a greater under standing why Ukraine is