‘We need to outlaw fire and rehire forever,’ declares UNISON community conference
Updated: 2023-08-25 19:44:00
: , 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 , August 25, 2023 We need to outlaw fire and rehire forever , 8217 declares UNISON community conference A reminder that in March this year UNISON Community Conference all Clarion UNISON members are in the Community Service Group delegates voted unanimously to back this motion from its Service Group . Executive 2. Fire and re-hire : dismissal and re-engagement in Community Conference notes the introduction into Parliament of Employment
: 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 , August 24, 2023 Trade Union Congress Delegate 2023 Today I received my credentials as a UNISON delegate to this year's Trade Union Congress TUC in Liverpool next month . nbsp I am speaking in a pension fringe on Collective Defined Contributions schemes and will hopefully get involved on other pension , housing and fire rehire debates . nbsp Posted by John Gray at Thursday , August 24, 2023 Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share 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 Wednesday , August 23, 2023 Inside Housing calls for the next government to Build Social Many will support the new campaign by magazine social media site Inside Housing for the next Government to build more social housing . As a London Councillor and front facing Housing worker , I see pretty much every week the devastation that the inadequate supply of affordable housing causes to so many vulnerable families . The reasons for urgent action 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 Tuesday , August 22, 2023 CEO pay survey 2023 : FTSE 100 CEOs get half a million pound pay rise While apologists of high pay for these bosses will make all the excuses under the sun , my question is what are the company actual workers being paid this year for enabling them to have all this huge amounts of money I think I know the answer . Our new report shows t hat the FTSE 100 CEO pay increased from 3.38m in 2021 to 3.91m in 2022. Median CEO
: : 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 , August 20, 2023 Fire and rehire : How to fight it in Clarion Check out UNISON Clarion Facebook site https : t.co fXIj77E3D4 Can all Clarion unison members currently facing fire and rehire over their pensions please check their emails for an important message sent on Friday asking them to carry out certain tasks . If you did not receive this email contact the convernor team at unison clarionhg.com If Clarion gets away with firing and
: 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 , August 19, 2023 Housing association customer services have become a fourth emergency services line I will pretty much totally agree with this article published in Inside Housing subscription about Housing Associations and I would say Council housing having to become the 4th emergency service to support very vulnerable , stressed and even suicidal residents . All mainstream social housing organisations have to remember that they are
: : , 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 , August 17, 2023 Country Walking : Albury Patmore Heath , Hertfordshire Walk Off message but a post on a walk in Hertfordshire near Ware earlier this month . 45 minutes drive from East London and possible by public transport Check out description via OS maps app paid provided by Country Walking magazine . nbsp Very quiet , some nice views and some ups and downs but not a lot of contrast but enough to do again . nbsp It was sad 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 Wednesday , August 16, 2023 Are you worse off after 13 years of Tories in charge Inflation is still running higher than wages . nbsp Prices are still going up , and working people are struggling to pay bills and keep families fed . Are you worse off after 13 years of Tories in charge Use our CostOfLiving calculator https : costofliving.unison.org.uk cost-of-living Posted by John Gray at Wednesday , August 16, 2023 Email This BlogThis Share 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 Saturday , August 12, 2023 The Housing Crisis : A possible positive way forward a definite negative On Thursday evening I took part in an informal discussion of a possible way to provide much needed homes for homeless families . The suggestion is largely untested at scale , extremely complex , potentially financially risky but may repeat may offer a least worst way . forward Later that evening I met residents from my ward with my ward colleague
: : 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 , August 11, 2023 Why Housing Matters : Labour Housing Group Newsletter August 2023 Check out the latest newsletter by the Labour Housing Group . Which I have been a member for may years and as the name suggests , is affiliated to the Labour Party and works to promote workable socialist policies on housing . nbsp I am looking forward to attending their future events including their housing fringes during this years Labour Party
: , 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 , August 10, 2023 LOW PAY , NO WAY NSL picket lines Regional Secretary Jo Galloway visiting the NSL picket lines this morning in Camden , London . These Traffic wardens deliver a vital service to the community , working long hours doing a difficult job . It’s time for NSL to do the right thing and pay it’s staff fairly Posted by John Gray at Thursday , August 10, 2023 Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share 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 Wednesday , August 09, 2023 Staff at East of England landlord to strike for nine days over pay Hat tip Clarion UNISON Facebook page Solidarity to Unite Housing association members taking strike action over their pay cuts . Hopefully Clarion UNISON members will be taking similar action next month Nearly 60 workers at Freebridge Community Housing , based in King’s Lynn , were balloted by Unite the Union to take part in industrial . action 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 , August 08, 2023 The Clarion : The Pioneer Journal of Social Reform How things change . Hat tip https : twitter.com LondonNurse2015. Posted by John Gray at Tuesday , August 08, 2023 Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest Labels : Clarion History London nurse social reform No : comments Post a Comment Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom Search Join UNISON became a member online 24 7 or
: , 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 , August 06, 2023 Hatfield Heath , Essex Walk For various reasons I haven't posted any walks lately . I know some say they enjoy my posts on walking more than the ones on politics or trade unions To me , my walking or running very slowly in the countryside is my hinterland This walk last month was a delight . A bit overcast but quiet and peaceful . Started off with a coffee in local village cafe and a pint in a local pub at . end I found
: 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 , August 05, 2023 Clarion doing its best to increase- number of pensioners in poverty by its unlawful immoral decisions Our Clarion indicative strike ballot is still open a email reminder was sent out yesterday to fill out the ballot form Clarion is obviously still keen by their unlawful and immoral decisions to increase the number of pensioners living in poverty . Actions from yesterday's UNISON pensions meeting will be sent out next
: : 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 , August 04, 2023 2023 : Year of Black Workers Passing the torch to the next Generation Please check out this flyer for the Greater London UNISON Black History Month Event at the UNISON centre on 12 October . All members welcome . nbsp Posted by John Gray at Friday , August 04, 2023 Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest Labels : 2023 Year of Black Worker Black History Month Greater London UNISON UNISON