Lobby of Tower Hamlets Pension Committee over Clarion & Riverside breaking promises
Updated: 2023-09-25 19:29:00
: 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 Monday , September 25, 2023 Lobby of Tower Hamlets Pension Committee over Clarion Riverside breaking promises This evening I went to make a submission to Tower Hamlets Council Pension Committee with a UNISON colleague , Julie . Both of us use to work for Tower Hamlets Council as housing officers . Julie worked in the Isle of Dogs and I worked in Bow . nbsp In 2005 Julie and her colleagues were tupe transferred into what is now called Riverside
: 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 , September 22, 2023 UNISON Greater London Housing Associations Labour Link support Anu Prashar update on our AGM Dear UNISON Labour Link , members Re : National Labour Link elections Our branch has nominated Anu Prashar for National Labour Link . Committee Anu cut her teeth as a steward before getting involved in the SOGs and the Labour Party . Anu is not a member of any faction and sits squarely under the Trade Union . banner Anu fights
: 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 , September 21, 2023 UK's largest landlord to dismiss rehire staff who do not accept new pension terms Hat tip Clarion UNISON Facebook page . nbsp NEWS 21.09.23 11.00 AM BY STEPHEN DELAHUNTY Staff transferred into Clarion from local authorities who have not accepted a new pension deal have been told they will be dismissed and rehired under new . terms A letter seen by Inside Housing that Clarion sent on 6 September has given affected
: . 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 , September 20, 2023 For a Strong Effective UNISON Labour Link please support . Electronic ballot papers arrived to me via email on Monday and paper ballot papers today . Please support these candidates in your regions if you are a member of UNISON and its Labour Link use to be called APF Political fund . Obviously you can only vote once . nbsp If you support the Labour Party and don't know if you are in the UNISON Labour Link check
: : , 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 , September 19, 2023 Country Walking : Kelvedon Hatch , Essex On Saturday , Gill and I went for a 7.64 mile circular walk starting at Kelvedon Hatch outside the Eagle Pub . Only 40 minutes drive from East London . nbsp Courtesy of subscription to OS Maps on line which has selected recommended walks for free provided by Country Walking magazine . Must visit former nuclear bunker next time . Nice rolling countryside . Super quiet , saw
: 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 , September 18, 2023 Vote for Anu Prashar UNISON Labour Link London I have voted online for Anu Prashar via email invite that arrived 11.50 today from Civica . If you are a Unison Labour Link member in London please vote for anu UnisonHAB Posted by John Gray at Monday , September 18, 2023 Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest No : comments Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post
: 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 , September 17, 2023 Emergency motion passed unanimously at branch executive over Clarion Housing Group fire and rehire” dismissals and breaking pension promises Check out On 5 September 2023 Clarion sent dismissal notices to 54 of its most long serving staff in order to close down its defined benefit pension provision . Clarion has made it clear that that it staff do not consent” then they will be deemed to have left the organisation
Fantastic speech by Trade Union Congress, General Secretary Paul Nowak last week. Telling it as it is. 
: 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 , September 15, 2023 TUC Congress Day Four TUC Congress finished on Wednesday . I had to leave early to deal with some urgent work and union case work . Also , on the way home , I stopped off to visit a new build to rent housing project in Manchester , part funded by Newham staff pension fund . I will post later on this visit , since it incorporates key worker accommodation at below market rents , which relates to my speech to Congress
: : 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 , September 13, 2023 TUC Congress 2023 : Day Three Tuesday was a busy day for me . In the morning we had a great speech by guest speaker , the shadow Deputy Prime Minister I love repeating this Angela Rayner on Labour's New Deal for Working People During lunch I took part in a fringe panel debate on Collective Defined Contribution CDC pensions sponsored by First Actuarial , Hilary Salt as Chair . This was well attended and there was 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 Tuesday , September 12, 2023 TUC Congress 2023 : Day Two Congress started again on Monday at 9.30. The ACC Liverpool conference centre is in the Kings docks area and it was a pleasant 10 minute walk from the hotel . Outside the conference centre there was a few people canvassing delegates , selling news papers , handing out invites to fringes and leaflets on how to vote on contentious motions . nbsp The UNISON delegate sits together in 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 , September 10, 2023 TUC Congress 2023 : Day One This year I am in Liverpool for the 155th annual TUC Congress as a UNISON NEC delegate . I travelled down from London by train with Regional delegate and London Convenor Yvonne Green . nbsp When we arrived in Liverpool we went into a meeting of all UNISON delegates to decide on whether to support or not motions and our speakers . There are 64 delegates from UNISON NEC , Regions , Service
: 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 , September 09, 2023 didn't we have a lovely day the day we went to Walton on the Naze Off message but the hot weather today reminded me of a glorious sunday last month when Gill and I took the train from Forest Gate to the Essex seaside resort of Walton-on-the-Naze . We met up with Gill's sister Carol , her husband , her son and daughter in law and their 2 lovely monsters family picture top left Walton is a lovely traditional working
: . 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 , September 08, 2023 Clarion sends fire rehire dismissal letters to long serving staff breaking their pension promises and futures . Check Clarion UNISON Facebook page The dismissal letters sent out by Social Mission Clarion also contain inaccurate and even untruthful information . If we do not consent to the loss of our pension we will be sacked without compensation . There was a very constructive meeting today of impacted UNISON
: : 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 , September 07, 2023 Newham Voices Sept 23 : Newham in 50 Buildings Check out the latest news and views from our free local community newspaper , Newham Voices I particularly enjoyed the review by Jean Gray no known relative on the Book Newham in 50 Buildings by Malcolm Batten . Which I must get and go on its guides and tours . nbsp Posted by John Gray at Thursday , September 07, 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 , September 06, 2023 30th anniversary as a Housing Officer and Trade Union Activist On 6 September 1993 I started work as a housing officer in Bow for Tower Hamlets Council . I had worked as an agency temp in Columbia Road , Bethnal Green beforehand and also as a Housing Rights advisor in Edinburgh . I joined UNISON as a temp but had been a member rep in the T G previously . nbsp I cannot believe how fast the years have flown by nor