The Ritzy cinema has SACKED four trade unionists and is still refusing to pay the living wage.
Lambeth UNISON is backing the boycott of the Ritzy until they reinstate their staff and start to pay the London Living Wage of £9.75 an hour. Continue reading
Are you thinking about your mental well being at work? Asks our campaign’s officer Simon Hannah
Hassina Malik from Lambeth UNISON reports on worrying trends at Lambeth Council Continue reading
A story of chaos, u-turns, solidarity & pioneers! Continue reading
UNISON fighting against compulsory redundancy at Lambeth College
As you may have seen in the newspapers recently, after Labour lost the Copeland seat our General Secretary Dave Prentis was quoted in the media blaming Corbyn for the defeat.
Some UNISON activists have put together a petition to defend Corbyn. Whilst it is clear that there is a lot of work to do to turn around Labour’s electoral fortunes, it isn’t helped by sniping in the press or unfairly putting all the blame on Jeremy for something that is a much wider problem.
Here is a link to the petition
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/we-the-grassroots-support-jeremy-corbyn
Lambeth UNISON members were on the picketline backing up our brothers and sisters at the Ritzy Picturehouse.
There is a solidarity demo for the cinema workers fighting for a living wage on 25th February -12 noon, Leicester Square, London
Kate Ruhle, Lambeth UNISON environmental officer, reports on the alarming news about air pollution levels in the borough
Sandra Gill reports on the latest situation to change the workload for Occupational Thearapists at Lambeth Council. Continue reading
This motion was passed by Streatham Constituency Labour Party on 2 November 2016.
This CLP notes that the Runnymede Trust has shown that profiles for each of the capital’s boroughs show Lambeth is the most unequal place to live for people from a BME background.
Furthermore it notes that Lambeth Council has a workforce that is 59% BME but all of the 26 most senior managers are white.
Research by UNISON shows that such disparity occurs across directorates.
We recognise that the Council has established an Equality Commission. We call upon the Commission to take evidence from UNISON and to address the issues raised on staffing in this motion in their report and recommendations.
Lambeth UNISON 