NEWS
To APF
payers in Greater London Housing Associations Branch
With so
much going on I thought this would be a useful time to update APF payers in the
branch on recent Labour Link activity.
·
LABOUR LEADER &
DEPUTY LEADER ELECTION
The
National UNISON Labour Link Committee met on Wednesday and decided to nominate Jeremy Corbyn for Leader of the Labour
Party, with Yvette Cooper as second
choice. For Deputy Leader UNISON will nominate Angela Eagle with Stella
Creasy as second choice.
This was
after consultation with all regions. In London APF payers were sent an
electronic survey and encouraged to give their views on their preferred
candidate for both Leader and Deputy Leader (as did the branch survey).
In the
past all UNISON APF payers would have received a vote in the ballot to elect
the Leader and Deputy but following the Collins Review this has changed.
Now only members that have signed up to become a UNISON Affiliated
Supporter will be eligible to vote alongside Labour Party members.
Anyone
who supports Labour's aims and values is entitled to sign up. You don’t
need to be a Labour Party member it’s free, quick and easy to do. To
register and find out more go to http://support.labour.org.uk/.
The deadline to register is 12 noon on Friday 12
August.
UNISON’s
decision to nominate Jeremy and Angela is a recommendation and members are of
course free to cast their vote as to who they think should lead the Labour
Party.
·
LONDON MAYOR & GLA CANDIDATES
UNISON Affiliated
Supporters who register will also get a vote in deciding Labour’s London
Mayoral Candidate and Greater London Assembly members. UNISON London Labour
Link decided to make no recommendation for London Mayor but there are three
UNISON members standing who will make excellent candidates and I would urge
registered affiliated members to consider supporting either Tessa Jowell, Sadiq Khan or David Lammy.
UNISON have nominated GLA candidates Murad Qureshi for City and East and Ivana Bartoletti for Havering & Redbridge who have
been nominated and will be on the ballot paper. Members eligible to vote
in may wish to consider supporting these UNISON candidates.
·
NATIONAL LABOUR LINK
COMMITTEE ELECTIONS
The
London region has one representative on UNISON’s National Labour Link
Committee. A process is currently underway to elect the London rep for
the next two years.
Our
branch nominated Deirdre Costigan to represent the views of APF payers
across London.
Within
the next day or so you will receive a ballot paper to your home address.
I would encourage you to use your vote and return it without delay in the
pre-paid envelope. The ballot will close on Friday 25 September.
If for
any reason you do not receive a ballot paper by 18 August you should contact
the ballot helpline at UNISON Direct on 0800 0 857 857.
·
GETTING MORE
INVOLVED IN LABOUR LINK
You are
receiving this email as an APF payer in the branch. If you’d like to find
out more about getting more involved in UNISON Labour Link or representing the
branch at your CLP (if you are a Labour Party member) please get in contact.
·
JOIN THE LABOUR
PARTY
Finally,
if you are interested in joining the Labour Party you can do this for a reduced
trade union rate of just £1.96 per month by going to https://join.labour.org.uk/
Regards
John
Gray
Branch
Labour Link Officer
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