UNISON London Labour Link Training

This evening there was a virtual training session for new London UNISON Labour Link officers. Labour Link is the UNISON political fund that supports the Labour Party. UNISON is affiliated to the Labour Party and every UNISON branch should have a Labour Link Officer but of course, individual members do not need to support the Labour Party. 

The meeting was Chaired by Yvonne Green and our guest speaker was Labour MP for Erith & Thamesmead, Shadow Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, Abena Oppong-Asare (a long time UNISON Labour Link activist). Abena gave a marvellous talk and Q&A about how tough it is to get on in local and national politics as a Black women but how the support of her political sisters (and others) helped her get through.    

Next we we had brief introduction on "What is UNISON Labour Link" by our local organiser, Jack Phipps, followed by a presentation by me on "The Role of the Labour Link Officer" (which I hope people found useful). 

We then split into workshops and later reported back on how Labour Link can help branches with campaigns, how to increase engagement and persuade more members to join and participate in Labour Link. 

The final session was a training by UNISON Labour Link activist, Anu Prashar, on Dialogue, the Labour Party telecanvass software and in particular how to support our Labour candidate Kim Leadbeater in the by election in Batley and Spen. 

I thought the training went well and this will be the first of many.  

Batley & Spen by-election phone bank with Labour Unions - Wednesday 23/6/21

 

RSVP - Virtual Phone Bank 

Wednesday 23rd June at 7PM and we're delighted Kim Leadbeater, Labour's candidate for Batley & Spen will be popping in. Click below to register and help Labour win this crucial by-election. 

Speakers:
Kim Leadbeater, Labour's Candidate for Batley & Spen
Rachel Reeves MP, Shadow Chancellor
Mick Whelan, Chair of Labour Unions


All Labour Party members are warmly invited, especially if this is your first time phone banking. They'll be a full briefing and we'll be on hand to answer any questions that you have.

 
You’ll need to be a Labour Party member with an active Labour log in to take part and have access to a tablet/computer with an internet connection. Please also invite your CLP colleagues to join us - the link to share is

https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEpfuqurzgpGNdZE52jWb2pS3t6FqESztcA


We really hope to see you there. In solidarity, Joe P.S. If you can't make this session there are plenty of Labour Party by-election phone banks you can join, click here for all the details.

Reproduced from an electronic communication sent by Helen Pearce on behalf of TULO, both at Southside, 105 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6QT.