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North London Press Round-Up
Vice report on the resistance to evictions in West Hendon; “Over the past month or so [protesters have] spent four days blocking the entrance to the site, with varying degrees of success. The first time they protested, they successfully stopped any trucks getting into the site for the whole day, effectively stopping construction. But the second […]
Author: Reuben Bard-Rosenburg \ st mungo's broadway \ Strike \ trade unions \ Wood Green
St Mungo’s Broadway strike rally in Harringey: rocketing union membership, and a will to persist
By Reuben Bard-Rosenburg Yesterday, workers at homeless charity St Mungo’s Broadway demonstrated outside Haringey Civic Centre, as they marked the final day of their week long strike. “One director told us that we wouldn’t find any work elsewhere because we were unemployable”, one worker told me. With bosses like this, its perhaps possible to understand […]
Protest \ reports \ trade unions
North London on the TUC march – words and pictures
Today’s demonstration calling for an end to austerity and challenging the squeeze on working people’s standard of living was a great success. TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady said: “Today tens of thousands of people will join the TUC’s Britain Needs a Pay Rise march. Our message is that after the longest and deepest pay squeeze […]
Author: Paul Burnham \ Council Housing \ Defend Council Housing \ Haringey \ Tenants
Victory as Haringey tenants keep permanent tenancies
from Paul Burnham, Secretary of Haringey Defend Council Housing Haringey Council’s Cabinet is set to agree tonight (14.10.14) that future Haringey Council tenants will continue to be offered permanent (lifetime) tenancies. This is a tremendous victory for tenants who have bitterly opposed proposals by Cllr Alan Strickland (Executive Member for Housing and Regeneration) for new council […]
health \ NHS \ reports \ Strike \ trade unions
Your snapshots: North London NHS on strike
Today we saw the first national NHS workers strike for over 32 years from 7 to 11 am. North London health workers were no exception and were out on the (very soggy) picket lines this morning. On that there twitter: Solidarity from @barnet_unison members to all health workers striking today against […]
Author: Sarah Parker \ Edmonton \ Green Lanes \ Haringey \ ISIS \ kurdish community centre \ Kurds \ Protest \ War
Kurds march in Edmonton and Haringey in support of Kobane
Report from Sarah Parker, pictures by Doug On Sunday 28 September 1,000 or so people marched from Angel Edmonton through Haringey to the Kurdish community centre off Green Lanes to protest against the siege of Kobane, and the silence of the international community over the blatant military support of the Turkish state for the […]
Barnet \ trade unions \ Unision \ YCB
Key Links to the Your Choice Barnet (YCB) care workers dispute
If you want to understand why Barnet Unison’s care workers are taking strike action please take some time to read the following links: Your Choice Barnet (YCB) “The real deal” Why Your Choice Barnet (YCB) Care workers are taking strike action Barnet UNISON Your Choice Barnet 8 Point charter Come and join “Your Choice Barnet” (YCB) […]
Author: Tayeiba Shaa \ Barnet \ Barnet housing Action Group \ Housing \ job centre \ Protest \ report \ Wood Green
Sanctions protest – taking action on benefits
by Tayeiba Shaa September 11th saw a pan national day of demonstrations outside key job centres around the cuts in benefits, in particular with regards to ‘sanctioning’. According to the citizen’s advise Bureau benefit sanctions are described as: “To get Universal Credit, you have to meet certain work-related requirements. These are the things you have […]
Author: Charlie Kiss \ Cycling \ human rights \ LGBT \ Peter Tatchell \ report
Reports: Cycle ride marks the history of gay rights
By Charlie Kiss On Sunday 14th September I joined the bike ride out in Camden and Islington – a fund raiser for the Peter Tatchell foundation and to commemorate the first gay rights demonstration held in Britain in 1970. I had seen the film Pride the night before and was therefore especially motivated to go […]
20's Plenty \ Author: Phil Tsappas \ Community Campaigns \ Cycling \ Enfield \ Winchmore Hill
Winchmore Hill Community meeting (Enfield) – report 03/09/2014
Excellent Winchmore Hill community forum tonight with good discussions about Cycle Enfield, primary school places, traffic and licensing. Bambos Charalambous @CllrBambos Between Palmers Green and Southgate, in the borough of Enfield, lies Winchmore Hill. I went to a community meeting on the 3rd of September where 4 councillors would hear the concerns of residents, and to discuss […]
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