Chief Whip of Birmingham City Council’s controlling Labour group resigns in protest at the council’s anti-union behaviour Kerry Jenkins, the Chief Whip of Birmingham City Council’s (BCC) Labour group – […]
Dispute over Birmingham’s refuse collection services takes bizarre turn as council stretches credulity in attempt to use Thatcher-era anti-union laws to block strike over discriminatory payments The twists and turns […]
Last week the SKWAWKBOX covered the breakdown of talks between Birmingham City Council (BCC) and the Unite and Unison unions, over the council’s failure to engage meaningfully with the unions’ […]
The battle between two competing left slates – those put forward by CLPD and Momentum – for the important election of additional members of Labour’s senior disciplinary body, the National […]
In the important elections for six additional members of the National Constitutional Committee (NCC), the Labour Party’s senior disciplinary body, the party’s left faces a choice between two ‘slates’ of […]
The deadlock over the candidates for the left slate in the important NCC (National Constitutional Committee) elections has been broken by an email sent out this morning by CLPD (Campaign […]
The right-wing ‘slate’ for the important elections to fill additional positions on Labour’s NCC (National Constitutional Committee), the party’s supreme disciplinary body, was issued last week – and serves as […]
Black activist Marc Wadsworth, who played a key role in supporting the family of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence, was expelled from the Labour Party after a public argument with […]
The LRC (Labour Representation Committee) is one of the key left-wing groups, alongside Momentum and CLPD (Campaign for Labour Party Democracy) with input into the composition of the ‘left slate‘ […]
A protest against Haringey Council’s HDV (Haringey Development Vehicle) project to transfer ownership of thousands of council houses to a public-private partnership for demolition and ‘redevelopment’ went ahead last night, […]