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Excl: Labour group chief whip resigns in protest at BCC abuse of unions

20/02/2019by SKWAWKBOX 5 Comments

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 – […]

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Excl: leak shows Birmingham’s ‘Labour’ council trying to use Thatcher law v bin strike – and its excuse beggars belief

14/02/2019by SKWAWKBOX 4 Comments

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 […]

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Breaking: Unite plans 10 strike days as Birmingham bin dispute escalates

04/02/2019by SKWAWKBOX 2 Comments

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’ […]

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‘Geographical diversity’ difference between CLPD/Momentum slates = 1 London candidate?

15/10/2018by SKWAWKBOX 26 Comments

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 […]

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Red Labour backs CLPD slate for NCC

13/10/2018by SKWAWKBOX 24 Comments

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 […]

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Breaking: CLPD/JVL/LCND first out of traps with a left slate. Momentum to follow?

11/10/2018by SKWAWKBOX 28 Comments

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 […]

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Exclusive: left-slate impasse as one group refuses to back JVL member for NCC

10/10/2018by SKWAWKBOX 27 Comments

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 […]

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Night before CLP vote on Wadsworth motion, exec issues new rules banning debate

15/06/2018by SKWAWKBOX 8 Comments

  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 […]

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Excl: ‘Left slate’ crisis as LRC working group reject Momentum choice massively

17/03/2018by SKWAWKBOX 11 Comments

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‘ […]

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Anti-HDV protest goes ahead – pictures and video

08/02/2018by SKWAWKBOX 4 Comments

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, […]

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