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Dear All

Pleased to announce that the following resolution was passed by your branch meeting for Unite the Housing Workers last night. This will now go to the higher bodies and committee of the union:

Hestia Resolution from LE1111 housing workers

his branch salutes members in Hestia LIFE in Hounslow taking strike action against poverty pay and unrealistic workloads.

The employer has refused to talk to Unite, and we appeal to Hounslow council to make a clear call for management to enter negotiations with Unite.

The service is funded by Hounslow and councillors have a responsibility for how it treats staff and the quality of its service.

Unite must make clear to Unite members on the council that this is a minimum request by low paid workers faced with a bad employer. If Unite Labour councillors fail to make a clear call disciplinary action along the lines of action taken against Unite members on Coventry council in pursuit of that dispute

Please check out the link below, and sign the petition on that page to help these workers improve both their pay and the terms and conditions under which they are expected to work

https://www.change.org/p/better-pay-and-conditions-for-hounslow-life-support-workers

A quick reminder that the AGM and Inaugural meeting for Hounslow Trades Council will take place as follows:

Date: Wednesday 18 January 2023

Time   7.30 pm – 9.30 pm

Venue 6^th Floor, Hounslow House, 7, Bath Road, Hounslow, TW3 3EB

Please keep this date free, for the meeting

Full papers for the meeting will be sent out on 4 January.

Best regards, and a Happy New Year,

Bill Reed

Interim Co-Secretary

Put this date in your diary folks!

Wdnesday 18th January 2023. 7.30pm. Hounslow House, Bath Road Hounslow

London Living Wage 4/1/21

Hestia paying less than London Living Wage 3/2/21

Hestia: Unite growing rapidly, Many services barely functioning 2/12/21

Hestia: failing to support its own disabled workers 16/12/21

Hestia workers discuss cost of living crisis & pay 5/4/22

Unite issue pay claim for 13.5% 17/5/22

Staff threatened over trade union activities post submission of pay claim 17/6/22

Growing protests against Hestia management’s anti-union threats(links to protest letters) 2/8/22

Strike Articles

Pay claim, caseload and patience 14/10/22

Hestia workers to ballot for strike action 25/10/22

Management refuses to negotiate. Sharon Graham tells Hestia to negotiate 22/11/22

Management still refuse to negotiate 23/11/22

Food Bank 25/11/22

Dear Delegate/Branch Secretary

Informal meeting of Trades Council invitees, 30 November 2022

After discussion with others organising the Trades Council in Hounslow, we are inviting you to an informal meeting of delegates and invitees. This meeting will review the industrial action and disputes taking place at present and set out ways in which unions in dispute can invite support from the Trades Council.

As you will be aware, disputes are underway involving CWU members, RMT members, UCU members, and there are successful ballots in place for PCS members, RCN members and others. Before the meeting, we will hear the outcome of ballots for Unison members in health. On our doorstep, bus workers and Unite members at Hestia are to take strike action.

30 November is an excellent day to hear about the activities co-ordinated on that date. Workers in Royal Mail and Higher Education will be on strike on that day. 

There is to be a UCU National Demonstration on Wednesday 30^th at 1.00 pm at Kings Cross Railway station.

The meeting of the Trades Council (informal) will be as follows:

Date: Wednesday, 30 November

Time: 7.30 pm

Venue: Room 6.08, Hounslow House Council Offices, Bath Road, Hounslow.

We will invite delegates who have been in dispute or on strike to speak to us about the progress of their dispute and how Trades Council delegates can assist in any way.

Please do not forget to get your Union Branch affiliated before 30 December – see page to download/fill in a form

In solidarity

Bill Reed

Interim Secretary.