Category Archives: Trade Unions

Youth Service cuts in the news

This week the County Times has the story of last week’s county council meeting, which happened too late for last week’s deadline. Note that it was one of the remaining Labour county councillors, Chris Oxlade from Crawley, who proposed the … Continue reading

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Youth Service cuts

We have all read in the newspapers about West Sussex county council’s plans to cut £2million from the Youth Service budget.  The plans which were presented to a meeting of the Children’s and Young Persons Services Select Committee on Wednesday … Continue reading

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Support for Unison

Today’s County Times carries a letter from Bruce Milton, the acting branch secretary of the Horsham branch of Unison, responding to comments made by councillor Philip Circus. Mr. Milton points out that, far from being cocooned from the effects of … Continue reading

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Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival 2010

Members of Horsham Labour party will be at the Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival in Dorset again this year.  We might even have our banner ready and be able to take part in the parade. The festival celebrates the events that led … Continue reading

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Horsham Labour party members support striking cabin crew

Horsham Labour party is proud to acknowledge the involvement of Unite the Union within our Labour party and wish our brothers and sisters from Unite, currently involved in industrial action within BA, our support.As constituency Chair I am both a … Continue reading

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Postal strikes in Horsham

The West Sussex County Times this week carried several stories about the strike by CWU members working for Royal Mail. The first contained interviews with striking workers at the Storrington Delivery Office, voicing their concerns about the future of the … Continue reading

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Proud to Support the Postal Workers

Members from Horsham Labour Party joined striking postal workers on the picket line last Friday morning to show their support for postal workers and fellow trade unionists. Horsham Labour Party supports a fully publicly-owned postal service, and at this year’s … Continue reading

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