The next featured speaker at my fringe meeting is UNISON activist and London Borough of Newham Councillor John Gray.
John’s Labour Blog was ranked second on the TIGMOO (an organisation which ranks trade union blogs) list, the top slot going to the TUC.
John, along with fellow blogger former PPC Alex Hilton, recently won an important libel case against Tower Hamlets Conservative Johanna Kaschke.
John has worked as a Housing Estate officer in East London for the past 18 years. He is a UNISON Branch Secretary, Group Convenor, Branch health & safety officer, Labour Link Officer and pension representative. The positions John holds include London UNISON Regional Finance Convener; Regional Labour Link Vice-Chair and National Health & Safety Committee member. He is, in addition, a UNISON delegate to the South East Region of the TUC.
John is also an elected Labour Party Councillor for West Ham ward in Newham and CLP Agent.
A graduate of Leeds University, John Gray is a Practitioner member of Chartered Institute of Housing (CIOH) and a Technical member of Institute of Occupational Safety & Health (IOSH)
Brought up in North Wales John lived in Leeds and Edinburgh prior to moving to London.
My fringe meeting – How Social Media Can Drive a Wedge into the Coalition - is on Monday 27 September at 6.00pm in Manchester Central, Charter 1. The other speakers are Tom Harris MP, Jessica Asato and Alex Smith, Editor of LabourList.
Filed under: Labour Party | Tagged: Alex Hilton, John Gray, TIGMOO, UNISON, West Ham CLP
