Posts Tagged ‘Carole Williams’
Public Windrush artwork set to be revealed as Town Hall’s annual festival gets underway online
Winning sculpture, which will be the first permanent monument to the Windrush Generation in the UK, to be announced on Windrush Day on Monday
Read MoreBlack Lives Matter: What can you do?
Alice Jones provides a useful list of resources, from what to read and watch to educate yourself and your children, to which petitions to sign and where to donate
Read MoreCoronavirus: ‘Has government strategy worsened impact on BAME communities?’, asks equalities chief
Cllr Carole Williams calls for an independent review into the effect of Whitehall’s response to Covid-19 on ethnic minorites
Read MoreDebate around natural hair reaches Town Hall as Williams family call for law change
Family seeks end to ‘society’s obsession with policing black hair’ as councillor calls on schools to celebrate World Afro Day
Read MoreTown Hall to host free advice session for Windrush victims
Experts will be on hand to help residents affected by the scandal apply for compensation
Read MoreRevealed: Local politicians tried in vain to resolve Ruby Williams case
Urswick headteacher rejected issues as ‘monumental distraction’ as Hackney South MP praises ‘strength and resilience’ of Williams family
Read MoreUnions slam efforts to reform Town Hall workplace culture as ‘too little, too late’
UNISON calls for action to repair ‘broken relationships’ between staff and management as Hackney Mayor stresses commitment to ‘inclusivity’
Read More‘Disabilities should never be a barrier to employment’: Eight youngsters begin internships at Town Hall
The council’s Project Search scheme will this year see young people take up placements in a range of its own departments
Read MoreTown Hall ‘keenly aware’ of ethnicity pay inequalities – as figures on gender celebrated
Employment chief commits to ‘practical action’ to address pay disparities and under-representation
Read MoreTwo pedestrian crossings in Hackney get a rainbow remake for Pride
The crossings have been painted on two roads with historical ties to the local LGBTQI+ community
Read MoreCouncil bullying row: Diversity training announced as unions call for more staff to come forward
Hackney South Labour Party secretary quizzes council on action taken over allegations
Read MoreHackney becomes first council to pass Windrush motion as leading activist urges others to follow suit
Town Hall officially agrees to push the government for a public inquiry into the scandal and oppose criminalisation of the Windrush generation
Read More‘Celebrating 25 Years’: council throws party for long-service staff
Recognition for those who have given their whole working lives, including road sweepers, cleaners and library workers
Read MoreHackney Council backs Deliveroo couriers’ campaign for workers’ rights
Legal bid union calls on other councils to ‘follow Hackney’s example’
Read MoreWomen traders to host Well Street Market’s first showing of 2018
International Women’s Day celebration hopes to inspire the next generation of female entrepreneurs
Read MoreTown Hall launches search for 100 inspirational Hackney women to mark suffrage centenary
Nominations are open to find and showcase ‘local heroes’ driving change in the borough
Read MoreMaking Her Mark: new exhibition shows that women’s activism in Hackney didn’t end after 1918
The stories of Hackney’s female activists over the past century are being celebrated at Hackney Museum – plus, a chance to nominate your own inspirational local women
Read MoreBlack Hackney councillors at women’s day event asked ‘are you cleaners?’
Councillors Sophie Conway, Carole Williams and Sade Etti say incident highlights issues around perceptions of black women – but do not want guard to lose job
Read MoreHoxton Citizens launches Shoreditch Park charter
Community action group uses first ever meeting to announce its demands over Town Hall’s park plans
Read MoreTitbits — Chip grease, members’ clubs and tree-top workspace
The planning sub-committee summons the ‘smell and noise people’ while Hoxton Square’s new Tree Office fails to get to the root of London’s workspace crisis
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