Public Meeting- meet the candidate, Tuesday 22nd April. 7.30pm, Meeting room of the Original Swan Pub, corner of Oxford and Between Towns Road.
Come and meet our Cowley candidate Paul Garraway and find out more about Respect and the local campaign.
Thursday 17 April 2008
Saturday 12 April 2008
Campaign up and running
If you would like to help with the campaign (could be canvassing, leafleting or taking a window poster) then please e-mail votepaul4cowley@yahoo.co.uk or phone Dave Radford on 07985 056089.
Saturday 5 April 2008
Oxford Mail- Postman election bid
From the Oxford Mail
http://www.oxfordmail.net/display.var.2173624.0.postmans_election_bid.php
Postman's election bid Comment
Unrest over the future of Royal Mail's Cowley Mail Centre has promoted an Oxford postman to stand for election to Oxford City Council.
Trade union activist Paul Garraway is standing in Cowley ward in the city council elections, which take place on Thursday, May 1. Today he said he intended to make the proposed closure of the Cowley centre and its relocation to Swindon the central thrust of his campaign.
He said: "Modernisation means later deliveries and laying off 40,000 staff. A valuable public service is being run into the ground, it's time to turn things around.
"Imagine your mail stuck on a truck on the Swindon road - that's what they are proposing."
Half the council's 48 seats are up for grabs in the election, which will determine which political group seizes control of the council.
The authority has been run by a minority Liberal Democrat administration since May, 2006.
One of the most hard-fought battles is looming in Blackbird Leys, where Val Smith, the wife of Oxford East MP Andrew Smith, is standing against Lee Cole of the Independent Working Class Association.
The Tories are fielding candidates in every ward for the first time.
Elections are also being held in West Oxfordshire and Cherwell district.
http://www.oxfordmail.net/display.var.2173624.0.postmans_election_bid.php
Postman's election bid Comment
Unrest over the future of Royal Mail's Cowley Mail Centre has promoted an Oxford postman to stand for election to Oxford City Council.
Trade union activist Paul Garraway is standing in Cowley ward in the city council elections, which take place on Thursday, May 1. Today he said he intended to make the proposed closure of the Cowley centre and its relocation to Swindon the central thrust of his campaign.
He said: "Modernisation means later deliveries and laying off 40,000 staff. A valuable public service is being run into the ground, it's time to turn things around.
"Imagine your mail stuck on a truck on the Swindon road - that's what they are proposing."
Half the council's 48 seats are up for grabs in the election, which will determine which political group seizes control of the council.
The authority has been run by a minority Liberal Democrat administration since May, 2006.
One of the most hard-fought battles is looming in Blackbird Leys, where Val Smith, the wife of Oxford East MP Andrew Smith, is standing against Lee Cole of the Independent Working Class Association.
The Tories are fielding candidates in every ward for the first time.
Elections are also being held in West Oxfordshire and Cherwell district.
Tuesday 1 April 2008
Oxford post activist reinstated
Postal workers in Oxford have been celebrating victory as leading union activist Steve Gill was returned to work after months of suspension.
Steve, the CWU union’s sub-area processing rep for Oxford, faced a number of serious disciplinary charges following last year’s national strike. An appeals panel threw out all the serious charges and allowed Steve to return to work.
CWU branch secretary Paul Garraway commented, “This is a fantastic victory. Not only has Steve returned to work, but we have also won our case on John Doran, another union member who was suspended following the strike.”
Steve, the CWU union’s sub-area processing rep for Oxford, faced a number of serious disciplinary charges following last year’s national strike. An appeals panel threw out all the serious charges and allowed Steve to return to work.
CWU branch secretary Paul Garraway commented, “This is a fantastic victory. Not only has Steve returned to work, but we have also won our case on John Doran, another union member who was suspended following the strike.”
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