Here is a rundown of the candidates hoping to win your vote on Thursday, May 6.
Chinelo Anyanwu – Labour Party
Labour candidate Chinelo Anyanwu Chinelo grew up and went to school in Edmonton. She is the mother of two young children and runs a small business with her husband. Chinelo says she is dedicated to building a safer environment for Enfield’s residents by working alongside the police to tackle knife and youth crime. She has experience working with community groups to develop successful mentoring schemes and wants to give back to the community she says has given her so much.
Ferry workers demand full sick and isolation pay
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“At the center of my campaign has been getting support for workers on strike at the Queen’s Road bus depot,” Peter Clifford, right, Communist League candidate for mayor of Greater Manchester, said in an online-candidates debate March 31.
Clifford is a train dispatcher at Piccadilly station in central Manchester and a member of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers. He has joined the bus drivers’ picket line and built support for their strike. The RMT branch he is a member of has donated 200 pounds to the strikers’ fund.
“By striking,” Clifford said, “the drivers are setting all working people an example.” He challenged other candidates, including Labour Party mayor Andy Burnham, to say where they stood on the strike. In his closing remarks, Burnham voiced support for the strike and said he’d been planning to visit the picket line.
STENA Line port workers and seafarers at Holyhead will be asked to ballot on whether to strike over a company wide sick pay dispute. The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) allege a sick pay scheme, agreed with the recognised trade unions, was in place for seafarers and port workers in Stena Line until the start of the pandemic when Stena unilaterally scrapped it, forcing staff infected with or displaying symptoms of Coronavirus to rely on Statutory Sick Pay. Stena Line employs two ships making each making two daily crossings between Holyhead and Dublin. RMT General Secretary, Mick Cash said: “Stena Line took an outrageous risk with our members health at the start of this pandemic by scrapping the union agreed sick pay scheme.