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TUC Policy Officer. The cause of labour is the hope of the world.

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And don’t forget working from home. White collar collective action means there will never be a full return.

29.05.2025 08:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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It's your time, not your bosses.

28.02.2025 10:22 πŸ‘ 116 πŸ” 59 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 3
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Thames Water have sent me the annual water bill. Just look at those year on year rises over the last five years. Criminal.

26.02.2025 10:25 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The trade union movement is also against the undermining of copyright. Creative workers are the backbone of our creative industries.

25.02.2025 10:19 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
UK wages continue to outpace inflation

UK wages continue to outpace inflation

Make real wage growth unremarkable again

18.02.2025 07:52 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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More than half of business leaders (59%) say they are losing staff time due to poor state of public services A new poll commissioned by the TUC shows that business leaders want the government to prioritise improvements to public services

A recent TUC poll found that 59% of business leaders say they are losing staff time due to the poor state of public services. 🚨 Weak social infrastructure isn’t just a public sector issueβ€”it’s an economic one. www.tuc.org.uk/news/more-ha...

13.02.2025 13:44 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Stagnant living standards are one of many reasons the Tories were kicked out of office after 14 years - Labour has made it our mission to improve them via renters' rights, housebuilding and raising the minimum wage.

12.02.2025 15:15 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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I saw illegality and complicity with war crimes. That’s why I quit the UK Foreign Office | Mark Smith Ministers and senior officials protected arms deals facilitating death and horror in Gaza and Yemen. I urge my former colleagues to resist them, says one-time Foreign Office policy adviser Mark Smith

I saw illegality and complicity with war crimes. That’s why I quit the UK Foreign Office, a devastating account by a UK diplomat who quit in Aug 2024.

Ministers & senior officials protected arms deals facilitating death and horror in Gaza and Yemen.

Parliament emasculated. No one held to account.

09.02.2025 21:50 πŸ‘ 491 πŸ” 271 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 5
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We revealed Nigel Farage’s voting record to his constituents in Clacton.

They weren’t happy.

10.02.2025 11:03 πŸ‘ 999 πŸ” 484 πŸ’¬ 145 πŸ“Œ 150

What this Times article ignores is that this is already happenning with agricultural workers and care workers... and it is a human rights disaster.

As we reported workers live on farms in uninsulated, cramped, mouldy and unsafe housing.

www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2023...

07.02.2025 10:12 πŸ‘ 199 πŸ” 67 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 6

It’s been taken!!

01.02.2025 10:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Buy cinema tickets for Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles + intro by film theorist and filmmaker Laura Mulvey | BFI Southbank

Selling a BFI Southbank ticket for Jeanne Dielman, with intro by Laura Mulvey. Sat 8th Feb, 6pm. Face value Β£13.50 @lffstubs.bsky.social whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...

01.02.2025 07:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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So relentless has been Israel’s assault, and so complete the destruction in northern Gaza that a former Israeli defence minister described the military’s actions there as β€˜ethnic cleansing’.

Here's how the Israeli military erased a town of 200,000 people in Gaza. on.ft.com/3DTS14e

15.01.2025 10:24 πŸ‘ 474 πŸ” 335 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 33

Elizabeth line stations even though they are very pretty.

06.01.2025 19:41 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

4 solid choices

03.01.2025 23:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Front page of the Morning Star for 28-29 December 2024

Front page of the Morning Star for 28-29 December 2024

Spotted @paulnowaktuc.bsky.social on the newsstand today so I bought the paper

28.12.2024 21:42 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I have no moral view on who gets the diamond but the gun incident was too far. Feathers has been cancelled ever since

27.12.2024 14:35 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Let failed water companies lose their licences, not charge higher bills (19 December 2024) BBC News
Let failed water companies lose their licences, not charge higher bills (19 December 2024) BBC News YouTube video by Ewan McGaughey

Should water bills go up when rivers are full of sewage?

I was on BBC News today saying Ofwat + the Minister should instead:
πŸ’¦let polluting water companies lose their licences
πŸ’·make reckless banks take a haircut to zero
πŸƒtransfer water into public hands to investπŸ‘‡

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zD6T...

19.12.2024 06:14 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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🚌 Support striking Manchester bus workers, fighting low pay today πŸͺ§ & keeping #Manchester moving every day.
❗️Tell Transport fpr Greater Manchester to negotiate a fair rise now
❗️Please share this post
#fairpay NOW!

13.12.2024 17:14 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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At our event yesterday, Kate Bell argued that international evidence suggests there doesn't need to be a trade-off between job quantity and job quality.

13.12.2024 12:00 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Agreed

12.12.2024 22:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The correct position on British lunch culture is that it is bad. Lunches should be long, indulgent and shared.

12.12.2024 20:04 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak is now on Bluesky at
@paulnowaktuc.bsky.social - Give him a follow.

19.11.2024 17:32 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Greetings from Congress House, home of the British trade union movement

14.11.2024 15:49 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Two more trade unions joining Bluesky today - @unitetheunion.bsky.social and @unisontheunion.bsky.social - taking our union starter pack up to 16.

go.bsky.app/39dpPLN

14.11.2024 14:48 πŸ‘ 86 πŸ” 39 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 8

Thanks for the warm welcome :)

07.10.2024 13:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Very well thank you! Hope you are well?

07.10.2024 10:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0