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Paul Nowak

@paulnowaktuc

General Secretary of @the-tuc.bsky.social Family, unions, politics, canals, Everton FC, music.

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Tonight Matthew, I will be the ‘Shadow Home Secretary’…look, I’ve got a sign and everything….

Everton are going to get a shock when I announce myself as their new No 9.

If you dream it you can make it.

24.02.2026 19:26 👍 10 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Last week we met with Union reps and Officials at BAE Sytems Washington, alongside @paulnowaktuc.bsky.social To discuss the need for good unionised jobs in the North East.

Industries in our region need investment, to protect good unionised jobs in crucial national industries.

18.02.2026 11:46 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Reform: It’s time to take on the elite

That ‘insurgent’ team in full….

18.02.2026 21:43 👍 9 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
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What a turnout!

Great to join @ucu.org.uk @unisontheunion.bsky.social & @unitetheunion.bsky.social and students at University of Essex taking action to save jobs in Colchester and Southend.

Time for the University to rethink its plans and engage positively with staff & their unions.

12.02.2026 14:06 👍 10 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 2
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Thanks to the Trades Union Congress General Secretary Paul Nowak for a valuable discussion on social cohesion, AI in the workplace and shared challenges facing the workforces of the UK and Germany.

@tuc.org.uk | @paulnowaktuc.bsky.social

03.02.2026 15:25 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Delighted to welcome @paulnowaktuc.bsky.social from @tuc.org.uk to #SpenValley to see the outstanding new HQ of West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service in #Birkenshaw & discuss the vital work of our firefighters, plus the importance of #WorkersRights for people in #SpenValley and across the country.

02.02.2026 11:00 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you to our union brother @brucespringsteen.net (the only Boss we stand with) for showing solidarity with the working people of Minneapolis. ✊

29.01.2026 20:30 👍 194 🔁 80 💬 3 📌 0
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Nothing to do with me Guv. I was only (checks notes):

Minister for Immigration, 2022 to 2023

Minister of State for Health, September to October 2022

Secretary of State for Housing, 2019 to 2021

Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, 2018 to 2019

A Tory MP for over 13 years.

15.01.2026 19:44 👍 51 🔁 22 💬 7 📌 2
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Paul Nowak on X: "It’s time for a debate about who owns our media and who has control over the algorithms that dictate the content on people’s phones. Read more at ⁦@BylineTimes⁩ https://t.co/jx7dS6Tuci" / X It’s time for a debate about who owns our media and who has control over the algorithms that dictate the content on people’s phones. Read more at ⁦@BylineTimes⁩ https://t.co/jx7dS6Tuci

It’s time for a debate about who owns our media and who has control over the algorithms that dictate the content on people’s phones.

Read more at @bylinetimes.bsky.social

x.com/nowak_paul/s...

14.11.2025 17:48 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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The British public are clear:

It’s time for those with the broadest shoulders to pay a fairer share of taxes.

04.09.2025 06:36 👍 39 🔁 10 💬 2 📌 2
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There’s a lack of self awareness and then there’s this.

The byline may more accurately read:

Former Conservative MP & chancellor FOR 38 DAYS, who tanked the economy and drove up mortgage costs for millions to give tax cuts to the super rich.

Most definitely ‘out of his depth’.

01.07.2025 14:27 👍 15 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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We've had the doomsday predictions for jobs. Here's how A... The rapid rollout of new technology must be met with an equally urgent response with workers at its centre

AI is transforming the world of work, no matter what industry you work in.

But throughout history, unions have shaped technology to protect & enhance workers’ rights, and deliver economic justice and social progress.

We are ready to do it again.

observer.co.uk/news/busines...

15.06.2025 07:48 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0

Extending free school meals.

Restoring the winter fuel allowance.

£15bn for public transport in the North & the Midlands.

Good steps in the right direction, and proof a Labour government can make a difference when it listens and acts.

05.06.2025 07:31 👍 238 🔁 38 💬 30 📌 1
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A reminder: The ‘costs’ of the employment rights bill include giving low paid workers the right to sick pay from day one.

How many execs or senior managers in the big outsourcing companies who signed this letter have to worry about paying the bills if they take a day off sick?

04.06.2025 06:36 👍 126 🔁 44 💬 11 📌 3
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📳 ”Farage knows who he needs to keep happy.“
📳 @paulnowaktuc.bsky.social of @tuc.org.uk talks to @dorianlynskey.bsky.social about Reform’s far-right support system
📳 To hear the podcast go here and scroll down to FAKING PLANS FOR NIGEL – linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...

03.06.2025 16:08 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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It is time the left made a case for immigration – and how to control it A credible migration plan means investing in UK skills, enforcing fair rules, and building a country where all workers – wherever they’re from – are treated with dignity, writes Paul Nowak

A credible migration plan means investing in UK skills, enforcing fair rules, and building a country where all workers – wherever they’re from – are treated with dignity, writes @paulnowaktuc.bsky.social of @tuc.org.uk ‬ www.independent.co.uk/voices/paul-...

31.05.2025 11:10 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Paul Nowak - 'Labour has nothing to gain from trying to out-Reform Reform' TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak urged Keir Starmer to push through popular reforms that will cut through Nigel Farage's hallow posturing - rather than shifting to the right

A difficult night for the government.

Labour can’t try to out-Reform Reform - but the government will be rewarded if it delivers the change working people are crying out for.

www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

02.05.2025 18:56 👍 80 🔁 18 💬 10 📌 1
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Nigel Farage is a political fraud ‘cosplaying’ as working-class champion, TUC chief says Exclusive: Paul Nowak acknowledges voters’ frustrations but says Reform UK hasn’t got the answers, and urges Keir Starmer to resist any move to the right

Nigel Farage is a political fraud ‘cosplaying’ as a working-class champion.

Judge him by what he does, not what he says.

He and his mates in Reform have voted against commonsense laws that would boost rights at work for millions.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

27.04.2025 07:40 👍 235 🔁 90 💬 9 📌 2
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Last week this political chancer was an expert on steel.

Now he’s an authority on special educational needs.

This isn’t about what’s best for kids.

It’s about what’s best for Reform’s poll ratings.

24.04.2025 18:01 👍 15 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0
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14.04.2025 06:38 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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More industries may need British Steel-style rescue, Labour warned Unions and manufacturing bosses have joined forces to warn the chancellor of the grave threat posed by ‘exorbitant’ electricity prices

The government should build on its decisive move to save British Steel & act to bring down electricity prices for our energy intensive industries.

Good for jobs - key to securing our industrial future.

Read more from @The_TUC & @MakeUK_ here:

www.thetimes.com/article/23e0...

14.04.2025 06:37 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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The US may be reversing course on child labour Acute strain on the jobs market has encouraged some states to consider reducing restrictions on employing minors

More from @sarahoconnorft.ft.com here: on.ft.com/3XMVpoM The US may be reversing course on child labour

08.04.2025 19:41 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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A gentle reminder that the arc of history doesn’t always bend toward justice.

Child labour making a come back in the richest nation on the planet.

08.04.2025 19:40 👍 18 🔁 10 💬 2 📌 0
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I’ve just come back the West Bank where I spoke to the PGFTU Congress. I also met 🇵🇸 workers & unions, politicians, human rights defenders & Israeli unions.

We need a renewed & lasting ceasefire & a safe, secure 🇮🇱 and a safe, secure, free 🇵🇸.

I’ll post more over the next few days.

07.04.2025 15:04 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Impressive vocab!

03.04.2025 06:27 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Donald Trump has just made the strongest possible argument for 🇬🇧 to positively reset its economic relationship with the 🇪🇺, our largest market.

In the face of punitive & arbitrary 🇺🇸 tariffs, the government must do everything it can to protect British jobs & industry.

02.04.2025 20:55 👍 65 🔁 15 💬 4 📌 4

I haven’t seen Adolescence which means I’m about as qualified to comment on it as Kemi Badenoch. But…

Regurgitating right wing conspiracy tropes isn’t a great look for the Leader of the Opposition. It sort of makes you look a *little* unhinged? Weird? Daft?

Supply your own adjectives below.

01.04.2025 18:53 👍 21 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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The minimum wage has been a huge success story since its introduction in 1999 – but 2025 might be its trickiest year yet.

Join @paulnowaktuc.bsky.social, Louise Hellem, Attila Lindner,
@nyecominetti.bsky.social & @ruthcurtice.bsky.social to discuss its future.

Tickets 👉 buff.ly/GXFr8XR

25.03.2025 20:18 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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‘It’s definitely politically motivated’

Not the casually expressed hope that someone should murder the Mayor of London

Or the racism.

Or the misogyny.

Politically motivated 😐🙄

And of course his excuse is ‘mental health’…I think Charlie would normally ascribe that to ❄️

25.03.2025 18:40 👍 21 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0