Greater Manchester Association TUC
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Bringing together all the Trades Councils of Greater Manchester
A mandatory digital ID scheme will not stop the key problem of illegal worker “impersonation”, experts have told the government.
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November 21, 2025 at 9:12 AM
A mandatory digital ID scheme will not stop the key problem of illegal worker “impersonation”, experts have told the government.
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Looking forward to hosting this event with @gmlawcentre.bsky.social
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November 17, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Employment Rights Bill (Consideration of Commons Amendments): Another round of ping-pong will take place on the Government’s employment rights legislation, after the Commons considered the Lords’ amendments on Wednesday 5 November.
November 16, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Employment Rights Bill (Consideration of Commons Amendments): Another round of ping-pong will take place on the Government’s employment rights legislation, after the Commons considered the Lords’ amendments on Wednesday 5 November.
Looking forward to co hosting this event with @gmlawcentre.bsky.social
Booking details and speakers announced on Monday
Booking details and speakers announced on Monday
November 14, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Looking forward to co hosting this event with @gmlawcentre.bsky.social
Booking details and speakers announced on Monday
Booking details and speakers announced on Monday
Big Brother Watch director Silkie Carlo answers your questions about facial recognition.
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PRIVACY EXPERT EXPLAINS: Why facial recognition is a threat to our privacy and freedoms
YouTube video by Big Brother Watch
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October 23, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Big Brother Watch director Silkie Carlo answers your questions about facial recognition.
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Tomorrow we will be standing in #solidarity with striking @unison members N.West Ambulance Educators
NWAS HQ Bolton
Friday 24th October 8am until 10am.
Ladybridge Hall, 399 Chorley New Road, Bolton, Lancashire, BL1 5DD
NWAS HQ Bolton
Friday 24th October 8am until 10am.
Ladybridge Hall, 399 Chorley New Road, Bolton, Lancashire, BL1 5DD
October 23, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Tomorrow we will be standing in #solidarity with striking @unison members N.West Ambulance Educators
NWAS HQ Bolton
Friday 24th October 8am until 10am.
Ladybridge Hall, 399 Chorley New Road, Bolton, Lancashire, BL1 5DD
NWAS HQ Bolton
Friday 24th October 8am until 10am.
Ladybridge Hall, 399 Chorley New Road, Bolton, Lancashire, BL1 5DD
Next week GMP will deploy live facial recognition in Sale town centre.
Successive Policing Ministers have pledged a legal framework for live facial recognition, but as weeks have stretched into months, we’ve seen no progress, only further expansion.
We condemn the march towards an Orwellian state
Successive Policing Ministers have pledged a legal framework for live facial recognition, but as weeks have stretched into months, we’ve seen no progress, only further expansion.
We condemn the march towards an Orwellian state
October 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Next week GMP will deploy live facial recognition in Sale town centre.
Successive Policing Ministers have pledged a legal framework for live facial recognition, but as weeks have stretched into months, we’ve seen no progress, only further expansion.
We condemn the march towards an Orwellian state
Successive Policing Ministers have pledged a legal framework for live facial recognition, but as weeks have stretched into months, we’ve seen no progress, only further expansion.
We condemn the march towards an Orwellian state
🚫 Stop blacklisting
🚫 Stop strike-breaking
🚫 Stop wasting council-tax-payers' money
🚫 Stop attacking your workers
🚫 End the bins strike!
#Blacklisting #BirminghamBinsStrike
🚫 Stop strike-breaking
🚫 Stop wasting council-tax-payers' money
🚫 Stop attacking your workers
🚫 End the bins strike!
#Blacklisting #BirminghamBinsStrike
🤯 You won't believe what this agency manager tells workers emptying bins in Birmingham!
😡 Is a @teamlabouruk.bsky.social council really saying they won't employ anyone who joins a picket line? Isn't that called blacklisting? Shouldn't Labour-run @bhamcitycouncil.bsky.social be against that?
😡 Is a @teamlabouruk.bsky.social council really saying they won't employ anyone who joins a picket line? Isn't that called blacklisting? Shouldn't Labour-run @bhamcitycouncil.bsky.social be against that?
October 14, 2025 at 9:26 AM
🚫 Stop blacklisting
🚫 Stop strike-breaking
🚫 Stop wasting council-tax-payers' money
🚫 Stop attacking your workers
🚫 End the bins strike!
#Blacklisting #BirminghamBinsStrike
🚫 Stop strike-breaking
🚫 Stop wasting council-tax-payers' money
🚫 Stop attacking your workers
🚫 End the bins strike!
#Blacklisting #BirminghamBinsStrike
It is noteworthy that not all those who are working in the stores are employees and therefore not factored in. So for example, ancillary workers who are employed by an agency and almost entirely on minimum wage do not feature in the calculation
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The government must ensure fair distribution of income
'The average real wage of workers has hardly moved from the 2008 level whilst bosses never had it so good.'
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October 6, 2025 at 7:26 AM
It is noteworthy that not all those who are working in the stores are employees and therefore not factored in. So for example, ancillary workers who are employed by an agency and almost entirely on minimum wage do not feature in the calculation
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leftfootforward.org/2025/10/the-...
Lord John Hendy KC, one of the UK’s leading employment barristers and the chair of the Institute of Employment Rights, said the findings were “shocking” and had “profound implications” for employment law. He said it should be a “wake-up call” for the government.
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Thousands of rogue bosses have failed to pay tribunal awards - TBIJ report
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October 3, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Lord John Hendy KC, one of the UK’s leading employment barristers and the chair of the Institute of Employment Rights, said the findings were “shocking” and had “profound implications” for employment law. He said it should be a “wake-up call” for the government.
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Labour lacks any original thought. In the last week we’ve seen Mandatory ID cards rehashed and now reintroducing tribunal costs – if the employment rights bill wasn’t a big enough joke it is now removing access to any benefits that the Act may bring
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Labour considering charging workers for employment tribunal claims, sources say
Exclusive: Reintroducing tribunal fees would be ‘a gift for bad bosses’, says TUC chief Paul Nowak
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Labour lacks any original thought. In the last week we’ve seen Mandatory ID cards rehashed and now reintroducing tribunal costs – if the employment rights bill wasn’t a big enough joke it is now removing access to any benefits that the Act may bring
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/o...
18th September is International Equal Pay Day
September 18, 2025 at 7:17 AM
18th September is International Equal Pay Day
Is it true that this government is hamstrung by the UK’s ailing economy? And why are so many people turning to Reform?
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Why is the UK in such a mess?
This government has taken a record-breaking plummet in popularity, our chancellor keeps telling us the Treasury has no spare cash for our crumbling schools and hospitals, and Reform have become the mo
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September 16, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Is it true that this government is hamstrung by the UK’s ailing economy? And why are so many people turning to Reform?
soundcloud.com/weeklyeconom...
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Unite calls for entire welfare bill to be dropped and for government to start again
September 2, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Unite calls for entire welfare bill to be dropped and for government to start again
Admitted that P&O knew they were breaking the law sacking 800 workers but justified the decision on a financial basis as the workers could be replaced by those earning £4.87 an hour He also revealed he earned more than £500,000 in 2023.
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P&O Ferries boss who sparked outage after mass sacking quits
Chief executive Peter Hebblethwaite led the company when it sacked hundreds of staff in March 2022.
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August 31, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Admitted that P&O knew they were breaking the law sacking 800 workers but justified the decision on a financial basis as the workers could be replaced by those earning £4.87 an hour He also revealed he earned more than £500,000 in 2023.
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This should ring alarms bell about political rhetoric, media focus and media silence.
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The Media Distortion Warping Britain’s Views on Immigration
Unbalanced coverage of migration is twisting the public's perspective, argues Christian Christensen
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August 18, 2025 at 12:14 PM
This should ring alarms bell about political rhetoric, media focus and media silence.
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Reeves needs to find £40bn - I know a group of people who could pay that in extra taxes without even feeling it
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Rachel Reeves needs to put up taxes to cover £40bn deficit, thinktank says
NIESR suggests a rise of 5p in the pound on basic and higher rate of income tax would fill the budget gap
www.theguardian.com
August 6, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Reeves needs to find £40bn - I know a group of people who could pay that in extra taxes without even feeling it
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“You have to assume that at some point something’s going to be cooked up about you – some sort of smear – or there will be another vote, and then they will suspend you.” bylinetimes.com/2025/07/30/l...
August 4, 2025 at 12:10 PM
“You have to assume that at some point something’s going to be cooked up about you – some sort of smear – or there will be another vote, and then they will suspend you.” bylinetimes.com/2025/07/30/l...
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Great support today for the striking NWAS members of UNISON
July 30, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Great support today for the striking NWAS members of UNISON