@pittedprunes.bsky.social
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ITF Staff Strike Day 4: Finishing strong on our fourth consecutive day of industrial action!
Massive thank you to everyone who committed to respect our global picket line, who visited us in person, or sent in a message of solidarity.
Massive thank you to everyone who committed to respect our global picket line, who visited us in person, or sent in a message of solidarity.
September 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
ITF Staff Strike Day 4: Finishing strong on our fourth consecutive day of industrial action!
Massive thank you to everyone who committed to respect our global picket line, who visited us in person, or sent in a message of solidarity.
Massive thank you to everyone who committed to respect our global picket line, who visited us in person, or sent in a message of solidarity.
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Update: 50% of @itfglobalunion.bsky.social staff in London and AP have submitted applications for what management are calling “voluntary redundancy”.
The leadership of any organisation should be worried if half of its staff would consider leaving rather than remain in their current environment.
The leadership of any organisation should be worried if half of its staff would consider leaving rather than remain in their current environment.
August 11, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Update: 50% of @itfglobalunion.bsky.social staff in London and AP have submitted applications for what management are calling “voluntary redundancy”.
The leadership of any organisation should be worried if half of its staff would consider leaving rather than remain in their current environment.
The leadership of any organisation should be worried if half of its staff would consider leaving rather than remain in their current environment.
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Meet the Consultancy Firms: Part 1
The @itfglobalunion.bsky.social is justifying severe staff cuts on the basis of financial challenges.
A significant part of the deficit is due to management’s spending on external consultants and contracts.
The @itfglobalunion.bsky.social is justifying severe staff cuts on the basis of financial challenges.
A significant part of the deficit is due to management’s spending on external consultants and contracts.
July 31, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Meet the Consultancy Firms: Part 1
The @itfglobalunion.bsky.social is justifying severe staff cuts on the basis of financial challenges.
A significant part of the deficit is due to management’s spending on external consultants and contracts.
The @itfglobalunion.bsky.social is justifying severe staff cuts on the basis of financial challenges.
A significant part of the deficit is due to management’s spending on external consultants and contracts.
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AN AMAZING WIN INDEED. Whilst we had this massive win, our dispute is not over! Negotiations will follow, and we hope we can come to a meaningful agreement, but for now strikes are on! Members voted overwhelmingly for Open Day Action next Friday and Saturday!
🚨IT'S A WIN 🚨
Well done to every single @newcastleucu.bsky.social member
44 days on the picket line
ZERO compulsory redundancies
University bosses need to look at what our members have achieved in Newcastle & heed the warning: work with us or face disruption
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1406...
Well done to every single @newcastleucu.bsky.social member
44 days on the picket line
ZERO compulsory redundancies
University bosses need to look at what our members have achieved in Newcastle & heed the warning: work with us or face disruption
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1406...
June 21, 2025 at 9:31 PM
AN AMAZING WIN INDEED. Whilst we had this massive win, our dispute is not over! Negotiations will follow, and we hope we can come to a meaningful agreement, but for now strikes are on! Members voted overwhelmingly for Open Day Action next Friday and Saturday!
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🚨IT'S A WIN 🚨
Well done to every single @newcastleucu.bsky.social member
44 days on the picket line
ZERO compulsory redundancies
University bosses need to look at what our members have achieved in Newcastle & heed the warning: work with us or face disruption
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1406...
Well done to every single @newcastleucu.bsky.social member
44 days on the picket line
ZERO compulsory redundancies
University bosses need to look at what our members have achieved in Newcastle & heed the warning: work with us or face disruption
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1406...
June 20, 2025 at 2:58 PM
🚨IT'S A WIN 🚨
Well done to every single @newcastleucu.bsky.social member
44 days on the picket line
ZERO compulsory redundancies
University bosses need to look at what our members have achieved in Newcastle & heed the warning: work with us or face disruption
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1406...
Well done to every single @newcastleucu.bsky.social member
44 days on the picket line
ZERO compulsory redundancies
University bosses need to look at what our members have achieved in Newcastle & heed the warning: work with us or face disruption
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1406...
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*israel takes a quick break from genocide to attack iran, killing dozens of civilians*
mark carney: iran’s missile attacks are a threat to peace
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mark carney: iran’s missile attacks are a threat to peace
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I had extremely low expectations for Carney since the beginning, but he’s quickly managed to be worse than I could have imagined.
June 14, 2025 at 3:13 AM
*israel takes a quick break from genocide to attack iran, killing dozens of civilians*
mark carney: iran’s missile attacks are a threat to peace
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mark carney: iran’s missile attacks are a threat to peace
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£274M. This they proudly present, at the same time they are making 38 people compulsory redundant…. To save £3.8M
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Newcastle Uni's £274m Castle Leazes halls set for approval
Planners are set to approve Newcastle University's plans on Friday despite concerns from residents.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 13, 2025 at 9:39 AM
£274M. This they proudly present, at the same time they are making 38 people compulsory redundant…. To save £3.8M
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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🧵 THREAD: A federal whistleblower just dropped one of the most disturbing cybersecurity disclosures I’ve ever read.
He's saying DOGE came in, data went out, and Russians started attempting logins with new valid DOGE passwords
Media's coverage wasn't detailed enough so I dug into his testimony:
He's saying DOGE came in, data went out, and Russians started attempting logins with new valid DOGE passwords
Media's coverage wasn't detailed enough so I dug into his testimony:
April 18, 2025 at 12:10 AM
🧵 THREAD: A federal whistleblower just dropped one of the most disturbing cybersecurity disclosures I’ve ever read.
He's saying DOGE came in, data went out, and Russians started attempting logins with new valid DOGE passwords
Media's coverage wasn't detailed enough so I dug into his testimony:
He's saying DOGE came in, data went out, and Russians started attempting logins with new valid DOGE passwords
Media's coverage wasn't detailed enough so I dug into his testimony:
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Her name is Rumeysa Ozturk, she's a student from Turkey, and even her lawyer doesn't know where she is right now.
Ozturk's attorney tells me they still have no idea where she is. ICE says only that she is in the agency's custody. www.salon.com/2025/03/26/d...
March 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Her name is Rumeysa Ozturk, she's a student from Turkey, and even her lawyer doesn't know where she is right now.
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What are your rights and options when you're called in an 1-on-1 with HR or line-manager and upon arrival you're told it's a "Protected Conversation"?
We wrote to members, but this affects all, so here's the blog: qmucu.org/2024/08/30/m...
#WorkersRights #KnowYourRights #JoinAUnion
We wrote to members, but this affects all, so here's the blog: qmucu.org/2024/08/30/m...
#WorkersRights #KnowYourRights #JoinAUnion
September 4, 2024 at 12:34 PM
What are your rights and options when you're called in an 1-on-1 with HR or line-manager and upon arrival you're told it's a "Protected Conversation"?
We wrote to members, but this affects all, so here's the blog: qmucu.org/2024/08/30/m...
#WorkersRights #KnowYourRights #JoinAUnion
We wrote to members, but this affects all, so here's the blog: qmucu.org/2024/08/30/m...
#WorkersRights #KnowYourRights #JoinAUnion
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As someone who has reported on AI for 7 years and covered China tech as well, I think the biggest lesson to be drawn from DeepSeek is the huge cracks it illustrates with the current dominant paradigm of AI development. A long thread. 1/
January 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM
As someone who has reported on AI for 7 years and covered China tech as well, I think the biggest lesson to be drawn from DeepSeek is the huge cracks it illustrates with the current dominant paradigm of AI development. A long thread. 1/
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Living Wage Foundation accused of accrediting firms not paying the living wage
Living Wage Foundation accused of accrediting firms not paying the living wage
Facilities giant called ‘uncaring’ by low-paid cleaners, who believed they were covered by a fair-pay pledge
Low-paid cleaners have accused the Living Wage Foundation of giving accreditation to an “uncaring” outsourcing company paying less than the…
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Living Wage Foundation accused of accrediting firms not paying the living wage
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The world's richest man has joined a growing chorus of right-wing voices attacking Wikipedia as part of an intensifying campaign against free and open access information. Why do they hate it so much?
Elon Musk and the right’s war on Wikipedia
The world's richest man has joined a growing chorus of right-wing voices attacking Wikipedia as part of an intensifying campaign against free and open access information.
www.citationneeded.news
January 2, 2025 at 11:43 PM
The world's richest man has joined a growing chorus of right-wing voices attacking Wikipedia as part of an intensifying campaign against free and open access information. Why do they hate it so much?
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Canada was a colonial project that forced Indigenous people into reserves and stole their children from their mothers legally under the Indian Act of 1876. To suggest racism is a new concept because "woke" is both ahistorical and asinine. White supremacists love revisionism
Pierre Poilievre says Canadians are too obsessed with race because of “wokeism” and agrees with Jordan Peterson that Canada essentially had to invent and import racism because it didn’t exist here before recent decades.
Canada is so fucked if this guy forms government.
Canada is so fucked if this guy forms government.
January 3, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Canada was a colonial project that forced Indigenous people into reserves and stole their children from their mothers legally under the Indian Act of 1876. To suggest racism is a new concept because "woke" is both ahistorical and asinine. White supremacists love revisionism
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According to Barron’s, Elon Musk’s wealth increased by almost $200 billion between November 5 and December 20. That means he could give $250,000 to every homeless person in the US and still be as rich as he was on November 5.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year, with more than 770,000 people counted as homeless.
December 27, 2024 at 6:13 PM
According to Barron’s, Elon Musk’s wealth increased by almost $200 billion between November 5 and December 20. That means he could give $250,000 to every homeless person in the US and still be as rich as he was on November 5.
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(If I could flip one switch in everybody's brains, it would be the "Just because I'm uncomfortable doesn't mean I'm unsafe" one.)
December 26, 2024 at 11:20 PM
(If I could flip one switch in everybody's brains, it would be the "Just because I'm uncomfortable doesn't mean I'm unsafe" one.)
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🚨Ballot results are in🚨
Our members have today overwhelmingly voted YES in our Campaign for a Safe and Professional Workplace Culture industrial action reballot.
75% of members voted to strike & 82% for ASOS on a 69% turnout #ReclaimUCU
Our members have today overwhelmingly voted YES in our Campaign for a Safe and Professional Workplace Culture industrial action reballot.
75% of members voted to strike & 82% for ASOS on a 69% turnout #ReclaimUCU
December 19, 2024 at 4:37 PM
🚨Ballot results are in🚨
Our members have today overwhelmingly voted YES in our Campaign for a Safe and Professional Workplace Culture industrial action reballot.
75% of members voted to strike & 82% for ASOS on a 69% turnout #ReclaimUCU
Our members have today overwhelmingly voted YES in our Campaign for a Safe and Professional Workplace Culture industrial action reballot.
75% of members voted to strike & 82% for ASOS on a 69% turnout #ReclaimUCU
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The UK's HSE in its reply to the University of Birmingham SMT's response to Birmingham UCU's complaint: 'I do not consider that your reply provides sufficient assurance that work-related stress is being suitably managed by the University'.
'we will be inspecting the University [..] in the new year'
'we will be inspecting the University [..] in the new year'
December 17, 2024 at 1:16 PM
The UK's HSE in its reply to the University of Birmingham SMT's response to Birmingham UCU's complaint: 'I do not consider that your reply provides sufficient assurance that work-related stress is being suitably managed by the University'.
'we will be inspecting the University [..] in the new year'
'we will be inspecting the University [..] in the new year'
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Can we get to a 1000 followers by Christmas?
We built up some followers on the other place, including big accounts, which was sufficiently scary to our senior management to keep them on their toes. That Elon destroyed that is harmful to workers' voices. Trying to rebuild.
We built up some followers on the other place, including big accounts, which was sufficiently scary to our senior management to keep them on their toes. That Elon destroyed that is harmful to workers' voices. Trying to rebuild.
December 15, 2024 at 12:28 PM
Can we get to a 1000 followers by Christmas?
We built up some followers on the other place, including big accounts, which was sufficiently scary to our senior management to keep them on their toes. That Elon destroyed that is harmful to workers' voices. Trying to rebuild.
We built up some followers on the other place, including big accounts, which was sufficiently scary to our senior management to keep them on their toes. That Elon destroyed that is harmful to workers' voices. Trying to rebuild.
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I was promised if I learned enough history I wouldn't have to repeat it? What is this?
December 12, 2024 at 5:40 PM
I was promised if I learned enough history I wouldn't have to repeat it? What is this?
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Confirmed! Wide ranging strike with three key demands: 1) respecting right to protest 2) institution of an independent and democratic ethics review board 3) cessation of all ties with Israel in the meanwhile. Unprecedented shop action in NL. Lets go comrades!
Hearing news that union members at uni of amsterdam voted through strike action aimed at divestment 😍😍
November 26, 2024 at 8:19 PM
Confirmed! Wide ranging strike with three key demands: 1) respecting right to protest 2) institution of an independent and democratic ethics review board 3) cessation of all ties with Israel in the meanwhile. Unprecedented shop action in NL. Lets go comrades!
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@iwgbunion.bsky.social
members in the couriers' branch are fighting for their rights against a company determined to underpay and exploit them. Join them on foot or by bike on Thursday and Friday!
members in the couriers' branch are fighting for their rights against a company determined to underpay and exploit them. Join them on foot or by bike on Thursday and Friday!
November 26, 2024 at 10:50 PM
@iwgbunion.bsky.social
members in the couriers' branch are fighting for their rights against a company determined to underpay and exploit them. Join them on foot or by bike on Thursday and Friday!
members in the couriers' branch are fighting for their rights against a company determined to underpay and exploit them. Join them on foot or by bike on Thursday and Friday!
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CUT THE RENT!
Rising rents destroy our communities. The government is more interested in building expensive flats than stopping the rent hikes.
Tenants in Europe are taking action and winning. We're supporting London Renters Union's call to take to the streets to demand housing justice!
Rising rents destroy our communities. The government is more interested in building expensive flats than stopping the rent hikes.
Tenants in Europe are taking action and winning. We're supporting London Renters Union's call to take to the streets to demand housing justice!
November 27, 2024 at 11:56 AM
CUT THE RENT!
Rising rents destroy our communities. The government is more interested in building expensive flats than stopping the rent hikes.
Tenants in Europe are taking action and winning. We're supporting London Renters Union's call to take to the streets to demand housing justice!
Rising rents destroy our communities. The government is more interested in building expensive flats than stopping the rent hikes.
Tenants in Europe are taking action and winning. We're supporting London Renters Union's call to take to the streets to demand housing justice!