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prestontuc.bsky.social @prestontuc.bsky.social · 15h

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It’s 2025. Why are Black women still fighting for respect?

Despite having a 38 year career as a public servant, Diane continues to be subjected to horrific levels of misogynoir which comes as threats of sexual assault, rape and murder. This is a stark reminde...

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prestontuc.bsky.social @prestontuc.bsky.social · 15h

www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

Since Starmer came to power, NHS privatisation has increased by up to 71%

From July 2024-July 2025, the amount of firms leeching profit from the NHS has increased by huge amounts in London, Dorset and other areas

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prestontuc.bsky.social @prestontuc.bsky.social · 15h

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TUC warns Tory plan to leave the ECHR is an attack on workers’ rights

The TUC has warned that the Tory plan to withdraw from the (ECHR) ‘isn’t about migration, it’s about dismantling the legal protections that ordinary people rely on every day’.

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Tax Justice UK @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social · 17h

Ways to Get Rich in the UK (2025 Edition)

1⃣ Be born into a rich family
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Inequality is obscene and becoming more and more entrenched. We need a #WealthTax.
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Almost impossible for Brits to work their way to being rich, says report | LBC

The average worker would need to toil away and bring in more than a lifetime's worth of earnings in order to become wealthy, according to analysis by a think tank.

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GMB Union @gmb.org.uk · 15h

NEW 🚨: The UK needs more than 350,000 new care workers to hit international safe staffing levels 🧑‍⚕️

We need safe staffing levels in care homes to be enshrined in law.

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UNISON @unison.org.uk · 16h

Our 169,000 retired members continued activism for social justice inspires our union ✊

We had a great day of discussion at our retired members conference in Brighton covering social care, NHS outsourcing, tackling the far right, fuel poverty, pensions and digital exclusion. #uretired25

Unison retired members conference at the Brighton centre - facing the podium.

Unison retired members conference at the Brighton centre - facing the audience holding up voting cards.

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Tax Justice UK @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social · 1d

Every year, $100s billions that should be funding schools, hospitals & social care is disappearing into tax havens to fuel crime, conflict & new private jets.

The UK facilitates 26% of this global tax abuse, and has the power to expose it.

Demand they act.
taxjustice.eaction.org.uk/iP_tax-haven...

Expose tax haven secrets

No more secrets, no more safe havens for dirty money.

taxjustice.eaction.org.uk

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prestontuc.bsky.social @prestontuc.bsky.social · 1d

www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...

Going 'behind enemy lines' at a far-right demo I saw how fascism hides behind a veneer of normality

Going undercover at a far-right protest in Newcastle revealed the faces of fascism on UK streets - hiding in plain sight in our communities.

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GMB Union @gmb.org.uk · 1d

BREAKING 🚨: Tower Hamlets school staff facing fire and rehire restructure 🙅

Bonner Primary School’s plans will see 11 staff members lose their jobs - and remaining staff expected to do more work for the same pay 🏫

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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 1d

Campaigner Olivia called for shorter routes to settlement & to scrap NRPF at the Green Party Conference.

📢"I believe we're all human beings. What is happening to migrants can happen to anyone. You don't plan it, but anytime, it can happen to you."
Thanks to @carladenyer.bsky.social for chairing.

Campaigner, Olivia, standing in front of a larger poster that reads: 'Green Party, Autumn Conference'

Four people sitting on a panel, all are smiling and clapping.

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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 1d

CANADA: BCGEU negotiations 'non-existent,' president says, as workers rally at B.C. legislature www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

BCGEU negotiations 'non-existent,' president says, as workers rally at B.C. legislature | CBC News

Thousands of striking workers and their supporters marched from Victoria's city hall to the B.C. Legislature on Monday as the B.C. General Employees' Union (BCGEU) strike entered its sixth week.

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prestontuc.bsky.social @prestontuc.bsky.social · 1d

leftfootforward.org/2025/10/the-...

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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prestontuc.bsky.social @prestontuc.bsky.social · 1d

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89th Anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street

This weekend 4th October 2025, marks the 89th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street, when everyday people in London’s East End stood up to fascism, and said with unity and courage: “They shall not...

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prestontuc.bsky.social @prestontuc.bsky.social · 1d

www.tuc.org.uk/blogs/89th-a...

89th Anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street

This weekend 4th October 2025, marks the 89th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street, when everyday people in London’s East End stood up to fascism, and said with unity and courage: “They shall not...

www.tuc.org.uk

prestontuc.bsky.social @prestontuc.bsky.social · 1d

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Far right arson attack on mosque fuelled by politicians

Masked men doused an East Sussex mosque’s doors with flammable liquid and set it on fire on Saturday in a racist arson attack.

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prestontuc.bsky.social @prestontuc.bsky.social · 1d

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The unfit Metropolitan Police’s racism and misogyny is not a ‘hidden culture’

LAST WEEK, the BBC in its headline reported a “hidden culture” of racism and misogyny in the Metropolitan Police. In its article announcing its findings, the BBC said that “Serving Metropolitan Police...

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prestontuc.bsky.social @prestontuc.bsky.social · 4d

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DWP paid nearly £90,000 to disabled claimant left homeless and at risk of harm after years of errors

A disabled person was left with “ongoing risks” of harm for more than five years – and was even left homeless – after the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) missed multiple opportunities to pro…

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prestontuc.bsky.social @prestontuc.bsky.social · 4d

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Tesco plead with chancellor to let them profiteer in peace

"Food inflation has risen by 38 per cent yet Tesco's operating profits have skyrocketed by 72 per cent. How can this be right?"

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prestontuc.bsky.social @prestontuc.bsky.social · 4d

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Minister asks DWP to consider releasing secret reports on deaths to grieving relatives

A minister has asked the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) whether it could release secret reports to families whose relatives’ deaths have been linked to DWP’s actions and failings. Ever sinc…

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prestontuc.bsky.social @prestontuc.bsky.social · 4d

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A new day of nationwide strikes in France maintains pressure on embattled PM

The Confédération générale du travail (CGT) counted the participants of yesterday's strikes at 600,000, across 230 towns and cities in France

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prestontuc.bsky.social @prestontuc.bsky.social · 4d

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Disability minister struggles to point to any significant achievements in his first year in post

The minister for social security and disability has struggled to point to any significant achievements on disability equality after more than a year in post, but he insisted that the government doe…

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UNISON @unison.org.uk · 5d

UNISON WIN! 🎉

Dorset HealthCare University, Dorset County Hospital, and University Hospitals Dorset trusts have stood down their SubCo proposals.

A result of UNISON members getting organised and building power ✊ An inspirational campaign by the cleaners, porters, security and catering staff 💯

Hospital staff protesting SubCo plans outside a hospital building.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 5d

Average real wage of UK workers is stuck the 2008 level.

Some bosses are collecting 1,112 times more than the average employee wage. Millions forced to rely on food banks and charity.

Workers have no say in income distribution. Govts do nothing.

Can't build economy/society on huge inequalities.

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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prestontuc.bsky.social @prestontuc.bsky.social · 6d

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'Carpet poverty' is just one facet of the social housing crisis - but the BBC misses that point

From hundred-year waiting lists to failing to meet proper health standards, social housing is as mess - yet the BBC runs with carpet poverty

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prestontuc.bsky.social @prestontuc.bsky.social · 6d

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If a sea of union flags won’t scare the pants off Farage, what will?

If the working class aren’t impressed by patriotic waffle and flag waving, Keir Starmer is toast argues John Westmoreland In the run up to Labour’s conference, the main media talking point was the ...

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