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Trades Union Congress @tuc.org.uk · 6h

Annual cost of Eton school fees: £53k

Average UK salary: £35k

Guess which one the right-wing press is more concerned about?

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Trades Union Congress @tuc.org.uk · 6d

Tax wealth.

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Trades Union Congress @tuc.org.uk · 7d

Austerity doesn't work.

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Trades Union Congress @tuc.org.uk · 12d

"We will find out whether we are the sort of people as a nation who would attack a mosque because we’ve heard a rumour about a person of colour”

“Or whether we are the people who will come out the next time and clean the mess up”

“And I know whose side I’m on”

Billy Bragg

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Trades Union Congress @tuc.org.uk · 13d

Amazon workers' weekly wage = 1 pebble

Jeff Bezos net worth = THE ENTIRE BEACH

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Trades Union Congress @tuc.org.uk · 23d

Hundreds of content moderators are being laid off by TikTok.

Now they're unionising and speaking out.

@cwunews.bsky.social

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Trades Union Congress @tuc.org.uk · 29d

Make no mistake, let there be no doubt.

We were elected to deliver this Employment Rights Bill and that is what we will do.

We won’t accept any watering down by the Lords.

In full.

No ifs, no buts.

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Trades Union Congress @tuc.org.uk · Sep 8

Nigel Farage, it's about time you came clean about whose side you're really on.

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Trades Union Congress @tuc.org.uk · Sep 6

What's Nigel Farage's problem with solar panels?

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Trades Union Congress @tuc.org.uk · Sep 4

Nigel Farage is not on the side of working people.

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Trades Union Congress @tuc.org.uk · Sep 1

This is what you're supposed to do.

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Trades Union Congress @tuc.org.uk · Sep 1

Owners of the Dragon House Chinese takeaway in York were devastated after their business was vandalised with racist graffiti. When local business Crystal Clean York heard they immediately stepped in to scrub off the graffiti for free.

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Trades Union Congress @tuc.org.uk · Aug 27

A CEO bragged that he gets "extremely excited" at the thought of firing people and replacing them with AI.

There is an alternative to letting tech bros control AI.

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Trades Union Congress @tuc.org.uk · Aug 19

Reform Mayor Andrea Jenkyns doesn't like workers having more rights.

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Trades Union Congress @tuc.org.uk · Aug 15

Vance has been holidaying in the nearby hamlet of Dean, close to Charlbury, where hundreds of local residents have staged protests and a “not welcome party”. One woman told the Guardian: “That’s not what we’re about. We don’t want anything to do with people like him.”

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Trades Union Congress @tuc.org.uk · Aug 15

Staff at The Bull in Charlbury, near where the US vice-president is spending his summer holiday, are said to have refused to show up to work if Vance was allowed to book the pub.

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Trades Union Congress @tuc.org.uk · Aug 15

JD Vance was reportedly turned away from a pub in The Cotswolds after staff threatened to strike if he was allowed to visit the venue.

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Trades Union Congress @tuc.org.uk · Aug 15

"And then at the end of the month, my billionaire gives me the tiniest fraction of that money, so I can give it to the millionaire that owns my house" - Rich Spalding

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Trades Union Congress @tuc.org.uk · Aug 14

It shouldn't be like this.

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Trades Union Congress @tuc.org.uk · Aug 12

It gives workers like Finnola sick pay from day one.

Because no one should have to choose between sacrificing their mental or physical health, just to get a paycheck.

Support Finnola and help get the Employment Rights Bill passed in full.

Sign here: letter.megaphone.org.uk?source=bluesky

Pass the Employment Rights Bill in full: Sign the open letter

Finnola is a supermarket worker, and one of the millions of workers who will benefit if the Employment Rights Bill is passed in full. Please read her story and sign her open letter to the Prime Minist...

letter.megaphone.org.uk

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Trades Union Congress @tuc.org.uk · Aug 12

She wanted to stay home the next day.

But as a single mother, Finnola couldn’t afford to lose a day’s pay.

That’s why the Employment Rights Bill matters.

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Trades Union Congress @tuc.org.uk · Aug 12

Finnola worked in a supermarket.

One day, a customer screamed abuse at her and threatened her children.

Finnola was terrified. Her legs were shaking.🧵

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Trades Union Congress @tuc.org.uk · Aug 12

🚨 | NEW: Founder of The Entertainer, the UK's biggest toy shop chain, will transfer 100% ownership to its 1,900 employees.

This means all members of staff will get a share of the profits and a say in how the firm is run. 💪

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Trades Union Congress @tuc.org.uk · Aug 7

Huge win for workers!🥳

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Trades Union Congress @tuc.org.uk · Aug 5

BREAKING 🚨 | TikTok workers in Berlin are on strike after mass layoffs were announced to replace staff with AI.

160 out of 400 workers - mostly content moderators - have lost their jobs.

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