PTUC meeting Thursday 16 July at 7pm. Guest speaker will be Jim Jump from the @ibmt-scw.bsky.social speaking about lessons for the left. All welcome, message or email for the online link or come along to the UNITE Office, Church Walk, Peterborough.✊️

Taking place today #Solidarity✊️

Union membership has been growimg - we're now at 6.6 million members. 💪 #JoinAUnion www.tuc.org.uk/news/tuc-wor...

Just a small.reminder... 💪

Talk on the 1926 General Strike in Peterborough, on 27 May. #GeneralStrike100

Coach pickup from Peterborough - book here: bit.ly/4jAD87K

Peterborough Women’s Festival 7/3/26 at the museum 11-3pm:

Our next meeting is this Thursday at 7pm. It’s soon time to re-affiliate and also nominate for roles for 2026 ready for next month’s AGM - see emails for the relevant forms!

The NHS is under pressure to adopt Palantir software. Palantir’s founder openly despises the NHS. You can push back – use our tool to see if your local trust is using the software, then send an email to say no to Palantir https://goodlaw.social/658abc

The government handed an NHS data contract to Palantir – a spy-tech firm with links to war crimes and deportations. We’re demanding that the NHS stops using Palantir’s toxic tech. Find out if your local NHS Trust is using the software and say no to Palantir 👇 https://goodlaw.social/658abc

The disappointment when you replace the peace ribbons a second time but they are immediately cut down and replaced by a Union Flag … 😡😤😪 Here’s a picture of our lovely ribbons moments before they were removed by the “Peterborough Patriots”

Back again on Saturday - plus a planning meeting 6pm on Sunday on Zoom as we gear up for a bigger counter demo in the city centre for Oct 25th morning. Contact us for more info.

Join us this Saturday

Proud to stand together with members of our community to counter-protest the “Peterborough Patriots”. See our latest campaign here: peterboroughtuc.co.uk/2025/09/22/2...

We put @samcarling.bsky.social through his paces tonight at our annual Tom Browning meeting. Thanks for joining us, Sam!

Join us for our Peaceful Peterborough event this Saturday:

Our third Friday outside the Dragonfly Hotel, standing in solidarity with the asylum seekers - we outnumbered the “Peterborough Patriots” 2:1 and will continue to attend until they cease their protests.

Join us this Friday to share peace and solidarity rather than hate and division. 5pm outside the Dragonfly Hotel:

Sign this and let’s get the bill right for workers - thanks @strikemap.org for organising this! actionnetwork.org/forms/employ...

We co-ordinated the counter-protest at a hotel in Peterborough last week and now need to continue fighting against racism in our city due to more threatened action from “Peterborough Patriots” - please get in touch if you want to join us in standing up for asylum seekers’ rights.

Please complete this online form to send an email to the Home Office to stop this far right hate festival from taking place in Norfolk: secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/176528/...

Monthly meeting is tonight from 7pm in the Peterborough Unite office or on Zoom - see you then

Billionaires have broken Britain. #MakeThemPay to fix it. On Saturday 20 September, thousands of us will take to the streets to demand the government: ✅ Tax the super-rich ✅ Protect workers, not billionaires ✅ Make polluters pay Spread the word today!

HOPE not hate has exposed Tommy Robinson’s lies, from libellous claims against a Syrian refugee to efforts to dodge justice. Our investigations uncovered key evidence that helped ensure he was held to account. Read more: hopenothate.org.uk/tommy-exposed/

One for your diary:

At a time when many people are having to choose between heating and eating, it’s outrageous for train companies to increase rail fares by more than the rate of inflation. www.tssa.org.uk/news-and-eve...

ORGREAVE INQUIRY ANNOUNCED! The government have announced an inquiry will take place into Orgreave. Please see and share our press release. otjc.org.uk/orgreave-tru...

Join us at Burston Strike School in September - see poster for coach and booking details:

We’ve been invited to join this march for women’s rights in Kings Lynn on 9th August:

We will be remembering Srebrenica at our next open meeting on 17th July, from 7pm at the Unite Office.

Have a look at just two of many of our local schools suffering from the lack of education funding. Our children and young people deserve better. Find out more here: schoolcuts.org.uk

Protest and vandalism are not the same as terrorism. It’s a dangerous conflation.

. @richardburgon.bsky.social will be presenting his petition for Wealth Taxes, Not Disability Cuts in Parliament Monday night just hours before vote on Disability Cuts Bill. Over 75,000 have already signed. Let’s get that even higher by Monday! Please sign & share 🙏 www.change.org/p/tax-wealth...

Read our motion on winning a new deal for working people here: peterboroughtuc.co.uk/2025/06/25/n...

We oppose the disability benefit cuts! Our delegates passed a motion on this key issue earlier this month - read more here: peterboroughtuc.co.uk/2025/06/26/o...

Please take part in the Peterborough Library Service survey: forms.office.com/e/Zr9J1THYEJ Let’s save Peterborough’s libraries!

Today we remember the Windrush generation - and how they have been badly let down by the country that needed them. There is much more work to be done:

Today is #WindrushDay & marks 77yrs since the arrival of HMT Empire Windrush to Britain from the Caribbean. It offers a chance to learn from the past, celebrate multi-cultural Britain & seek justice for the injustices faced by the Windrush generation & their families.

Check out the joint union heatwave protocol to help in your workplace:

Join the picket on Wednesday 18th June from 5pm outside the Fletton Quays council offices if you want to support the motion calling on Cambridgeshire Pension Fund to divest from companies complicit in Israel's crimes against Palestinians.

Today marks the eighth anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire. We will always remember the 72 lives lost. In September 2024, the Grenfell Tower Inquiry concluded that Grenfell was the result of decades of deregulation, privatisation, and the prioritisation of profit over safety.

We were pleased to hear from and support @nochildbehinduk.bsky.social at our meeting last month and to see the difference that their campaign is already making:

Happy Pride Month! We continue to support Pride and our LGBT+ colleagues as our workplaces are not yet safe, fair and supportive. We will have a stall at Peterborough Pride in July - see you there? 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Urgent Action Needed! 🚨We're calling on the government to Fund British Transport Police properly. Reduced police presence puts passengers and staff at risk. Sign our petition calling on Heidi Alexander to protect our railways #FundBTP #RailwaySafety bit.ly/3Fse9Uu

PTUC demands an immediate ceasefire in Sudan. The supply of weapons to Sudan by regional powers is abhorrent, and we call on the UK government to use all channels to work towards demilitarisation and cease arms sales to all states involved in weapons trading in the region.

🧱 Austerity is breaking Britain. From the NHS to classrooms, from pay to housing, the cracks are everywhere. Be there on 7 June. 📍 Portland Place | 🕛 12pm #WelfareNotWarfare #StopTheCuts

PTUC voted to make a donation to the #BirminghamBinStrikes and we extend our solidarity with the striking workers there ✊

April 28th marks International Workers Memorial Day. Local events: 📍Peterborough Town Hall (Unison) 7-9pm 📍Wisbech - Tesco Superstore Foyer 10am-2pm 📍Leicester 12-1pm in Town Hall Square 💻Big Zoom Event NEU 6– 6.20pm neu.org.uk/events/big-z... www.tuc.org.uk/IWMD

Spycop Andy Coles is standing for election again - see the thread for more information.