With @bdsmovement.bsky.social we call for: · Imposing an arms embargo on IDF · Suspending trade agreements with Netanyahu · Expelling Israel from @UN · Recognising Palestinian state At #BDC25 Patricia McKeown outlined our policy www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcuX...

A new Explainer out from @aoifemod.bsky.social and me detailing the UK's ECHR commitments under the 1998 Agreement in response to recent speculation. It is short, because there is very little to say - the UK's obligations are evident on the B/GFA's plain text: caj.org.uk/wp-content/u...

Great to host @joemulhall.bsky.social @hopenothate.org.uk for a brief on challenging the far-right, its tactics, methods & misinformation

Congress correspondence to the Prime Minister on the urgent need to sanction Israel www.ictuni.org/publications...

Send a message to the PM & show support for Hope not hate. 🙏👇 secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/177398/...

✊We join Spanish trade unions and working people in their mobilisation today to demand that the legislation to reduce weekly working hours proceed and be adopted. It would be inacceptable to stop the debate on a bill that would substantially improve the lives of more than 12 million workers.

Education Unions, Children's Rights Groups and LGBTQIA+ Organisations call on @education-ni.gov.uk Minister to Reinstate Trans Guidance www.ictuni.org/news/educati...

Catherine McKenna from @unisonni.bsky.social speaking at #TUC25 seconding motion 27 - school support staff deserve better “I’m supporting this motion not only as UNISON president but as a schools support worker”

New York: Show your solidarity with working families fighting for freedom, fairness and security, and join @nyclabor.bsky.social and America’s unions for the nation’s biggest and oldest Labor Day parade and march on Saturday!

Rep. Jamie Raskin tears into Nigel Farage as a "far-right pro-Putin politician" and a "Donald Trump sycophant and wannabe".

#OtD 2 Sep 2015 the body of 3-year-old Alan Kurdi washed up on the Bodrum shore, Turkey. Fleeing war in Syria, he had drowned after the boat he and his family were sailing in capsized. Photos of his body sparked a rare but brief outpouring of sympathy stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9240...

National Week of Action for Workers' Rights 1st to 7th September Ireland has some of the weakest workers' rights legislation in Europe. Show the Government that your rights at work matter. Sign the petition: respectatwork.ie #RespectAtWork

We need more of this journalism. bsky.app/profile/scot...

Been banging on about this for a while.

Trump kicked 400,000 workers out of a union in the last week. But tell me again how he’s for the working class.

We welcome today's clear statement from Belfast City of Sanctuary who have been building the Schools of Sanctuary initiative active in over 72 schools in NI. Such clarity can be used by @Ed_Authority & @education-ni.gov.uk‬ Pic: Jacquie White & Susan Neil, ETUG www.ictuni.org/news/educati...

Almost 100 trade unionists from both sides of the border will hear Anan Da'ana of Palestinian GUPT teachers union speak in Newry at the ICTU Global Solidarity Summer School. www.ictu.ie/news/ictu-gl... 1/2

The NUJ has deplored the deliberate killing of Al-Jazeera journalists. Laura Davison, NUJ general secretary, said: "This is a horrific attack. We extend our deepest sympathies to the families of the murdered journalists and their colleagues." [1/3] www.nuj.org.uk/resource/pal...

An entire news crew working for Al Jazeera was killed by Israel as they sought to bring the world firsthand reporting from #Gaza. Among them was prominent journalist Anas Al-Sharif, who had been previously smeared and threatened by the IDF. #NotATarget Full statement: cpj.org/2025/08/isra...

Excellent training today from NI HR Consortium on Art 2 of Windsor Framework by Anurag Deb @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social #Unions @siptu.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk @gmbnwi.org.uk @intonews.bsky.social @nasuwt-official.bsky.social @thecsp.bsky.social @equityuk.bsky.social @fsuireland.bsky.social

"For the Good Jobs Bill to deliver fair, secure, productive workplaces, it must prioritise enhancing trade union rights & independent worker voice as the foundation for real participation" www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/news... #BuyaPaper @lisa-wilson-neri.bsky.social @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Congratulations to our affiliate @cwuireland.bsky.social for winning this groundbreaking agreement with DPD in Ireland, with a little help from our global agreement with Geopost.

Workers power our economy, not greedy CEOs. But this administration keeps selling out the working class for the billionaire class. That’s why America’s unions are hitting the road this summer—to fight for the freedom, fairness, and security ALL working people need.

This is an important piece from a senior Holocaust scholar (who grew up in Israel and is an IDF veteran), and it’s important that it’s published in the NYT.

At yesterday’s Covid Inquiry, @unison.org.uk ’s Christina McAnea gave evidence for the TUC, highlighting how care workers were failed during the pandemic and still lack sick pay and protection. This remains an urgent issue. Thompsons is proud to continue to represent the @tuc.org.uk at the Inquiry.

Day 3 of @irishcongress #BDC25 opens with powerful message from @BDSmovement.bsky.social voice Omar Barghouti to delegates listening intently to his urging for trade union action to help stop #genocide in #Gaza #FreePalestine

@marklittle.bsky.social Compelling insights from @marklittle.bsky.social into populism in USA, autocracy abroad and lessons for progressives, including this island Discussion at #BDC25 with @owenreidy @irishcongress

Over the next few days FSU delegates will contribute to debates and decision making during the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (@nic-ictu.bsky.social) Biennial Delegate Conference For more coverage of the conference search #BDC25

🔴 NEW: 1.1 million people lost their lives in a single year due to conditions that 'could have been avoided through high-quality healthcare or effective public health' The Eurostat figures show again that austerity kills and we must properly fund our public services 📰 www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...

87 years ago, President Roosevelt signed the Fair Labor Standards Act into law, establishing the 40-hour workweek, child labor protections, overtime pay, minimum wage and more. These protections were won because workers stood up, organized and demanded better.

Delicious food made by hands from many countries and cultures Great to support @BelfastCofSanct Great Refugee Picnic with some funding from unions @nipsa @FBUNIreland @UTU_edu @UniteunionNI @UnisonRvh & others

Even if 25% leave, we gain something. We gain a fairer tax system. And they won’t.

"Trade Unions have a vital role to play in protecting the health and safety of workers and working with employers and government to improve workplace safety" www.ictuni.org/news/economy...

NEW: Our latest research shows that pay gaps at the largest UK companies between CEOs and their employees are as wide now as they were 5 years ago, with a FTSE 100 CEO paid 78 times more than their median employee. Has the time come for a maximum wage? www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Karen Murray retired from @rcm.org.uk after years of wise and dedicated leadership. Her successor Dale Spence has a fine legacy to continue!

Alina Bohdan fled war in Ukraine. She has young children and is suffering from cancer. Last night she was huddled in fear reading the Bible to them as a baying racist mob swept down the street, seeking whom they might devour. What sickening insanity.

We’ve responded to the consultation on a proposed bill to strengthen protections from age discrimination in goods, facilities, and services, closing a significant gap in equality law. Read our response 👇 www.equalityni.org/ECNI/media/E... Have your say by 20 June 2025 👇 bit.ly/AgeGFSconsul...

"We will support as best we can civil society organisations, elected representatives, the emergency services, all vulnerable and marginalised groups, employers and the trade union community of Ballymena to restore calm and improve community relations.” www.ictuni.org/news/nic-ict...

I ran an experiment, simultaneously posting articles on Bluesky and X, and then testing to see how many people actually clicked and read them. The numbers on Bluesky are higher, both because the X algorithm downranks journalism, and because Bluesky attracts readers, not just shitposters.

Searing poem from @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social

As a current Honorary Professor of Practice at QUB I fully support this too.

Pete Hesgeth — who wants to rename the Navy ship that honors Medgar Evers, a WWII veteran who landed on Omaha Beach — is using that same beach for a photo op in which he promises we will “never forget” the veterans there. What an unbelievable asshole.

Please listen to the UN General Secretary.

Join us Thurs 26 June at Shankill Shared Women’s Centre, Belfast for the launch of research on how the loss of EU funding & transition to the UK Shared Prosperity Fund is impacting equality groups across NI. 🕤 9.30am to 1pm (light lunch provided) Get tickets 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/loss-of-eu...

NI employers named for not paying staff minimum wage www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

At 1:05pm on Wednesday 4th June, workers will be encouraged to stand together in their workplaces for a moment of respectful reflection, as a simple act of solidarity and remembrance for the loss of life and violations of international law www.ictuni.org/news/unions-...

"These changes will improve the daily facts of every NI job. Next @niexecutive endorses proposals &proceeds to @niassembly @NIAEconomy The process of this legislation will be a lasting achievement for our 90 MLAs They should grasp this opportunity www.agendani.com/trade-union-...